Winners and losers from Monaco GP qualifying

Here are our winners and losers from Saturday’s action…

Charles Leclerc

– Charles Leclerc secures back-to-back Monaco pole positions for the first time since Nico Rosberg in 13 & 14.#F1 | #MonacoGP pic.twitter.com/3BFtJ2mWQ8

— Planet Sport (@PlanetSportcom) May 28, 2022

For the second year in a row, Leclerc claimed pole position on home turf. This time though, he did not also crash in the same session.

The Ferrari man was the fastest man on track throughout qualifying, topping Q1, Q2 and Q3, and did not make a single mistake. It was simply the perfect Saturday showing.

After his DNF last time out, he desperately needed a strong home race for the first time, and it is looking very likely he will have one.

Lando Norris

Norris’ goal would have been to make it into Q3 and beat his midfield rivals. The McLaren man achieved that goal and then some.

He made it into the top 10 with ease and once there, managed to go faster than both Mercedes drivers too, earning himself a starting position of P5.

If he does not make any mistakes or get any bad luck in the race, he will surely consolidate his P7 position in the championship at least, putting some distance between himself and the rest of the midfield.

Alpine

P7 and P10 may not seem an incredible qualifying result for Alpine, but all things considered they had a better Saturday than any team bar Ferrari.

They have two cars in the top 10 on the grid for a race where you are fairly likely to finish where you start, and they are the only midfield outfit who do.

The French team now have an excellent chance of not only taking P5 from Alfa Romeo in the standings but also closing the gap to McLaren and putting some distance between themselves and those behind.

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