Red Bull's Max Verstappen took his first Monaco Grand Prix pole position on Saturday with a breathtaking final qualifying lap to deny Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso the crucial top slot.
Alonso, 41, will start alongside on a front row of double Formula One world champions at a circuit where overtaking is extremely difficult and the Saturday session often decides Sunday's outcome.
Alonso, the oldest driver on the grid whose last win was a decade ago, had looked set to seize pole with a blistering effort."We needed to pull that out the bag, but very lovely," he said as team boss Christian Horner declared it a "mighty" effort.French driver Esteban Ocon qualified fourth for Renault-owned Alpine with Spaniard Carlos Sainz fifth for Ferrari and seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton sixth in a revamped Mercedes.
The Mexican also crashed on the approach to the tunnel in the final phase of qualifying last year but started third, and ahead of Verstappen.
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