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A Mercedes Actually Isn’t On Pole For The Monaco Grand Prix
A Mercedes Actually Isn’t On Pole For The Monaco Grand Prix-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:32

A Mercedes didn’t win the most recent Formula One race——and a Mercedes won’t sit on pole for this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix. Instead, Daniel Ricciardo took his first-career pole position with the Mercedes teammates right behind him.

Ricciardo captured his first pole run for one of the larger races of the F1 season, but he can’t sit too comfortably off the start. Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and defending champion Lewis Hamilton will be right behind him, and Rosberg’s qualifying time was just under two tenths slower than the one run by Ricciardo.

The pole also marks the , but the other Red Bull car driven by the series’ most recent winner, Max Verstappen, will be at the opposite end of the grid—a wreck in qualifying puts him in the 21st starting position. Also of note, Scuderia Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen, who qualified in sixth, is due to a gearbox change after the final free practice session.

Even with the Mercedes teammates right behind Ricciardo, a lack of Mercedes dominance is still a breath of fresh air similar to the one we got when 18-year-old . Rosberg and Hamliton—known for their with one another—took each other out on the first lap and gave some other drivers the spotlight for a bit. Rosberg had seven-consecutive F1 victories prior to Verstappen’s win, with three carrying over from last season and four in 2016.

The F1 race from Monaco kicks off a full day of racing festivities on Sunday, . The full lineup for the race can be found .

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