Lewis Hamilton will start the Monaco Grand Prix on pole position after a qualifying session which saw Ferrari's farcical campaign sink to new depths as Charles Leclerc was eliminated in Q1. Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen joined the pole-sitter in the top three after a typically manic Saturday in Monte Carlo.
Hamilton dragged out a track-record 1:10.166 at the very last of Q3 to take his 85th pole position, and just his second around these famous streets.
Bottas had looked on for a fourth pole in sequence, but will start alongside Hamilton on the first row after his final Q3 lap was hampered by a slight mistake.
Verstappen was unable to quite match the Mercedes as he took third, but the Dutchman was rarely troubled by Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari's sole competitor in the top-10 shootout after Leclerc qualified 16th.
Ferrari made a truly bizarre decision to keep Leclerc in the pits at the end of Q1 as times tumbled, and it was ultimately Vettel - desperately trying to scrape through after a mistake - who consigned his team-mate to a midfield start.