Heartbreak for Hamilton in Monaco as Ferrari driver penalised after Verstappen incident in qualifying

In Q1, Lewis Hamilton impeded Max Verstappen in the Massenet corner. Over the team radio, the Briton's race engineer, Riccardo Adami told his driver that the Dutchman was slowing down, but that turned out not to be the case.

After the session, the seven-time world champion also apologised to Verstappen. In the end, the incident did not influence the results, as both drivers made it through to Q2. Eventually, Hamilton finished in fourth position, a single position ahead of the defending world champion.

Hamilton will now start the race in the principality from seventh place.

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Lando Norris took pole in qualifying in Monaco with a 1:09.954 and will start from pole position on Sunday. Charles Leclerc finished in second place, while Oscar Piastri rounded off the Top 3 in the Principality.

Norris led marginally ahead of Piastri after the first runs. They improved further on their second flying laps as well, with only 0.015 seconds separating the two teammates at that point. Leclerc then took the lead briefly, but Norris did a blistering third lap and re-claimed pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished in P4 after his crash in FP3 but has just been demoted to seventh after his qualifying incident with Max Verstappen. The Dutchman himself couldn't improve on his second lap, so he finished in fifth position ahead of Isack Hadjar and Fernando Alonso. He will, of course, now start one higher. 

Esteban Ocon finished in eighth, ahead of Liam Lawson and Alexander Albon. It was a disastrous day for Mercedes, as both of their cars caused red flags. Russell and Antonelli finished in P14 and P15 respectively.