Max Verstappen's INCREDIBLE Lap To Take POLE POSITION In Monaco

This is up there with one of the best laps from Max Verstappen, he was 2 tenths down on Fernando Alonso but he somehow found 3 tenths in the shortest calender of the year to take pole position
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[@SF1UHI]

Why is this lap incredible? Max Verstappen is down on Fernando Alonso after two sectors - 0.2secs - but a stunning final sector grabs pole by 0.084secs. He hit barriers like 3 times in the process This lap makes up for Saudi 2021

[@gabox01]

What happened at Saudi 21?

[@DeadlyCatcher]

@@gabox01 He hit the barrier out of the last corner. He was up by 0.2s or more I think. That lap was on the limits.

[@gabox01]

@@DeadlyCatcher Ah yes i remember it now. What a mighty lap that was.

[@averax9875]

Alonso: loses 0.2 in the 3rd sector by mistake Max fans: OMG he gained 0.2 sec by touching the wall on the straight

[@worfoz]

@@averax9875 Albons joke was funny. But Albon is a true F1 fan and other F1 fans know what he meant by that

[@prodbyhasin]

The way he sent it through the swimming pool sequence will never get old

[@emmanuelgonzalez179]

You could not fit a paper sheet in the space he left

[@goksuavdan1145]

@@emmanuelgonzalez179 Because there was no space left, he was touching the barrier lol You can even see the flex on the barrier...

[@emmanuelgonzalez179]

@@goksuavdan1145 a testament of precision

[@gaycha6589]

Apart from the previous GP when he stuffed it right there…

[@Duuk_the_Dog]

@@gaycha6589 that was 5 years before...

[@_kurjala]

That sector 3 was just so satisfying. He knew he had it all on the line and didn't care if he crashed, he just sent it. And it was LITERALLY millimeter perfect. So amazing that sector 3, probably the best sector 3 in Monaco's history. Literally wallriding

[@legoferrari14]

This definitely made up for his mistake at Saudi 2021; this lap will absolutely go down as one of the greatest pole laps in history

[@jordansoukoulis8426]

the best sector 3 in monaco history was in 1996 from a driver that i cant remember his name.the only thing a remember he has a red car and the car was a SHIT.by the way he cover ONLY 0.729 IN THE LAST SECTOR FROM THE CHAMPION CAR(HILL-WILLIAMS)sorry but im still not remember the name of that DRIVER

[@abdelkadernoam4153]

Absolute is magique Max IS Ayrton Senna

[@abdelkadernoam4153]

👍👍👍👍

[@mrx5232]

@@jordansoukoulis8426 the car that whoever drove it was smaller in 1996.This car is way bigger which makes it more impressive

[@f0olin]

I keep coming back to this. Not even a centimeter from the barrier. Max payed us back for his 2021 lap in Jedahh

[@dfjanus8014]

yes so happy that he finally managed to finish a lap... what a great gift!

[@francouriarte3706]

​@@dfjanus8014🏆🏆🏆

[@ballaking1000]

@@dfjanus8014 ..

[@SugarFreeLatte]

​@dfjanus8014 finished plenty of laps, every single one of them in 2023 actually, and led over 1000 of them on his way to becoming a 3x champion, you're so salty replying to everyone😆

[@dfjanus8014]

@@SugarFreeLatte yes very happy that he kept that ROCKETSHIP on the track! it was a great achievement! he cruised arnd in a 1sec/lap faster car AND kept it on the track. thats amazing! i agree

[@orcastrike7750]

I watched Alonso get prov pole and was so hype to finally see him on the front row. But then the camera cut to Max on his final lap and I could just feel the insane pace even from behind the TV screen. I didn’t even have to watch the end of the lap to know he was gonna do it.

[@raftermanhoward1883]

"feel the pace" I agree with this 100%. Watching this lap it just felt like it was 5 seconds faster than everyone else, even though it was obviously not.

