Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen produced a superb final lap to take pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday and deny Aston Martin veteran Fernando Alonso his first pole in 11 years.

Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen produced a superb final lap to take pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday and deny Aston Martin veteran Fernando Alonso his first pole in 11 years.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen starts from pole position for the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix after he stole top spot from Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso at the very end of qualifying. In what turned out to be the best qualifying session of the F1 season so far,

Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen produced a superb final lap to take pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix and deny Aston Martin veteran Fernando Alonso his first pole in 11 years. Verstappen called his first pole at Monaco "very lovely" but there was nothing to cheer for his Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez as last year's Monaco winner crashed early in qualifying.

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MONACO — Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen produced a superb final lap to take pole position Saturday at the Monaco Grand Prix and deny Aston Martin veteran Fernando Alonso his first pole in 11 years.

Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix tomorrow. Following the Dutch driver tomorrow will be Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc who will be starting from second and third, respectively.