Charles
Leclerc
will start from pole position in the French Grand Prix, 12th round of the Formula 1 World Championship.
With a time of 1'30''872, the Ferrari driver was 304 thousandths ahead of Max
Verstappen
's Red Bull , who will start alongside him in the front row tomorrow.
Second row for Sergio Perez's other Red Bull and Lewis
Hamilton
's Mercedes .
For Leclerc it is the 16th pole of his career, obtained also thanks to Carlos Sainz who helped him by giving him the wake for part of the track.
Lando Norris
with McLaren and George
Russell
with Mercedes
were classified for the third row .
The seventh fastest time was set by Fernando
Alonso with Alpine, who will have Yuki
Tsunoda
alongside him tomorrow
with AlphaTauri.
Sainz himself and Kevin Magnusses also qualified for Q3, with Haas, but both will start from the last row to change the engine.