Carlos Sainz had still been hoping to challenge his Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc for pole position during the climax to qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, when his campaign came to a premature end. Sainz, Leclerc and Red Bull's Sergio Perez had been closely matched throughout practice, but it was Leclerc who ended up on top in both of the first two rounds of qualifying on Saturday afternoon. The first set of flying laps in Q3 saw Leclerc once again on top with a time of 1:11.376s, just over two tenths quicker than Sainz who was only narrowly ahead of Perez in the times as the cars started their final flying laps. Sainz was running close behind Perez on track, and when he exited...
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