Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri starts the Monaco Grand Prix from third, while his teammate will lead the field from pole. Follow live.

Oscar Piastri has finished third at the Monaco Grand Prix after rule changes designed to shake up the conga line of cars that traditionally snake the street circuit have failed to change the tradition of grid positions determining the final result when the chequered flag is waved at Port Hercule.

Over the weekend, that photo above made the rounds: AJ, an Oscar Piastri fan from Australia, had posted on X that he’d make a life-sized version of Piastri out of pizza if Piastri won pole. Folks: Piastri won pole, and AJ made the Pizzastri. I had to reach out to him and ask about this. Here’s my Q&A with AJ. Bon appétit.

In another swing of the McLaren pendulum, momentum is with Lando Norris after he claimed pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix having beaten Oscar Piastri last time out at Imola. It validates McLaren’s stance to not support one driver over the other,

Oscar Piastri was surprisingly candid in his assessment of his performance in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix.