2024-05-25 16:45:14
Pole place for the true Monegasque. Charles Leclerc is profiting from the house benefit. Issues are usually not going properly for Max Verstappen, the Monegasque by selection.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has secured the primary place on the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix in his house nation. The 26-year-old set the quickest lap of the Formulation 1 qualification on Saturday with a time of 1:10.270 minutes, forward of Oscar Piastri within the McLaren.
Carlos Sainz took third place within the second Ferrari. World champion and final 12 months’s winner Max Verstappen needed to accept sixth place within the struggling Pink Bull, virtually three tenths of a second behind. Nico Hülkenberg drove his Haas racing automotive to twelfth place.
For Monegasque Leclerc, it’s already the third pole place within the metropolis the place he was born. Nevertheless, he has not been in a position to reap the benefits of this within the race prior to now. Thus far, the 2022 vice world champion continues to be and not using a win or podium end on some of the conventional tracks on the racing calendar.
The primary place on the grid is especially vital in Monaco, as overtaking maneuvers within the Grand Prix are very troublesome on the slender asphalt strip on the Côte d’Azur. Earlier than the eighth race of the season on Sunday (3 p.m./Sky), Verstappen leads the World Championship standings with 161 factors, forward of Leclerc (113) and Sergio Perez (107) within the second Pink Bull. Verstappen received on the Mediterranean coast final 12 months and in 2021, and Perez was victorious on the difficult road circuit in 2022.