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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will start in P2 in Monaco: "It's very special, I think Monaco is special for everybody, but being born here it's extra special.

"I'm really happy to be here but unfortunately second place for now, but I will do everything to come back on top.

"A good night's sleep has reset me in the perfect way, now the disappointment is behind and now we can try and do the magic today.

"It's going to be very tough and we know how it is in Monaco and after the start it's going to be difficult to get that first place, but I will do my best."

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Mercedes are in recovering mode in Monaco after a miserable running in qualifying that saw Kimi Antonelli crash out and George Russell need roadside assistance in the famous tunnel.

Rookie Antonelli clipped the inside barrier at the Nouvelle chicane and shunted into the wall opposite at the end of Q1, while Russell hit a bump on the run out of Sainte Devote and lost power in Q2.

Russell, who starts P14, said it will be a task just to score minor points today and a gutted Antonelli added the team were just finding the rhythm with the car following a difficult opening part of the weekend. The Italian will be one place behind his team-mate in P15.

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McLaren's Lando Norris, who will be starting on pole: "Everything is special here in Monaco. It's a nice feeling and it's the first one in my career but to do it in Formula 1 is a lot more special again.

"Yesterday was a very good day but it's part one and today is part two."

On the race and pushing in Monaco: "It depends how much you push and with the new rules it probably means you have to push a bit more than in previous years.

"It will be a good race for the people watching. I think there will be more chaos, it will probably make our lives a bit more stressful but it's the way it is. I'm excited for today."

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Monaco

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Lando Norris beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by 0.109 seconds in an exciting session in Monaco, as pole swapped between Norris and the Monegasque over their runs.

Leclerc did one flying lap, while McLaren chose to do two, staying out on track but cooling their tyres in between. Norris took pole, Leclerc snatched it from him, before the Briton grabbed it back again.

Norris has been working hard on improving his qualifying performance this season, after explaining that he has been finding it difficult to trust the McLaren car enough to be able to take it consistently to the limit in qualifying.

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There's not a regular race suit colour in sight among the top three day.

Lando Norris secured his 11th career pole on Saturday and his second of the 2025 season by nailing the toughest of tests on the Monte Carlo streets. Charles Leclerc, polesitter and winner here last year and aiming for a fourth pole on home soil, had to settle for a place alongside Norris in P2.

The Briton has only won once this year - the opening race in Australia two months ago - so a maiden Monaco victory would be a much-needed boost to his title ambitions.

Oscar Piastri, leading Norris in the championship by 13 points, starts in third today. If the pair finish in the same positions, the Australian's advantage at the top will shrink to just three points.

The pit lane is open but Haas might be in a spot of bother already. Ollie Bearman, with his 10-place grid drop, is waiting to head out but a cooling fan has been left on his car. A crew member ran over to take it away - but Bearman was sat in the fast lane when this happened.

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1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra in Monaco

My home for the next few hours where the team strategists have got a problem; mandatory 3 tyres for the race. In the words of the head of Pirelli Motorsport Mario Isola, "if someone knows what will happen they are not a strategist. They are a genius!"

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Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Monaco

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The change has been introduced after a soporific race in 2024 that followed years of growing concerns about the tendency towards uneventful grands prix on the historic streets on the Cote d'Azur.

Last year, a crash up the hill after the first corner involving the Red Bull of Sergio Perez and Haas drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen led to a safety car and pretty much all the field pitting at the end of the first lap, and fitting hard tyres to go to the end.

Because the life of the tyres was marginal, pole-sitter and leader Charles Leclerc controlled the pace in his Ferrari, and basically nothing happened for the final 77 laps.

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Today's the day we get to see if this mandatory two-stop race injects new life into the prestigious, but mostly processional, Monaco event.

Drivers will have to make at least two trips to the pits during the 78 laps and use two different compounds whether it's wet or dry. Pirelli has brought enough wet tyres along so the two-stop can still work if the skies turn grey - which they won't, thankfully, as the forecast is warm and sunny throughout.

The tyres to play with today are the softest in the range, so he C4 as the hard, the C5 as the medium and the C6, which made its debut in Imola last week, as the soft.

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The other penalties don't affect the front of the field, as Haas' Oliver Bearman and Lance Stroll in the Aston Martin were both knocked out in the first part of qualifying.

However, in addition to Stroll's one-place drop for his collision with Charles Leclerc on Friday, the Canadian has also been handed a further three-place punishment after he was found guilty of impeding Pierre Gasly in Q1 yesterday.

Bearman was given a 10-place grid penalty for a red flag breach during practice at the start of the weekend, so his 17th on Saturday becomes P20 today.

As for Stroll, he qualified P19 and... just stays in the same spot.

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Lewis Hamilton qualified in fourth on Saturday, following a crash in final practice, but an incident of impeding in Q1 means the Ferrari man will drop down the grid and take his place in P7 instead.

The seven-time world champion was on a slow lap and was told by his pit wall Max Verstappen was pushing in the Red Bull as the two cars entered Massenet, before his engineer messaged again to say the Dutchman was "slowing down". Hamilton moved back onto to the racing line, causing Verstappen - who was on a fast lap - to swerve to avoid any contact.

The miscommunication by Ferrari has cost Hamilton his qualifying spot and promoted Verstappen to fourth, rookie Isack Hadjar to fifth and Fernando Alonso to sixth.

Harry Benjamin and Rosanna Tennant look back at yesterday's qualifying session in Monaco. Polesitter Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piatsri and Max Verstappen are all on the review podcast, so have a listen as we go along this afternoon.

Lorraine McKenna
BBC Sport Journalist

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Hello, folks. It's a new day in Monaco and a fresh approach to the jewel in the Formula 1 crown - a mandatory two-stop race. We could see teams gambling on strategy up and down the grid and overtakes galore up and down the field. Or at least that's what the bosses hope.

Lights out in Monte Carlo is at 14:00 BST.

Home hearts were broken in the closing moments of Saturday's qualifying when Lando Norris snatched pole position away from Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc. The McLaren man put together a perfect lap to set a new track record at Monaco with his pole time of 1:09.954.

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The majority of victories in Principality have been won by the person starting at the head of the pack but the new rule could throw a spanner in the works if the mandated visits to the pits don't shakedown in a driver's favour.

Red flags and a safety car are never too far away either around the 3.337km circuit, particularly on the opening lap, so will that add an extra twist to the strategy tale?