Lando Norris put his Monaco Grand Prix pole result down to "driving smarter" rather than quicker, believing this was the first time since Formula 1's 2025 season opener in Australia that he put together a satisfactory Q3 run.
McLaren chose to give Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri two runs on their final set of tyres, which Norris pressed into service to first set a time of 1m10.125s, before improving to 1m09.954s on his second attempt and setting a new track record.
