Teenager Kimi Antonelli stunned Monaco by taking pole for Mercedes, edging Max Verstappen by 0.043 seconds in a tense qualifying finish.
His 1:12.051 lap marked Mercedes’ first pole in Monaco since 2019 and the first by an Italian since Jarno Trulli in 2004.
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will start on the second row, with Isack Hadjar fifth and George Russell sixth. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri beat teammate Lando Norris for seventh.
Antonelli, chasing a fifth straight win, aims to match Alberto Ascari’s 1952 streak as Mercedes extend their run of six consecutive poles.