[@jaguatiricaimediata5305]

It was ferocious

[@PhoenixYT-]

People don’t understand how much 2 tenths is… he gained all of that in Sector 3. Incredible

[@mesh8349]

Alonso made a mistake in sector 3 tho

[@atomicdoge608]

It's not just 2 tenths he found, its way closer to 3 tenths over Alonso which is even more insane

[@likemikesikedikerike5092]

​@@mesh8349 nc try go cry

[@Jrh-rp7np]

When Martin Brundle says wow,, you know your seeing something.. I could feel the speed and I was in my Garage watching on my phone at what was it here like 9am on a Saturday morning

[@chinwyian]

He wasn’t flirting with the wall he was straight up KISSING it. Such delicate handling.

[@ThaCampinDutchman]

Yeah, Martin instantly knew what was going on and what we were in for. Guy is such an asset.

[@goldenTym]

The level of precision and awareness this shows is just not human. It reminds me of the story of Senna crashing and saying "I don't understand how it happened.. the barrier must have moved." and went they went and checked the barrier had been moved slightly by a previous car. The fact a driver is so in tune with his car, and so knowledgeable about the track, barriers, down to literal inches is just amazing to watch.

[@BlackGery]

Paper-thin margins at 0:05. He nailed it there.

[@f0olin]

Like literally. If you watch it VERY slowly, you can see he bumped into the barrier just a tiny bit. Insane

[@Uno_Floydd]

@@f0olinIt looks like he phased through the wall like a ghost

[@anurag15271]

I am 100% sure if i have placed my pinky there i would hve 9 fingers

[@sifolaroussi6035]

He gained almost 0.3 second in the shortest sector ...just WOW !

[@jordansoukoulis8426]

with the n1car against n5car(rb against martin)in 1996 someone took the pole with n3car against n1 car(ferrari against williams)IN THE SHORTEST SECTOR HE GAINED ONLY 0.729!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@syndicategaming1668]

That swimming pool shot is arguably the best shot of the season. Still incredible

[@ajegelin]

“He has a super fast car” those awful British commentators never said that about Lewis when his car was even faster compared to the competition than Max’s car currently is.

[@CoastlineSim]

Literally 3 seconds after that he lost his breath seeing Max actually took pole, I don't think he meant that to be offensive.

[@MohamedLamkhizni]

​@@CoastlineSimwell that dude speak the truth did you hear him say that when lewis rule f1 nope 😮

[@roman-krasava]

​@@MohamedLamkhiznilmao, British toxic, simply lovely Lewis

[@the1stmetalhead]

Probably cause at that time there were other cars like Ferrari who could complete with them. But this season Adrian Newey designed something out of this world that no other team has been able to match. McLaren maybe got close towards the end of the season.

[@PanzerChicken69]

Lewis who?!?

[@benjackson1442]

I love how Martin brundle just goes “wow…” as max flies through the swimming pool chicane and past the barrier

[@GoalerPro750]

That was the single greatest sector in Formula One qualifying history

[@mikaelbihl-matias9462]

You can also add his first sector in suzuka this season.

[@jordansoukoulis8426]

IT WAS GOOD BUT IT WASNT MONACO 1996 OR SUZUKA 2000

[@kristianangeloni]

It isn't even the best third sector in Monaco qualifying history. Still a monster one btw

[@redstonewatcher6651]

⁠@@kristianangeloniyeah but in terms of sheer cornering precision (despite the car being slower due to new spec) this is a very strong contender.

[@kristianangeloni]

@@redstonewatcher6651 oh, that's sure

[@RxseF1-13]

If completed, his Jeddah lap would have 100% been on par with this one. People can hate on Max all they want, his raw talent is undeniable.

[@komakie]

Watching the way he drives through those streets and still there are people that say it's just the car.

[@dfjanus8014]

they all drove thru those streets to the potential of their car lol i hate to say this but the rb19 is simply faster. i know you want someone to worship and im not stopping you god bless you

[@cjerp]

@@dfjanus8014 Who drove like max did right here?

[@dfjanus8014]

@@cjerp the saddest thing abt this lap is that he managed to be slower than a fucking Aston Martin for the first 2 sectors. A fucking AM. in that rb19 ROCKETSHIP. hard to believe but it’s true. That’s embarrassing. The time clock never lies. Thank god he managed to get his shit together for the last sector and drove the rb19 to its potential. And the crazy thing is one decent sector in the rb19 was enough for pole. Imagine a good driver driving the rb19 to its potential for all 3 sectors….

