The film of the events was fabulous. First, the stands Monte-Carlowith the cream of the followers of the Formula 1exploded when Charles Leclerc He placed himself on provisional pole. Right after, a Max Verstappen finally launched. But without time savor it, Everything changed when the fashionable kid blew up the World Cup even more. It remains to be finished, but Andrea Kimi Antonelli He drew an historic pole (1:12.051) in the Monaco Grand Prix which puts him in the best possible place for the race (3:00 p.m., DAZN). He wants to make history.
Sainz, in action.
Further back, The Spaniards of the Formula 1 They belong to a different league in Monte-Carlo. Carlos Sainz’s is somewhat more optimistic and it’s in the race zone where things happenWell, he continues to get everything out of that Williams (12th). But Fernando Alonso (20th), on the contrary, continues with his serious problems and will close the grid in an Aston Martin that is not helped even by the theoretical weekend scheme in the Principality.
Beyond an accident Gabriel Bortoleto after measuring wrongly in the New Chicanethe classification of Monaco did not open many options paranormal to Alonso. He Aston It has a bad engine, and it also suffers from braking, with the gearbox and chronic understeer. A Molotov cocktail for anyone no matter how hard the Oviedo-born man pushes himself. He always improves his turns on all softs, but he could only beat Lance Stroll by more than half a second. It seems that it will be the only battle in the race.
Carlos Sainz can give more play. Although it is true that the Williams has lost ground with the Alpine or Racing Bulls, leaders in the middle zone, the Spaniard had a session that is remembered. Because he seemed eliminated in Q1 and decided to throw himself into death in a single turn. “I don’t want to tell you what it was like, you’ll think I’m crazy,” he told the Spanish press afterwards. He took a risk and passed. In Q2 he wanted to repeat, but he was at the limit.
Williams’ competitive reality is limited. But Sainz takes it to the limit and almost works miracles. This is what the second cut indicated, since it placed a time to hundredths of Gasly with an improvement in each sector during its last turn. But he made mistakes that he confessed right after and will have to invent something else. A trick further.
Antonelli is in fashion
All those on Saturday belonged to Kimi Antonelli. that has already broken to starlet and his mercedes It is a rocket whatever the layout. While Russel It sank on Saturday (6th), the transalpine was a hammer with an exhibition in the final sector, that of pure and simple traction. Where champions are made and myths have a place of remembrance, the World Cup leader also left his mark. And from pole things get easier, with only six wins in another position since the tweaks to the layout in 2003.
The race promises for the Italian, although there are threats. Those of Max Verstappen They always exist, since they had their best day in all of 2026. Of course it is Monaco, it goes to the limit and it is a pilot’s place. 43 thousandths frustrated the Dutchman, although he will reserve the last attempt in the race. And in case fireworks were missing, Ferrari will come with the blood in the mouth.
Antonelli celebrates.
Because hamilton He is more than motivated and got out of spot to a Leclerc who believed, like his entire nation, poleman. He had improvement, he took risks between the twisty areas and reaching the Pool and he got a position that was not the one he wanted on Friday but it brings him closer to returning to another drawer. It seems much more difficult for Russel or both McLarenclearly surpassed and even surpassed by Isaac Hadjar.
This is how the starting grid of the Monaco Grand Prix looks
Monaco GP grid.
