max verstappen snatched away Fernando Alonso the pole in the Monaco Grand Prix with one last lap to the limit, so much so that he ended up touching a wall and leaving his wheels full of marks from the touches through the streets of Monaco.
The Dutch driver made one last attempt to improve his time and get the pole position that belonged to Alonso at the time. The first two sectors of the current world champion were not good, reaching lose two tenths with the reference of the Aston Martin. Therefore, he had to risk in the last sector.
There, Verstappen He touched the walls of the Principality circuit up to four times. First he did it at the entrance to the pool area. Also at the start, but the most impressive moment came in the last corner.
With pole position at stake, he came out of the last corner touching the wall and, at full throttle, touched it again on the straight, thus cutting the maximum number of meters to gain time.
And boy did he do it. Three tenths he won in that last corner, which gave him pole position for just 84 thousandths. And of course, with the blows that the wheels received, the marks from Verstappen’s lap were notable.
“I knew I had to risk it all. I wasn’t going as I should have halfway through the lap and I’ve risked more”, he explained after qualifying. And seeing the wounds on his tyres, you have to attest that this was the case.