[@Giwled07]

@@dfjanus8014 Dude: you are absolutely the ONLY one with this opinion. Cleary you have no "fucking" clue about F1 (even when your opinion comes from simply being a Max hater).

[@fredericchopin5993]

​@@dfjanus8014 Stop talking shit. The RB19 wasn't nearly as strong in quali.

[@Kevin_VER]

Idk how people can hate those guy. Look at his raw talent and speed. No one on the current grid can match him. Yes he’s got the best car but even then he always gets the best out of his car. He will get down in history as 1 of the bedt drivers ever, even better then Lewis ever was.

[@luziosalles324]

One of the best qualifying laps I've ever seen. Incredible

[@PhoenixYT-]

This proves that Max is an amazing driver and it’s not “just the car” cause Monaco isn’t about the car. It’s about the driver and what they can achieve. We’ve seen many great drivers crash in Monaco. But it wasn’t the case here. Max is just raw talent!

[@erwinj9697]

I remember watching this live and said what the hell? When I saw that swimmig pool bit. It looked insanely fast watching it live I was amazed how he didn't crash there I 100% thought he would overdo it.

[@SniperPrecision]

When I saw this live I sat there in silence. I was in disbelief in what I just saw. This qualifying lap will go down in history.

[@gaycha6589]

This one didn’t. Mind you he did not have best car then , but kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHi6poOKrbuBbs0si=S2hm0e2UdU5ixQSZ

[@dfjanus8014]

seeing the fastest car get pole stuns you? lol you will LOVE f1

[@SniperPrecision]

@dfjanus8014 do you understand the context about this video? It doesn't matter that he got pole. it is picture-perfect, highly technical driving. Art for some people

[@dfjanus8014]

@@SniperPrecision regardless of how it looked, the time clock said a sad story. he was slower than a fucking aston martin in the first 2 sectors. a fucking AM. in the RB19. that is sad. he literally only drove to the cars potential in the last sector and that alone was enough for pole. imagine a good driver driving it to the limit all 3 sectors. to those who worship him, its rosy and fast and picture perfect. but the time clock said he was slower than a fucking AM for 2/3rds of the lap.

[@FourFront99]

@@dfjanus8014 Imagine after 3 world championships, still trying to downplay his talent. Nevermind what us stans think, but completely disregarding what his peer's think.

[@Erron21]

0:04 just magnificent omg that commitment was just insane

[@Holdt15]

Max haters will always fail to honor him as a great driver, cause in their minds he is on the throne of F1 because of a fast car. Few drivers can reach flow state, but i bet Max was in flow state this 3rd sector, brilliant.

[@SceneArtisan]

I'd hazard a damned good guess that if Senna was still alive (spectating) he'd have been super impressed with this lap.

[@TomH2681]

I know it wouldn't be fair to Sergio, but I wished RB would give the second car to Hamilton for just one season. This way you would prove once and for all that it's not the car. It's the driver. Max is something special.

[@goldenTym]

It's always a combination of both, along with strategists etc. (Look at how many times a Ferrari had amazing pace and then got screwed by bad strategy.) Checo was very much a low/midfielder when he was wearing Pink. Put him in Blue and he was a top driver (although lacking this year a bit) Same thing went for Russell.. with Williams he was a good driver, put him in a Merc and he's doing better than he ever did with W. You could be a phenomenal driver, but if the car can't deliver you are going to get beaten by "good" drivers in good cars. On the flip side you could put a terrible driver (subjectively... all of these guys are some of the best drivers on the planet) like Stroll in a Red Bull and he's still going to find a way to lose races.

[@dfjanus8014]

daniel matched max pole lap in silverstone off the street in 2 laps. im sorry to say this abt your god but its true. according to red bull and horner

[@koekenzopie5919]

@@dfjanus8014 You'd think Daniel would brag about it then if you were right. BTW I love your salty tears, I absolutely love it! "Ricciardo confirmed that if his lap time was corrected due to the amount of fuel he was running, he’d have been within a tenth of Verstappen’s pole time from the Saturday at Silverstone."

[@dfjanus8014]

@@koekenzopie5919 i dont understand third world slang, sorry. i dont know what the phrase "salty tears" means in your country. horner saying that daniel matching the time is "salty tears"? pls ask a native english speaker to help you, id love to understand your deep thoughts my third world friend

[@koekenzopie5919]

​@@dfjanus8014 For somebody supposedly from a developed country, you sound incredible uneducated if you dont even know salty tears. Not my job to educate the uneducated. But true, English is not my native language. I speak 4 languages btw, you? Ah right!

[@ytwos1]

Martin Brundle was like all of us, when Max started that last sector, just a short “wow” and start watching.

[@abdelkadernoam4153]

Incredible Max verstappen au millimètre il passe c'est un très grand pilote digne du grand Ayrton Senna rip 👍✊👍✊

[@GH0ST-11]

Finished version of Jeddah in 2021.

[@AB-mw8oz]

To put this into perspective, the final sector is about 900 meters long, and Verstappen gained about 1 tenth of a second every 300 meters

[@h.a.9880]

I forgot who it was, I think someone from Ferrari, that said: The perfect path through a corner takes you close enough to the barrier that you come out and all the paint is rubbed off, but the priming color is still left.

[@JS-ll8nk]

LOL crofty trying to say its all the car, while Brundle telling it how it is with that one word "WOW" watching Max through the swimming pool section. Just a stunning lap and it wasn't the car, it was Max. Just the most stunning and fastest F1 driver, no, race car driver, that has ever lived. Already the GOAT and I don't say that lightly.

[@jordansoukoulis8426]

FANGIO PROST CLARK SENNA AND SCHUMACHER ARE AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT

[@billB101]

Extremely fast driver in an extremely fast car. He's been pulling 3 second leads within the first few laps all season, not unusual with the right combo in F1 though, Vettal could do that, so could Schumacher and Hamilton to name a few. I mean, let's be serious here though, Max is not the GOAT... yet. Might be one day if he gets enough WDC's. Stunning drivers I'll always go with Senna though, his quali lap of Monoco in 1990 was just off the scale at the time. A very different era in F1 though.

[@JS-ll8nk]

@@billB101 how many WDCs a driver have is not the measure of the greatest driver, but more of how many years a driver was in a dominant car. GOAT is more than that, its doing things others can't, and often. You can look back at Max when he was in a car that couldn't challenge for the title and he was doing amazing things at a young age already, just look at Brazil, or his first win at Barcelona. Now look at him in a dominant car and he is pulverising everyone, and taking records down that have been standing for decades. Seb and Lewis couldn't do what Max is doing now, they just don't have the mentality. Just look at the records he has broken this year, at 26 yrs old. the circumstances to allow for a driver to be moulded into what Max is today, won't be repeated again, and was never done before. He truly is the talent of the century. You put Max in the same car as any driver past and present, hard to see anyone beating him except Michael. Lewis and Seb? no chance

[@billB101]

@@JS-ll8nk So you're saying a 7 x multiple world champion is not the measure of how good the driver was. Well that's some confirmation biased BS if I've ever heard any lol. Utter rubbish.

[@marionvanessen905]

You know what Niki Lauda said "talent of the century" !@@billB101

[@jakubkrcma]

Friggin' insane! Over 0.2 down after S2, touches the wall twice in S3 and STILL takes the pole by 0.084!

[@dfjanus8014]

how crazy is that rb19 right??? he only needed to drive it to its potential for one sector and it was enough for pole. fucking insane

[@jakubkrcma]

@@dfjanus8014 Of course the car is great but Max's driving was SUBLIME.

[@dfjanus8014]

@@jakubkrcma yes that seems to be the opinion of third world ppl who worship him. to normal ppl who simply look at the time clock, being slower than a fucking AM in 2 sectors is fucking embarrassing. sad rlly. in that RB19. in that rocketship. the fact that he literally only drove the rb19 to its potential for ONE sector and that was enough for pole is insane. imagine a good driver driving the rb19 to its limit all 3 sectors.

