Kimi Antonelli continues his push to a Formula One World Championship title, taking the pole position for tomorrow\u2019s Monaco Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old Italian, who has won the last four F1 races, now sits 43 points up on Mercedes teammate George Russell in the driver\u2019s standings.<\/p>\n
Russell will start a distant sixth tomorrow. Antonelli beat out Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen through the streets of Monaco today by just 0.043 seconds.<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, both Ferrari teammates, will start third and fourth, respectively.<\/p>\n
Verstappen\u2019s teammate Isack Hadjar starts fifth.<\/p>\n
Hamilton finished 0.228 seconds behind Antonelli.<\/p>\n
The Antonelli story, for his young age, is an extraordinary one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the most intense qualifying of the year,\u201d Antonelli told reporters.<\/p>\n
Added Russell, after qualifying: \u201cThe last few races have been so challenging for me. Nothing is clicking. My driving style just isn\u2019t working with the car at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Antonelli is the betting favorite at Betway to take the 2026 F1 Drivers\u2019 Championship, at -275, followed by Russell at +275, Leclerc +2000, Lando Norris +2000, Verstappen +2500, and Oscar Piastri +2500, then Hamilton +3300.<\/p>\n
Mercedes are huge betting favourites to take the 2026 F1 Constructors Championship, at -1200, followed by McLaren +700, Ferrari +1400, Red Bull +6600, then Alpine +200000.<\/p>\n