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2025 Monaco Grand Prix: Live qualifying updates
2025 Monaco Grand Prix: Live qualifying updates
It's Qualifying Day on the streets of Monte Carlo as Formula One sets the grid for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc, the Monaco native who won last year's race, enters after a setting the best course time in Friday practice. He posted a lap of 1:11.964 in the first session before shaving that number down to 1:11.355 later in the day.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen arrives for qualifying as the heavy betting favorite. At BetMGM, Verstappen entered Friday at 2-1 to win the Monaco Grand Prix and already accounting for 46.8 percent of all money wagered on the race winner. Leclerec was 7-1 with 12.5 percent of the betting handle.
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Stay tuned here all morning as we follow the action in Monte Carlo.
How to watch the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix Qualifying
Saturday, May 24
Practice 3: 6:30 a.m. ET TV: ESPN2 Streaming: ESPN+, F1TV, Fubo
6:30 a.m. ET Qualifying: 10 a.m. ET TV: ESPN Streaming: ESPN+, F1TV, Fubo
10 a.m. ET
Ollie Bearman and Lance Stroll hit with grid penalties
Qualifying got a lot more important for Haas rookie Ollie Bearman after the stewards dealt him a 10-place grid penalty for overtaking Carlos Sainz under a red flag following a crash involving Oscar Piastri.
Aston Martin's Lance Stroll was dealt a one-place grid penalty for colliding with Leclerc during Friday's first practice session.