Charles Leclerc won the qualifying session for the Monaco Grand Prix, ending Max Verstappen's impressive streak (the Dutchman led eight times in a row). Second place went to Oscar Piastri in the Duchy, and third fastest lap went to Carlos Sainz – let's see how the three ranked after the wave!
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 1st place
“It was a very good time trial. Qualifying here is always very special. I was excited and now I'm happy with my nails. Of course, based on the past, I know that not everything is a time trial. It helps a lot, but you have to do everything well On Sunday too, we have not been able to do that in recent years. But we are now a stronger team and we are sure that we can achieve good results. The goal will be victory. I have to start well and I hope that Carlos will start well as well “Behind me and from there we can manage the race as a team. That would be the ideal scenario, but the main thing is to be able to win.”
Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – second place
“It's a good question, what were we missing in pole position… because if we had put the fast laps together I would have had it. Unfortunately, I made a mistake at the end… but Charles was going great all weekend, it was Very fast so far, so I didn't think I would be that close to him. It would be good to start on the front row. It's been a good weekend so far, and I've built it up well. A good start will definitely help, because if I'm leading the race. We could have controlled it more easily. I want to be optimistic, but it is not easy to overtake here but we want to do our best and we have a chance to achieve a good result tomorrow.
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) – third place
“Looking at the weekend as a whole, I must have improved, because I had problems up until now, but now I'm doing better. So third place is an improvement and a good result. But I'm not completely satisfied, because I would have been happy if I had been in contention for the position.” The first one, Charles did a great job, the car was very good all weekend and he was able to get the most out of it. The long stages were good yesterday, it was better than the one lap pace. We'll see how it goes tomorrow “It could happen in Monaco. The best starting position didn't work and third place is not bad. We will do our best, and the goal is to win.”
