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Verstappen leads Sergio Pérez by 39 points in the driver standings after his win in Monaco where Fernando Alonso finished second

The Dutchman converted pole position successfully despite having to contend with the rigours of a wet race among the final third of the race, extending his stint on the medium tyres to cover off the looming threat of rain.

Verstappen led every lap, ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, but had to negotiate his way through a heavy rain shower. He clipped the wall just before pitting for intermediate tyres but benefited when Alonso stopped for slicks just before the rain arrived.

While others lost their heads in the rain at the Monaco Grand Prix, Max Verstappen proved the coolest of customers to extend his championship lead by 25 points in what proved a comfortable win in the principality.

Max Verstappen claimed victory in Monaco for the second time as the Red Bull driver made his pole position count despite the threats posed by Fernando Alonso and the rain

Max Verstappen has survived a tension-filled Monaco Grand Prix to win and extend his lead in the drivers' championship.

Aston Martin, meanwhile, has shone with the ability of Fernando Alonso to out-brake rivals into corners and then jump back on the power early.

Aston Martin has shone with the ability of Fernando Alonso to out-brake rivals into corners and then jump back on the power early.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from pole position after a stunning final sector effort in qualifying. He will be joined on the front row by Aston Martin's star driver Fernando Alonso, who looked set for pole until Verstappen's late heroics demoted him to second on the grid.

Red Bull driver Verstappen surged to his third pole of 2023 by just 0.084s with a remarkable late effort to usurp Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, who had until the dying moments of the session looked set to claim his first pole since Hockenheim 2012. 

The Red Bull driver made a successful swoop for pole in the dying stages of Q3 to deny Alonso the chance of a first F1 pole since 2012, using the final corners to overturn a deficit of two tenths accrued in the opening pair of sectors.