- Kimi Antonelli secured pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix, narrowly beating Red Bull's Max Verstappen by just 0.043 seconds.
- George Russell will start a distant sixth, 0.394 seconds slower than his Mercedes team-mate, further hindering his world championship bid against Antonelli.
- Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc qualified third and fourth respectively, with Hamilton 0.228 seconds behind Antonelli.
- The qualifying session was red-flagged after Gabriel Bortoleto crashed, while Ollie Bearman failed to progress from Q1 and will start 19th.
- Russell, who is 43 points behind Antonelli, faces losing further ground in the championship due to the difficulty of overtaking on the Monaco circuit.
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