We are very pleased with today's qualifying, with Esteban claiming a very impressive fourth position - third on the grid - with Charles' penalty and Pierre in seventh.
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Charles Leclerc will start his home Grand Prix from sixth on the grid after being handed a 3-place grid drop for impeding Lando Norris in Q3.
Today it was quite difficult to give the drivers a car they were comfortable with, which at Monaco is always key.
That was one of the most exciting laps Max has ever driven in quali, what a performance.
The race will be tough tomorrow with overtaking still extremely difficult here. However, with both drivers comfortable with their cars then we will be looking to make progress.
We know starting sixth and eighth for tomorrow's race makes it a challenging Grand Prix for us.
Fernando drove superbly; he nailed his final lap and will line up on the front row for tomorrow's Grand Prix. That's an incredible achievement for the whole team.
We're in a decent position to score points and will be working hard this evening to ensure we can maximise our chances.
We couldn't replicate the performance from earlier in the weekend, and we're aware of how difficult our task will be tomorrow.
It's not where you want to start in Monaco, but in the end, we need to look into why we ended up where we ended up.
Max Verstappen edges out Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc in thrilling qualifying session which sees the Dutchman's main title rival, Sergio Perez crash out leaving him starting last.
Max Verstappen sets the pace in second practice session, as Carlos Sainz learns the hard way just how unforgiving Monaco's mean streets can be.