F1 Monaco Grand Prix 2024 LIVE: Third practice updates, FP3 results and qualifying start time and schedule

We’re underway with Q1 on the streets of Monte-Carlo!

And who’s out first? Lewis Hamilton.

The seven-time world champion is a three-time winner around Monaco and has had a strong weekend so far – what can Mercedes do in this all-important qualifying session?

We’re just five minutes away from the most important qualifying of the season so far!

Given how difficult it is to overtake in Monaco, the starting grid is extremely important for tomorrow’s race – can Charles Leclerc keep up his good form in practice to secure what would be a third pole position in his hometown? Can McLaren get involved on the front row? Or will it be Max again?

Qualifying from the Monaco Grand Prix coming right up!

1. Max Verstappen – 161 points

2. Charles Leclerc – 113 points

3. Sergio Perez – 107 points

4. Lando Norris – 101 points

5. Carlos Sainz – 93 points

6. Oscar Piastri – 53 points

7. George Russell – 44 points

8. Lewis Hamilton – 35 points

9. Fernando Alonso – 33 points

10. Yuki Tsunoda – 15 points

11. Lance Stroll – 11 points

12. Oliver Bearman – 6 points

13. Nico Hulkenberg – 6 points

14. Daniel Ricciardo – 5 points

15. Esteban Ocon – 1 point

16. Kevin Magnussen – 1 point

17. Alex Albon – 0 points

18. Zhou Guanyu – 0 points

19. Pierre Gasly – 0 points

20. Valtteri Bottas – 0 points

21. Logan Sargeant – 0 points

The treacherous twists and turns of the Circuit de Monaco have not been kind to this small principality’s prodigal son. It took until 2022 – after two retirements and one devastating failure to make the start line after qualifying on pole, with a Covid cancellation thrown in the middle – for Charles Leclerc to finish his home grand prix. And even that was ruined by a strategy failure, confining him to fourth after also qualifying on pole.

Two years on, the Ferrari driver is heading into his sixth Monaco Grand Prix having never stood in the royal box overlooking the main straight, with Monaco the only race not to have an official podium for the top-three drivers. There is nowhere Leclerc, currently second in the world championship and trailing Max Verstappen by 48 points after seven races, would rather ignite a title challenge than here. The taste of winning champagne would hit different. You can bet it’d be expensive, too.

“Second or third is not really something that excites me,” Leclerc said on Thursday. “The win is what we need to target. We’ve seen in the last few races that Red Bull, McLaren and ourselves are pretty close in qualifying and we know how important qualifying is here so we’ll have to put everything together.

“If we are on pole, then that will give us a good chance to get what we want, which is a win.”

Monaco Grand Prix – pole position:

Lewis Hamilton, Oscar Piastri – 16/1

Fernando Alonso, Sergio Perez – 40/1

Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll, Yuki Tsuonda – 250/1

Here’s Max Verstappen with his compatriot earlier, overlooking the harbour!

5. Aston Martin – 44 points

1. Max Verstappen – 161 points

2. Charles Leclerc – 113 points

3. Sergio Perez – 107 points

4. Lando Norris – 101 points

5. Carlos Sainz – 93 points

6. Oscar Piastri – 53 points

7. George Russell – 44 points

8. Lewis Hamilton – 35 points

9. Fernando Alonso – 33 points

10. Yuki Tsunoda – 15 points

11. Lance Stroll – 11 points

12. Oliver Bearman – 6 points

13. Nico Hulkenberg – 6 points

14. Daniel Ricciardo – 5 points

15. Esteban Ocon – 1 point

16. Kevin Magnussen – 1 point

17. Alex Albon – 0 points

18. Zhou Guanyu – 0 points

19. Pierre Gasly – 0 points

20. Valtteri Bottas – 0 points

21. Logan Sargeant – 0 points

The treacherous twists and turns of the Circuit de Monaco have not been kind to this small principality’s prodigal son. It took until 2022 – after two retirements and one devastating failure to make the start line after qualifying on pole, with a Covid cancellation thrown in the middle – for Charles Leclerc to finish his home grand prix. And even that was ruined by a strategy failure, confining him to fourth after also qualifying on pole.

Two years on, the Ferrari driver is heading into his sixth Monaco Grand Prix having never stood in the royal box overlooking the main straight, with Monaco the only race not to have an official podium for the top-three drivers. There is nowhere Leclerc, currently second in the world championship and trailing Max Verstappen by 48 points after seven races, would rather ignite a title challenge than here. The taste of winning champagne would hit different. You can bet it’d be expensive, too.

“Second or third is not really something that excites me,” Leclerc said on Thursday. “The win is what we need to target. We’ve seen in the last few races that Red Bull, McLaren and ourselves are pretty close in qualifying and we know how important qualifying is here so we’ll have to put everything together.

“If we are on pole, then that will give us a good chance to get what we want, which is a win.”