In that opening session, it was Red Bull that set the early pace with Verstappen claiming an early P1 position. Team-mate Pierre Gasly then took P2. Mercedes then moved ahead, however, with Bottas beating Verstappen by 0.007s. Hamilton edged out both then moved to the top, while Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat jumped to fifth place ahead of Pierre.
Ferrari were struggling, however, with Leclerc in P11 and Vettel in P17. It was Leclerc though who would suffer most. But while Vettel crossed the line with seconds to spare to begin a final attempt, Leclerc was in the garage with the team seeming to feel secure in his opening lap time.
Vettel put in an good lap to jump to the top of the order but Leclerc was left shaking his head in the garage as Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg edged him out to 16th place by the tiny margin of five hundredths of a second. Also eliminated at this stage were 17th-placed Sergio Pérez of Racing Point, followed by team-mate Lance Stroll and the Williams cars of George Russell and 20th-placed Robert Kubica.
In the initial runs in Q2 it was Bottas who set the pace, with the Finn posting an impressive time, 0.134s ahead of Hamilton. Verstappen took third spot. It was Verstappen though who made the most of the second runs, with the Red Bull driver powering to a P1 time, eight hundredths of a second clear of Bottas, Hamilton and Vettel.
Eliminated at the end of Q2 were: Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg, McLaren’s Lando Norris, Haas’ Romain Grosjean and the Alfa Romeos of Kimi Räikkönen and Antonio Giovinazzi.
In the first runs of Q3, it was Bottas who laid down a strong early marker. The Finn posted a lap of 1:10.252 to head Hamilton by two tenths of a second, as Verstappen grabbed third, just 0.158 behind Hamilton.
Only Hamilton made an improvement in the second runs, however, and his lap was good enough to establish a new track record and secure his 85th career pole. Behind him both Bottas and Verstappen failed to engineer perfect warm-up laps and they stayed second and third ahead of Vettel and Gasly.
Haas’ Kevin Magnussen qualified sixth ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz. The final top-10 position was taken by Albon.
| MONACO GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING | ||||
| P. | DRIVER | TEAM | TIME | GAP |
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG | 1:10.167 | |
| 2. | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes AMG | 1:10.252 | + 0.086 |
| 3. | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:10.641 | + 0.475 |
| 4. | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:10.947 | + 0.781 |
| 5. | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull | 1:11.041 | + 0.875 |
| 6. | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:11.109 | + 0.943 |
| 7. | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | 1:11.218 | + 1.052 |
| 8. | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:11.271 | + 1.105 |
| 9. | Carlos Sainz Jr. | McLaren | 1:11.417 | + 1.251 |
| 10. | Alex Albon | Toro Rosso | 1:11.653 | + 1.487 |
| Q2 Fastest time: Max Verstappen - 1:10.680 | ||||
| 11. | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1:11.670 | + 1.052 |
| 12. | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:11.724 | + 1.106 |
| 13. | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:12.027 | + 1.409 |
| 14. | Kimi Raikkonen | Alfa Romeo | 1:12.115 | + 1.497 |
| 15. | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:12.185 | + 1.567 |
| Q1 Fastest time: Sebastian Vettel - 1:11.434 | ||||
| 16. | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:12.149 | + 0.715 |
| 17. | Sergio Perez | Racing Point | 1:12.233 | + 0.799 |
| 18. | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | 1:12.846 | + 1.412 |
| 19. | George Russell | Williams | 1:13.477 | + 2.043 |
| 20. | Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:13.751 | + 2.317 |
| 107% time: 1:16.220 | ||||
| HIBRYD HISTORY - MONTE CARLO 2014 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes AMG - 1:15.989 2015 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1:15.098 2016 Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull - 1:13.622 2017 Кими Раиконен - Ferrari - 1:12.178 2018 Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull - 1:10.810 2019 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1:10.167 | ||||
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