Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to pole position for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix, while Charles Leclerc suffered a shock early exit. Hamilton trailed Bottas after the first Q3 runs but put in a breath-taking final effort to clock a time of 1:10.166, despite a wild moment through Rascasse, to edge his team-mate by 0.086s. It marked Mercedes’ fifth front-row lockout of the campaign and the team’s – and Hamilton’s – first pole position in Monaco since 2015. Hamilton’s Q3 effort also ended Bottas’ run of three pole positions in a row, with the Finn erring through Portier on his final push effort, prompting him to abandon...
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