[@jakubkrcma]

@@dfjanus8014 AM, especially in Fernando's hands, was quite capable in Monaco Q. Also, Checo did a substantially worse job than Max throughout the season while being an OK driver. It is possible that Lewis, Fernando or Charles could match or beat Max in overall qualifying performance in the same car in 2023 but Max's driving was outstanding the whole year. Basically, the only significant error of judgement was T12 in Las Vegas against George where Max should have waited for DRS detection in T13 before attempting a pass. In 2016, he used to mess up all the time. So, lots of respect for his extraordinary improvement. I don't think any of the other greatest drivers improved as much during their F1 careers. They usually started pretty complete. Max's entry into F1 aged 17 was premature but he fixed all the stuff I criticised and refined the stuff I liked. In a competitive car, he is a title contender against any current F1 driver. In S3, he pushed 101%, that's where the contacts came from. In S1-S2, "just" 99-100%.

[@ploppyjr2373]

@@dfjanus8014jesus dude. 21 spam comments why are you so insulted by people appreciating greatness. Any other track would make sense but that’s the last sector of monaco. Might be the sector in racing where the car matters least

[@Vertacowild]

Incroyable il a trouvé la ligne parfaite ! Je ne l'aime pas mais ce qu'il as fait j'adore c'est fou il est magique ! team Charles Ferrari ❤

[@iamamiwhoami-goods13]

Esse rapaz é EXTREMAMENTE AUDACIOSO. MAGNÍFICO!

[@hectorherbert6585]

THE NEW BOSS OF FORMULA ONE.

[@alexandrec10]

Because of things like this that he's the best in the world and shortly in the history.

[@TaniasUncle]

He’s kissing the barriers all the way around. The control he has over his car is incredible.

[@Spiekerz]

What a third sector... SUPERB

[@best___0999]

Bro completed the Saudi lap 2021💯

[@Viper-ut4oz]

In an interview he said he used the barrier at the swimming pool to give him an extra push, because he knew those barriers are flexible. He said it either could be totally wrong or perfectly right. we all know which one it was eventually.

[@jackieparzival8240]

I wept when I saw it live, and I'll never forget about it

[@dfjanus8014]

hahahahaha you need a good support system

[@geert574]

George could never 🤣

[@isurumw6119]

Well no shit. 😂

[@mirzasaysrelax]

RAW TALENT

[@27kaptein]

amazing

[@littletweeter1327]

He can make these giant heavy cars dance like they’re the nimble cars of old. What a driver.

[@Backware01]

The way crofty is commentating is just so much better then new highlight commentator

[@mclarenrob2]

Insane. Was praying for an Alonso pole to make the race interesting but this lap deserved it

[@CanadaPlayz48]

Alonso: I have purple sector 1 and 2 Max: You saved the purple sector 3 for me?

[@XalilGjoka]

Sector 3🔥

[@Lcster]

martin brundle: wow. yeah. wow.

[@kengodson6771]

I bet he paused his heart beat to concentrate on the sequence of corners

[@skyazuldream]

3 tenths final sector unbelievable

[@dfjanus8014]

its insane how he just had to drive the rb19 to its potential for one sector and it was enough for pole. unreal

[@ananthu8534]

​@@dfjanus8014Lewis and his fans are the biggest joke F1 had ever seen 😂

[@dfjanus8014]

@@ananthu8534 yes mt third world friend you are so intelligent!

[@Jeckaa84]

It’s the car man!

[@Lanse1984]

A fucking legend

[@MimonJesus67]

I'm still mad Alonso didn't win this race.

[@jamsbong]

This guy found over 0.2 seconds in the shortest sector of the track. Normally, a driver will accumulate up to 0.2 seconds from going faster on the whole lap.

