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Kimi Antonelli narrowly beat Max Verstappen’s Red Bull to pole position in qualifying for F1’s 2026 Monaco Grand Prix
In qualifying for the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix, Kimi Antonelli secured pole position by narrowly beating Max Verstappen’s Red Bull, while Charles Leclerc’s session ended with him hitting the wall in Q3. The final results for the top positions were as follows: 1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), 2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 3. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), and 4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). The rest of the top ten in qualifying were occupied by Isack Hadjar, George Russell, Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, Pierre Gasly, and Liam Lawson. The grid for the race also included drivers like Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, and Nico Hulkenberg. Other notable names further down the grid were Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas, Fernando Alonso, and Lance Stroll.
