The 2023 Monaco Grand Prix qualifying session ended earlier today with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) snatching pole position away from Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin). Verstappen edged out the top finish by one tenth of a second. Charles Leclerc finish third but will received a 3 place grid penalty for impeding Lando Norris (McLaren) during the session. Vertsappen’s teammate Sergio Perez had an unfortunate crash in Q1 which will see him start from the back of the grid. ON a circuit like Monaco improving from this position will almost guarantee that Perez will start on the hard compound tires and hope for a safety car or another on track incident to help him fight through the field. Monaco is not know for producing many over takes so Perez will have his work cut out for him.
The Mercedes upgrades for the W14 do not seem to have had the boost Lewis Hamilton was looking for. He was able to muster a P6 finish in qualifying with teammate George Russell in P8. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) had a phenomenal qualifying finishing a season highest P4 for the Alpine side. Oscar Piastri showed vast improvement finishing P11 for McLaren) Full qualifying results are below.
Full Monaco Qualifying Results
| Position | Number | Driver | Car/Engine | Time | Delta |
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’11.365 | |
| 2 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’11.449 | 0.084 |
| 3 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’11.471 | 0.106 |
| 4 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 1’11.553 | 0.188 |
| 5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1’11.630 | 0.265 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’11.725 | 0.360 |
| 7 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine/Renault | 1’11.933 | 0.568 |
| 8 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’11.964 | 0.599 |
| 9 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT | 1’12.082 | 0.717 |
| 10 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’12.254 | 0.889 |
| 11 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’12.395 | 1.030 |
| 12 | 21 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT | 1’12.428 | 1.063 |
| 13 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | 1’12.527 | 1.162 |
| 14 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’12.623 | 1.258 |
| 15 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’12.625 | 1.260 |
| 16 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams/Mercedes | 1’13.113 | 1.748 |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1’13.270 | 1.905 |
| 18 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas/Ferrari | 1’13.279 | 1.914 |
| 19 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’13.523 | 2.158 |
| 20 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | 1’13.850 | 2.485 |