F1 Monaco GP LIVE: Race latest updates and times with Norris starting on pole
Lando Norris banished his qualifying blues to claim pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix.
The British driver set a new record around the streets of Monte Carlo to beat local hero Charles Leclerc to pole by 0.109 seconds. Norris, who has bemoaned his qualifying slip-ups throughout the season, put it together at the death to clinch his first pole since the season-opener in Melbourne.
Oscar Piastri, who leads McLaren team-mate Norris by 13 points at the top of the championship standings, will start Sunday's race from third. Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton qualified in fourth but was hit with a post-session three-place grid drop for impeding Max Verstappen.
As a result, Verstappen, who clinched his second win of the season at Imola last weekend to close to within 22 points of Piastri, will start in fourth despite qualifying in fifth.
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What time is the race on Sunday?
The Monaco Grand Prix starts at 2pm (BST)!
Kieran Jackson24 May 2025 17:09
Time for the Monaco national anthem!
Prince Albert of Monaco among the throng of VIPs standing for the national anthem on the grid!
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 13:46
Ex-Ferrari driver Eddie Irvine:
'I'm in Europe now for the summer, back to Miami in 2-3 weeks - still building there.
'I like watching F1 more than driving it!'
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 13:42
NFL star Odell Beckham Jr, speaking on the grid:
'It's always a good race, this might be one of my yearly trips!'
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 13:40
Red Bull boss Christian Horner:
On constructors' title: 'To take on McLaren in the constructors will be immensely difficult, our priority is the drivers. We're still in striking difference, it was a timely win last week.
'You've got to stay in touch in the summer, when the pressure really comes in the last quarter of the championship, he strikes!'
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 13:36
PREVIEW: F1 rolls the dice with new Monaco Grand Prix rule – can it save the famous race?
Last year's procession around the principality – where the order of the top-10 did not alter once – was the final straw. In an era where the show is king for F1 's owners Liberty Media, something had to change at the sport's most famous race.
Where better to roll the dice than Monaco? Ahead of the 2025 season, the team bosses met and concocted a plan to revitalise a grand prix where overtaking is nigh-on impossible, given the immovable parameters of the famous twisty street circuit. All drivers will have to run three sets of tyres in the 78-lap race on Sunday, making two pit-stops effectively mandatory – unless there is a red flag, like last year.
Two pit-stops will be mandatory on Sunday as F1 looks to spice up a race which is typically a procession
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 09:01
Adrian Newey on his first trackside weekend with Aston Martin:
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 13:15
F1 driver standings heading into Monaco
1. Oscar Piastri – 146 points
2. Lando Norris – 133 points
3. Max Verstappen – 124 points
4. George Russell – 99 points
5. Charles Leclerc – 61 points
6. Lewis Hamilton – 53 points
7. Kimi Antonelli – 48 points
8. Alex Albon – 40 points
9. Esteban Ocon – 14 points
10. Lance Stroll – 14 points
11. Carlos Sainz – 11 points
12. Yuki Tsunoda – 10 points
13. Isack Hadjar – 7 points
14. Pierre Gasly – 7 points
15. Nico Hulkenberg - 6 points
16. Ollie Bearman – 6 points
17. Liam Lawson – 0 points
18. Fernando Alonso – 0 points
19. Jack Doohan – 0 points
20. Gabriel Bortoleto – 0 points
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 13:09
Lewis Hamilton after qualifying P4:
'Not the greatest day, but the weekend has generally been going quite well - car has felt really good.
'P3 to have that shunt was not helpful. Team did an amazing job to recover the car, worked so hard to fix it.
On Max incident: 'Qualifying is so much fun around here, very difficult to keep out the way of everybody. I was doing a good job but then the team said Max was on a fast lap, then they said he wasn't, I was about to get back on power, accelerated for 10m, I was off the line but did have an impact on him.'
On the race: 'I don't know about tomorrow's strategy. It's great we have the two stops, for a few people the medium grained massively - I've got two hards, Charles chose two mediums. I'm really hoping that can make some kind of difference.'
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 13:02
Big pile-up in F2 race earlier!
Kieran Jackson25 May 2025 12:54
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