2021 Monaco GP, Ferrari qualifying report: Charles P1, Carlos P4. Ferrari qualifying report.

After an impressive display during the practice sessions, on the streets of Monte Carlo, things looked encouraging for Scuderia Ferrari ahead of the qualifying session. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had no problem in qualifying into Q3, where the final battle for pole was against the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. As we have seen through Q1 and Q2 the pace improved right through to the end of the segments.

Ferrari and Charles Leclerc had not been on pole since Mexico in 2019, but an amazing lap by the Monegasque driver secured P1 for Charles in front of his own fans. It was a very closely-matched fight until the final laps, with Charles taking pole with a 1:10:346 In the final stages of qualifying Charles smashed into the barriers at the chicane bringing out the red flag… but with inly 18 seconds left in qualifying that ended the session! Replays show Charles hit the barriers at the swimming pool chicane, breaking a track rod before hitting the barriers on the opposite side.

Carlos Sainz finished P4, with a personal best lap time of 1m10.611s just behind Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas.