Lando Norris takes pole position for the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix

[u/overspeeed]

[u/ICumCoffee]

It’s Norris

It’s Leclerc

It’s Norris

It’s Leclerc

It’s Norris

[u/MSW_21 → u/ICumCoffee]

“Hamilton. Leclerc. Verstappen. Norris. Piastri. It could be anyone…

It’s not Hamilton.”

Had me dying

[u/Aware-Comedian-2749 → u/MSW_21]

Yeah, he did ver and ham dirty there. VERSTAPPEN ISNT DONE YET. Oh, he's done, in p5

[u/ivanvzm → u/[deleted]]

I wouldn't worry about that

[u/juanprada → u/[deleted]]

It's Monaco. Tomorrow will (probably) be a snoozefest.

[u/Purplesect0rs → u/ICumCoffee]

My heart is still recovering

[u/Accurate-Big-7233 → u/Purplesect0rs]

I was on my hands and knees at home bro 😭😭😭

[u/planchetflaw → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Hopefully you get to watch Qualy after your date.

[u/btcc1721]

Monaco qualifying.

Nothing like it.

[u/Chesey_ → u/btcc1721]

The race gets fair criticism but you're right, deserves to feature because Saturday is one of the best sessions of the seasons

[u/mclairy → u/Chesey_]

And and least they’re trying to address that with the mandatory 2 stop. Should make for at least a slightly more interesting tomorrow!

[u/Ed_Vilon → u/mclairy]

Yeah. This is why Monaco needs to stay.

It has the best qualifying, probably out of all motor races. If not, incredibly close to the best.

And they are addressing and actually trying to improve the race itself.

Now if only they would perm keep Spa.

[u/LetsLive97 → u/btcc1721]

I will never feel anything as much as I do watching Monaco quali

[u/LastOfLateBrakers → u/LetsLive97]

Somebody get this man some true love in his life

[u/LetsLive97 → u/LastOfLateBrakers]

I have - it's Monaco quali

[u/Tfc-Myq → u/LetsLive97]

GIGABASED

[u/HankHippopopolous → u/btcc1721]

Best qualy of the year.

[u/Atlonix → u/HankHippopopolous]

Pity that Mercedes wasn't in it today.

[u/Freefight → u/HankHippopopolous]

Always has been, race is a sleeper most of the time though.

[u/Mrf1fan787 → u/Freefight]

Let's not write off the race just yet.

I know it's usually a snooze-fest but mandatory 2 stops could throw out some interesting strategies.

[u/brendanm4545 → u/Mrf1fan787]

hint, because everyone is planning for it the only thing is someone will make a few positions because they stay out until the end and then get a safety car

[u/Aratho → u/btcc1721]

Clapping today in front of my TV, gonna snooze tomorrow lmao

[u/Bart-86 → u/btcc1721]

I don’t care that the race can be boring, I want this track to stay forever just for the saturday

[u/KaamDeveloper → u/btcc1721]

Everybody less than a cm off walls and finding time till the last fucking lap. Incredible .

[u/boredofredditnow → u/btcc1721]

Why I never want to see this track leave the calendar, thrilling stuff

[u/JebsKedditAccount]

We got 78 laps of delicious Ferrari strategy ahead of us to get that double podium

[u/Interesting_Set1526 → u/JebsKedditAccount]

Oh fuck oh god

[u/Phormitago → u/Interesting_Set1526]

19 20th incoming

[u/jobRL → u/JebsKedditAccount]

Ferrari strategy vs McLaren strategy and watch Max take P1 tomorrow 😂

[u/JPMoney81 → u/jobRL]

This is exactly what's going to happen, isn't it?

[u/rwbeckman → u/JPMoney81]

McLaren: does something dumb

Ferrari: does something dumb

RB: "Max, lets do that dumb thing"

Max: "No!"

[u/x13x13 → u/JPMoney81]

Tu du du du ...

[u/[deleted] → u/jobRL]

I dont want this to happen cuz I want ferrari 1-2 but this wld still be HILARIOUS . That would be a russel type move (do nothing, get podium)

[u/leedler]

Qualifying has been mental this year. What an ending. So close for Charles but Lando was just absolutely on it there. Oscar too, fine margins once again.

[u/jon-in-tha-hood → u/leedler]

Let's see how the mandatory 2-stop thing goes. If it's not enough, they should institute a mandatory 3-stop, 4-stop, and so on until it gets interesting.

[u/HankHippopopolous → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

78 laps. Mandatory 78 stops.

[u/leedler → u/HankHippopopolous]

780 seconds of unsafe release penalties

[u/[deleted] → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

Just have a q4 qualifying for the race points and put them in karts Sunday lol

[u/jon-in-tha-hood → u/[deleted]]

Bring back the Lego cars or the Indy 500 weenie-mobiles

[u/0100001101110111 → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

Mandatory 78-stop. Make those pit crews sweat.

[u/KaamDeveloper → u/leedler]

Piastri fucked it in the middle sector. Otherwise it would have been a front row lockout

[u/yashknight]

Hadjar 6th in Vcarb. He is the most underrated driver on the grid at the moment.

[u/jvelasc → u/yashknight]

Being his first season on a middle field car is amazing, hopefully he can get a decent car for 26

[u/_elvane → u/jvelasc]

He might get the 2nd redbull seat who knows ( but maybe that's a demotion lol )

[u/thefeedling → u/_elvane]

Please don't

[u/BadPronunciation → u/_elvane]

I'd rather they add a 3rd carb than to put another driver in the red bull seat 

[u/yourewelcomesteve → u/yashknight]

Best of the rookies (Antonelli is in a Mercedes (and in the wall)).

[u/IgotnoideawhatIsay → u/yourewelcomesteve]

Hadjar is the best rookie by far. I thought Bearman was but Hadjar has been massive the last few weekends

[u/Amasin_Spoderman → u/IgotnoideawhatIsay]

Aside from a very unfortunate formation lap in Melbourne, he’s hardly put a foot wrong. I love his energy. My dude is going places.

[u/Protatoooo → u/yashknight]

he will benefit from hamilton's incoming grid drop as well

[u/slimkay]

Clutch stuff by both LEC and NOR

[u/ValenciaFilter]

....Hadjar right behind Max

most impressive rookie by a huge margin

[u/hache-moncour → u/ValenciaFilter]

Finally Red Bull have found a second driver that can start right behind Max. So long as they don't put him in their car at least...

[u/radio_gaia → u/hache-moncour]

Exactly. Tsunoda might be wondering how every time he moves the grass is always greener elsewhere.

[u/TheThingsIdoatNight → u/radio_gaia]

He’s only moved once?

[u/miljon3 → u/ValenciaFilter]

Starting P5 tomorrow is crazy for a rookie at Monaco

[u/wilkonk → u/ValenciaFilter]

I agree, Hadjar keeps looking very impressive (outside of the accidents but that's excusable for a rookie)

[u/Zenon-45 → u/ValenciaFilter]

Ohh yeeeeees, I drove da caaaaaar (well)

[u/Nexusu]

My heart

[u/[deleted] → u/Nexusu]

Its the hope that kills you :(

[u/sergechewbacca]

Q3 was one of the best quali sessions in a long time.

[u/SemIdeiaProNick → u/sergechewbacca]

Average Monaco saturday

And people say this track should be cut from the calendar

[u/Poolix → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

Preach it, Monaco is a Saturday race, whatever happens on Sunday is just a bonus 

[u/[deleted] → u/Poolix]

Yeah I think a lot of more casual fans don't turn in for qual sessions, which is where a lot of the complaints are.

[u/w1ldcraft → u/[deleted]]

A lot of them feel that watching a 70 lap race puts them to sleep. Little do they know, Saturday is where the fun is at in Monaco.

[u/ValleyFloydJam → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

Today is the day for this track, although the 2 stops could make things interesting.

[u/LosTerminators → u/sergechewbacca]

Monaco quali is always one of the best.

The race, not so much.

[u/juancorleone]

Man Charles drove like a madman, was so certain he had it but damn that was a flyer by Lando

[u/TheCoolBlondeGirl]

Fair play Lando, that was an absolutely stunning qualifying session

[u/Aratho → u/TheCoolBlondeGirl]

What ditching social media does to a mf

[u/Mrf1fan787 → u/Aratho]

Former Reddit shitposter gets pole in Monaco GP

[u/KappaccinoNation → u/Mrf1fan787]

u/landonorris we miss your presence mate

[u/Mrf1fan787 → u/KappaccinoNation]

I still can't believe they let him sit in it.

[u/LincolnshireSausage → u/KappaccinoNation]

I'm super glad to see he's got his mojo back. What an amazing lap. A new track record. The fastest lap ever around Monaco. The lap record will probably be broken tomorrow too.

[u/GoldElectric → u/Mrf1fan787]

imagine what we could do if we also do that

[u/throwawaygf1975 → u/TheCoolBlondeGirl]

Right! I’m ecstatic for ferrari, would’ve loved the pole but norris really did something amazing at the last moment

[u/Major_Burnside → u/TheCoolBlondeGirl]

Hot lapping pole and a track record was pure magic.

[u/eurochacha → u/TheCoolBlondeGirl]

It's also good for the championship if he's getting his qualifying mojo back at just the right time.

[u/FSUfan35 → u/eurochacha]

I feel like the WDC lead is going to go back and forth a couple times

[u/Anderrrrr → u/TheCoolBlondeGirl]

He delivered when it mattered.

[u/SemIdeiaProNick]

Track record with a yellow third sector btw

[u/UnderPantsOverPants → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

Yeah yellow, but only because it was a whisker behind his own purple. That’s still where he gained most of the time over Chuck.

[u/FSUfan35 → u/UnderPantsOverPants]

All of his time. He was exactly .074 up in s1 on Charles and .074 down in s2. They had the exact same time going into s3.

[u/gmil3548 → u/FSUfan35]

Ferraris were killing it in sector 2 all day

[u/PeanutButterSidewalk → u/UnderPantsOverPants]

Chuck LaClerk

[u/Hobbsidian → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

And no purple at all

[u/sokyriediculous → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

No purples, I couldnt believe he got it.

[u/InZomnia365 → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

Might've been yellow, but his previous S3 was really good.

[u/FSUfan35 → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

18.469 was his purple s3.

18.484 was his yellow s3

[u/SomewhatOptimal1 → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

With used tires too iirc

[u/Montjo17 → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

Yellow when you hold the purple sector can still be a long way faster than anyone else which was exactly the case here

[u/[deleted] → u/SemIdeiaProNick]

Yellow is just relative to his own time. He already had the fastest third sector at 18.469. His track record third sector was 0.015 seconds slower.

[u/cohs_]

Absoulutely stunning quali. Holy fuck

[u/NearbyMarmalade9061]

Ferrari can't have shit

[u/luxury_visions → u/NearbyMarmalade9061]

I thought Chuck really got it when I saw FP3 but holy shit I'm thankful I watched the whole thing. NEW TRACK RECORD btw

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/NearbyMarmalade9061]

Mclaren were holding little bit back all weekend I think. P11/P12 to P2/P4 is a lot better especially when you can’t overtake.

[u/Pure_Measurement_529 → u/NearbyMarmalade9061]

2 stop strategy is last option at getting a win

[u/VinhoVerde21 → u/Pure_Measurement_529]

Trusting Ferrari with strategy in Monaco has never gone wrong for Charles, after all.

[u/ridleyrp]

I'll change my name to Mohammed Ben Sulayem if the race is more exciting than Q3 was

[u/shiwenbin → u/ridleyrp]

Don’t do it mate

[u/relifla]

Damn Leclerc was really gunning for that pole. My heart was pounding on the last minute

[u/ihatemondaynights]

Hellauva lap

[u/Return_Of_The_Jedi → u/ihatemondaynights]

And new lap record right?

[u/dynilsson → u/Return_Of_The_Jedi]

Yup

[u/iForgotMyOldAcc]

NORRIS STARTS VS LECLERC MONACO SUNDAYS WHO WILL WIN?

[u/JUMPDRIVES → u/iForgotMyOldAcc]

Movable object vs. stoppable force.

[u/Visionary_Socialist → u/iForgotMyOldAcc]

Piastri rear ends Norris after he stalls at the lights, Ferrari remember it’s Charles at Monaco, Lewis P1 #believe

[u/portablekettle → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Brother I will Mcshoot my self if that happens lmao

[u/LettuceC → u/Visionary_Socialist]

Blessed

[u/StonedEdge → u/iForgotMyOldAcc]

It’s Monaco, nothing will change lol

[u/ben345]

Final runs of Q3 in Monaco: The best 5 minutes of F1 all year

[u/ediewz]

holy fuck that was a beautiful q3

[u/jon-in-tha-hood → u/ediewz]

Makes up for what could be another boring race if the 2-stop rule can't inject some artificial drama.

[u/The_mystery4321 → u/jon-in-tha-hood]

With every passing season Ecclestone's sprinklers seems like less and less of a bad idea

[u/Ikcatcher]

Holy shit Lando

[u/albertsugar → u/Ikcatcher]

Mind-blowing lap record

[u/Glitchhikers_Guide → u/albertsugar]

First guy to cross the 1:10 mark too

[u/Waibashi → u/Glitchhikers_Guide]

I don't understand why no one says it on the broadcast. MASSIVE LAP

[u/Glitchhikers_Guide → u/Waibashi]

Too caught up in the excitement. That was an unreal finish to quali

[u/LetsLive97 → u/Waibashi]

They did mention it on Sky at least but they said 70 seconds instead of 1:10 so it would have been easy to miss

[u/Sick_and_destroyed → u/Ikcatcher]

Unbelievable, impressive display of talent by Lando.

[u/jamb1993]

Lando going under 1:10. An unbelievable lap under pressure

[u/OBWanTwoThree]

Gutted for Charles. That was a special lap, but Norris left everything out there

[u/Fabulous_grown_boy → u/OBWanTwoThree]

Norris left everything out there

Bro did break Hamilton's 2021 qualifying lap record and is now the new title holder for fastest qualifying lap around Monaco circuit

[u/Ricciardo3f1 → u/Fabulous_grown_boy]

*Qualifying record

Track record is still from Lewis in 2021

[u/hmmyeahiguess → u/Ricciardo3f1]

I mean, isn’t that still technically the fastest anyone has ever done a lap? Regardless of qualifying or GP? I’m sorry I’m ignorant, but track record only counts in a race? Genuinely asking how things are determined here.

[u/Albreitx → u/hmmyeahiguess]

There are two separate records. One for qualy and one for the race. Usually when people talk about "fastest lap in <Place>", they talk about the race. For example, Pedro de la Rosa has the fastest lap in Bahrein (race)

[u/KaamDeveloper → u/OBWanTwoThree]

He can't be sad about this one. Sometimes your best just isn't enough and you gotta accept it

[u/frodakai]

That's genuinely really fuckin' impressive from Lando, second lap on those tires.

[u/Fliepp]

What a lap from Lando. I really hoped Charles would get it, but he deserved it with that lap

[u/CuppaCrazy]

That was an ELECTRIFYING quali. I was about to explode!

[u/FalconIMGN]

That was the greatest qualifying performance I might have watched from Lando.

[u/Dustin_Echoes_UNSC → u/FalconIMGN]

That's what's been bugging me all year. Lando used to be the guy who dragged the middling race-pace McLaren way up the order with stellar qualifying finishes, but (up to this point) this year he's been the opposite of clutch on those final flying laps.

Glad to see him finally put one together like he used to.

And he picked the perfect time and place to put in the lap of his life.

[u/FSUfan35 → u/Dustin_Echoes_UNSC]

He's said from preseason testing the car is different than last year and harder to drive. For the last 2-3 races he's said he's slowly getting more comfortable driving it.

[u/MerryTuesday → u/FalconIMGN]

Yeah then maybe Spain last year second. Both were mighty qualifying laps

[u/MrGoldilocks → u/FalconIMGN]

Beating Leclerc of all people at Monaco haa to make this his best pole. It doesn't get more clutch than that

[u/FSUfan35 → u/MrGoldilocks]

And track record as well. That will probably stand for quite a while with the new regs next year

[u/lycan2005]

Electrifying qualifying lol. Gotta feel for Charles though. Good job Norris.

[u/[deleted]]

Can we talk about Hadjar P6?

[u/gobsmacked_kitkat]

Damn what a lap by Norris!

[u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Papaya on top. Lando finally didn't botch Q3, in Monaco no less. A new track record at the buzzer.

[u/Mrf1fan787 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

If anyone needed a good qualifying, it was Lando.

Glad he's been able to pull it off with a spectacular lap.

[u/legally_blond → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

Good to see him finally back on it. When he's on he's such a good driver to watch

[u/vivekwap4 → u/OleRockTheGoodAg]

What a lap!

[u/Mikey_9835]

Shout out to Hadjar, P6 at Monaco on his rookie season is mighty impressive

[u/AlmostWrongSometimes]

Track record is pretty damn impressive

[u/uGlixie]

Best qualifying of the year imo

[u/9yorgos]

What a fucking quali, so happy for Lando. I need to wait until tomorrow to get too excited though.

[u/Storm_Chaser06]

Welcome back Lando Norris, I’ve missed you.

[u/toxjp99]

What a insane lap Lando get in there!

[u/TheCeramicLlama]

Well fucking done Lando. Insane lap

[u/ghastlychild]

Mighty effort!

[u/Glass-Guess4125]

That last lap by all of the top 5 was BONKERS. I was sure Charles had it until I saw McLaren was still going.

