{"id":720520,"date":"2026-06-07T06:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720520\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T06:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:41:18","slug":"lap-time-watch-2026-monaco-grand-prix-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720520\/","title":{"rendered":"Lap time watch: 2026 Monaco Grand Prix \u2013 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Lando<\/a><\/p>\n

After claiming pole position with the fastest-ever lap of Monaco last year, Lando Norris<\/a> predicted his new record would stand for a long time.<\/p>\n

He may well be right. Formula 1\u2019s new regulations produced the slowest Monaco Grand Prix pole position time since 2017:<\/p>\n

Andrea Kimi Antonelli\u2019s<\/a> pole-winning lap time of 1\u201912.051 was over two seconds slower than Norris\u2019s time last year.<\/p>\n

However some teams have adjusted to the new rules better than others. McLaren are experiencing one of their weakest performances so far this year, lapping over two-and-a-half seconds slower than they did in 2025.<\/p>\n

Mercedes, by contrast, are just half a second off their 2025 pace. No other team is within 1.2 seconds of their best time from last year:<\/p>\n

While Mercedes repeatedly hyped up the potential threat from Ferrari before the race weekend began, Red Bull emerged as their closest competitors. Max Verstappen<\/a> was only a few hundredths of a second slower than Antonelli, but that time was almost one-and-a-half seconds slower than their best from last year:<\/p>\n

Sector times<\/p>\n

As the track improved rapidly during the session, most of the leading qualifiers pulled their three quickest sector times together on the final lap. Last year\u2019s pole-winner was a notable exception: Norris lost a significant amount of time with a lock-up. However his suspicion that McLaren were unlikely to qualify higher than the fourth row this year looks right:<\/p>\n

P.
\n#
\nDriver
\nS1
\nS2
\nS3
\nUltimate lap (deficit)<\/p>\n

1
\n12
\nAndrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a>
\n18.934 (2)
\n33.989 (2)
\n19.128 (2)
\n1\u201912.051<\/p>\n

2
\n3
\nMax Verstappen<\/a>
\n18.827 (1)
\n34.184 (4)
\n19.083 (1)
\n1\u201912.094<\/p>\n

3
\n44
\nLewis Hamilton<\/a>
\n19.103 (8)
\n33.957 (1)
\n19.219 (4)
\n1\u201912.279<\/p>\n

4
\n16
\nCharles Leclerc<\/a>
\n18.986 (4)
\n34.035 (3)
\n19.274 (7)
\n1\u201912.295 (+0.056)<\/p>\n

5
\n6
\nIsack Hadjar<\/a>
\n19.001 (5)
\n34.202 (5)
\n19.231 (6)
\n1\u201912.434<\/p>\n

6
\n63
\nGeorge Russell<\/a>
\n18.970 (3)
\n34.253 (6)
\n19.222 (5)
\n1\u201912.445<\/p>\n

7
\n1
\nLando Norris<\/a>
\n19.025 (6)
\n34.297 (8)
\n19.181 (3)
\n1\u201912.503 (+0.262)<\/p>\n

8
\n81
\nOscar Piastri<\/a>
\n19.039 (7)
\n34.257 (7)
\n19.289 (8)
\n1\u201912.585 (+0.039)<\/p>\n

9
\n10
\nPierre Gasly<\/a>
\n19.278 (10)
\n34.512 (9)
\n19.436 (10)
\n1\u201913.226<\/p>\n

10
\n30
\nLiam Lawson<\/a>
\n19.209 (9)
\n34.709 (10)
\n19.355 (9)
\n1\u201913.273 (+0.139)<\/p>\n

11
\n23
\nAlexander Albon<\/a>
\n19.350 (13)
\n34.774 (11)
\n19.554 (13)
\n1\u201913.678 (+0.109)<\/p>\n

12
\n55
\nCarlos Sainz Jnr<\/a>
\n19.342 (12)
\n34.796 (12)
\n19.561 (14)
\n1\u201913.699 (+0.116)<\/p>\n

13
\n27
\nNico Hulkenberg<\/a>
\n19.413 (14)
\n34.871 (13)
\n19.466 (11)
\n1\u201913.750 (+0.152)<\/p>\n

14
\n43
\nFranco Colapinto<\/a>
\n19.304 (11)
\n35.010 (14)
\n19.489 (12)
\n1\u201913.803 (+0.192)<\/p>\n

15
\n41
\nArvid Lindblad<\/a>
\n19.449 (15)
\n35.016 (15)
\n19.600 (15)
\n1\u201914.065 (+0.183)<\/p>\n

16
\n87
\nOliver Bearman<\/a>
\n19.566 (18)
\n35.178 (16)
\n19.890 (18)
\n1\u201914.634 (+0.180)<\/p>\n

17
\n31
\nEsteban Ocon<\/a>
\n19.620 (19)
\n35.247 (17)
\n19.800 (16)
\n1\u201914.667 (+0.055)<\/p>\n

18
\n5
\nGabriel Bortoleto<\/a>
\n19.493 (17)
\n35.314 (19)
\n19.876 (17)
\n1\u201914.683<\/p>\n

19
\n11
\nSergio Perez<\/a>
\n19.485 (16)
\n35.304 (18)
\n19.958 (20)
\n1\u201914.747<\/p>\n

20
\n77
\nValtteri Bottas<\/a>
\n19.862 (21)
\n35.420 (20)
\n19.909 (19)
\n1\u201915.191 (+0.092)<\/p>\n

21
\n14
\nFernando Alonso<\/a>
\n19.764 (20)
\n35.556 (21)
\n20.029 (21)
\n1\u201915.349<\/p>\n

22
\n18
\nLance Stroll<\/a>
\n19.948 (22)
\n35.799 (22)
\n20.212 (22)
\n1\u201915.959 (+0.102)<\/p>\n

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