[@dfjanus8014]

yes so happy he finally managed to drive that rb19 to its potential for one sector

[@ananthu8534]

​@@dfjanus8014Lewis fan 😂

[@dfjanus8014]

@@ananthu8534 being happy that max managed to drive decent for one sector makes someone a "lewis fan"? lol third world mentality is wild! lol

[@chookchack]

How to ruin Alonso’s party. 😂😂😂

[@huhkgerry]

Could’ve been faster cause he bumped in to that last corner 🔥

[@wagnerpaulo7974]

Quando ele crescer vai ser igual a mim

[@Sawadaz]

Hamilton's 2018 Singapore pole lap is way more incredible.

[@JJfani]

Alonsos lap was incredible if Stappen had to do everything to beat that !

[@cavaleri]

En su puta vida un tipo como Hamilton dio una pole position así de fina y al extremo absoluto. Max Verstappen no tiene punto de comparación, es miles de veces mejor que Hamilton. Y después de Max, Fernando, otro inigualable.

[@camiloduarte8554]

Soy Fan de Max a morir y me encanta Alonso también, pero la pole de Hamilton en Singapur 2018 fue increíble. Una vuelta literalmente perfecta

[@加藤郁-d9n]

いくらモナコって言うスピードが出ないコースだとしても、あの見切りは凄すぎ。 　おそらく、センチメートル位か、あるいはちょっと当たってるかも? 　今のＦ１は視界が悪いのに

[@12adminsdf]

nobody like to see true.3rd sector make it diferenace and pole position and the corner was take by milimeter its almost touch thats call talent nobody can ride like him

[@laarons7723]

Wtf is wrong with the video ratio. Are you using a monitor from 2005 or something?

[@JJfani]

incredibel lap :D goes too slow with op car for first 2 sectors and drives normally the 3rd sector.

[@plompboy]

Tering mooi!

[@dofrondemeraude5607]

The lap is not incredible the 3rd sector his

[@dinoveneziale]

So when he gets pole and wins the race monaco greatest track ever. When he qualifies 6 and doesn't improve in the race monaco is boring and needs a revision

[@GoatTheGoat]

ANNOUNCERS WHO YELL ARE THE WORST.

[@dfjanus8014]

the guy driving the fastest rocketship qualified first?!?!? no way!!!! thats amazing!

[@ploppyjr2373]

You’re aware that it’s around monaco right?

[@nonegone7170]

average sunday viewer's intellect.

[@dfjanus8014]

@@nonegone7170 exactly lol

[@ananthu8534]

Lewis fan spotted

[@dfjanus8014]

@@ananthu8534 the third world is different lol

[@stuartcairney7055]

Sir Lewis fastest of all time round Monaco

[@ananthu8534]

😂

[@mikaelbihl-matias9462]

And not even close to the precision of Verstappen.

[@billB101]

@@mikaelbihl-matias9462 It was a second faster.

[@redstonewatcher6651]

@@billB101in an entirely different car. I dont think this is a fair comparison.

[@billB101]

A record is a record. At least it is when it comes to Max seemingly.

[@elralfiaguila6713]

Que según le robaron la pole a Alonso no??

[@Jeffthengineer]

😂

[@Antonio.Andrade]

Not an incredible lap… Fernando missed the final corners and lost the pole. Nevertheless, great video.

[@SF1UHI]

Making up 3 tenths in the shortest sector of the calendar is pretty impressive I would say

[@kaaskroket6796]

@@Antonio.Andrade nope

[@Eric-rf1is]

haha, the F1 world talking about the quali of the century, but you, with all your (F1) wisdom, calls it "not an incredible lap". You're making a fool of yourself, kiddo.

[@Antonio.Andrade]

@@Eric-rf1is “all the world”.. talk about your Max Fans bubble… you may lick his a** as you want but I have the facts and the numbers to support my claim. Alonso just screwed his sector 3 and lost the pole. Max did a good lap but not an incredible one. If having an opinion based on evidence is being a fool… you’re just a kid who can’t read an opinion against your hero pilot. Grown up

[@Antonio.Andrade]

@@Eric-rf1is want a real incredible lap from Max? Try Jeddah 2021. Too bad he crashed, would be a pole for the History books

[@pimptoking]

0:03 .... thats just, fucking WILD!!!!