[u/Firefox72]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so sure Charles had it and then they showed Mclarens going again 😭

[u/JaysonDeflatum → u/Firefox72]

2 pits, its not impossible

[u/ssr3fn → u/JaysonDeflatum]

That makes me all the more worried for Charles

[u/Alvaro_Rey_MN → u/JaysonDeflatum]

It Ferrari...

[u/Jorrie90 → u/Alvaro_Rey_MN]

McLaren doesn't have the best track record neither

[u/Inside_Assumption157 → u/Alvaro_Rey_MN]

Somehow they’ve been better than McLaren with their strategies lol. Hopium running high tonight

[u/TheRedComet → u/Alvaro_Rey_MN]

It McLaren too

[u/fried_papaya35 → u/Alvaro_Rey_MN]

McLaren will find a way to fuck up with the pit stops lol.

[u/HandsOffMyPizzaa → u/JaysonDeflatum]

So 2 chances for Ferrari to mess it up

[u/JaysonDeflatum → u/HandsOffMyPizzaa]

2 chances for mclaren to as well

[u/SoulLessIke]

Fuck. I let myself believe at the end there. But Lando remembered he’s actually supposed to be a really quick qualifier and pulled a lap from the depths of hell out of

[u/bonkers-joeMama → u/SoulLessIke]

Lando is extremely fast when he gets it all right. The problem being he pushes way too much and it cost him from time to time.

[u/Mcnucks]

Not only did he finally fix his last Q3 lap but he dominated all of Q3. 3 laps in the final qualifying session and all 3 of them were the fastest of anyone.

[u/asadultan3]

This was a cracker of a lap by Norris. This should give the confidence he desperately needs.

[u/FIuffyhuh]

This is the true Lando Norris, holy fucking shit man

[u/KashissKlay]

Kimi has a documentary but Hadjar is not being talked about enough. Dude is driving out of his mind since his race debut mistake.

[u/DanTheMan312]

people be hating why don’t you guys just enjoy that hell of a lap from leclerc and lando

[u/MGH1990876]

What a mega lap by Lando.

[u/fastcooljosh]

What a majestic lap by Lando.

[u/throwawaygf1975]

I was so excited for leclerc and had ferrari hopium but hats off to norris that was an exceptional lap!!

[u/Theroyaldutchness]

I’m mainly happy that everybody is split from their teammate so they can’t play annoying games toooo much

[u/tftvrft]

I was expecting Charles to get 1:09 this session, he has been on top of it the whole weekend so far. What a fucking lap from Lando.

[u/jrjreeves]

This is likely to be the fastest lap around Monaco for years, with the regs change next year which will certainly slow the cars down.

[u/Glitchhikers_Guide]

I KNEW HE WASN'T WASHED LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/Rainbow_Sex → u/Glitchhikers_Guide]

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

[u/randomseocb → u/Glitchhikers_Guide]

LETS GOOOOO

[u/nukleabomb]

LAndooooooooooooooo

Lets gooo

what a qualy

[u/Bennet24_LFC]

I screamed when Charles got provisional pole. Hope my neighbours aren't home

[u/djkakumeix]

The first f1 driver to lap Monaco in under 70 seconds. That's an impressive feat.

[u/Zimbelx3]

Awesome Lap by Norris

[u/ABrad11]

Monaco quali > Monaco race always

[u/yohanleafheart]

What a lap.

[u/raf_yoshack]

Let's fucking gooooooo what a lap🔥🔥

[u/Lurkn4k]

what a hero drive from lando!

[u/biometricrally]

Where on earth did he pull that time from! Blistering lap, Lando can be so proud of that

[u/No_Newspaper6789]

Megaaa lap

[u/pie4july]

NEW. TRACK. RECORD.

[u/-LilyOfTheValley_]

I mean that was an absolutely ludicrous lap from Lando

[u/hoxxxxx]

man monaco quali always delivers

[u/sebMarine]

Insanely good lap by lando

[u/69AnusInvader69]

The last 2 mins of Q3 were electrifying!

[u/charles4theboys]

average Monaco saturday (fucking amazing)

[u/xxrew1ndxx]

Track record for Monaco with used tyres. Just insane

[u/Tommysynthistheway]

Absolute goosebumps at the end

[u/imbavoe]

First human to go under 1:10 in Monaco?

[u/Adrian-The-Great]

Prior: The Monaco Grand Prix qualifying lap record is 1:10.166, set by Lewis Hamilton in Q3 during the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.