Australian Mark Webber will start from pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix, despite setting the second fastest lap in today’s qualifying session.
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher laid down the fastest time in the final session, but will start from sixth place due to the five grid place penalty he incurred at the last round.
Schumacher’s collision with Bruno Senna at the Spanish Grand Prix is Webber’s gain, taking one of the most valuable pole positions in world motorsport.
Nico Rosberg inherits his Mercedes team-mate’s slot on the front row, ahead of Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), Romain Grosjean (Lotus), Ferrari duo Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus), Spanish Grand Prix winner Pastor Maldonado and Sebastien Vettel (Red Bull).
Vettel will move ahead of Maldonado, though, after the Venezuelan was issued a 10 grid place penalty for a clash with Sergio Perez in Practice 1 on Thursday.
Perez will start from the rear of the grid after his Sauber collected the wall in Qualifying 1.
Qualifying, Monaco Grand Prix
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
| 1 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:15.873 | 1:15.062 | 1:14.301 | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:16.013 | 1:15.035 | 1:14.381 | 19 |
| 3 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:15.900 | 1:15.022 | 1:14.448 | 21 |
| 4 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.063 | 1:15.166 | 1:14.583 | 20 |
| 5 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:15.718 | 1:15.219 | 1:14.639 | 27 |
| 6 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:16.153 | 1:15.128 | 1:14.948 | 22 |
| 7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:15.983 | 1:14.911 | 1:15.049 | 19 |
| 8 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:15.889 | 1:15.322 | 1:15.199 | 28 |
| 9 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:16.017 | 1:15.026 | 1:15.245 | 22 |
| 10 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:15.757 | 1:15.234 | No time | 24 |
| 11 | 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:15.418 | 1:15.421 | 17 | |
| 12 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:15.648 | 1:15.508 | 19 | |
| 13 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:16.399 | 1:15.536 | 18 | |
| 14 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 1:15.923 | 1:15.709 | 20 | |
| 15 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:16.062 | 1:15.718 | 14 | |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.360 | 1:15.878 | 19 | |
| 17 | 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:16.491 | 1:16.885 | 14 | |
| 18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1:16.538 | 13 | ||
| 19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 1:17.404 | 13 | ||
| 20 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:17.947 | 11 | ||
| 21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 1:18.096 | 11 | ||
| 22 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:18.476 | 12 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 1:19.310 | 8 | ||
| 24 | 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | No time | 2 | ||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:20.697 |
Note – Maldonado drops 10 grid places for causing a collision in final practice. Schumacher drops five grid places for causing a collision at last round. Perez failed to set a time within 107% requirement – races at stewards’ discretion.
See below of Speedcafe.com’s Monaco F1 Race Guide
