Clock: Compare Lando Norris and Charles Leclercs fastest qualifying rounds of Monaco with our revealing “Ghost Car” feature

The struggle for the pole position through the streets of Monte Carlo was a nailing affair when McLaren's Lando Norris Charles Leclerc narrowly defeated the Timships to refuse the Monegasque driver.

It was Leclerc who claimed preliminary pole with a bubble round during the first runs in the third quarter, but Norris' final effort looked at him at a time of 1m 9.954, 0.103s in front of the Ferrari when he broke the circulation of the circulation balance.

Facts and statistics: Norris combines Monaco's lap record to claim McLaren's first pole since 2007

The edges were incredibly small in Monaco when Oscar Piatri, Lewis Hamilton and the reigning world champion Max Verstappen agreed, and in the fight next to the leader, it was ultimately important whether the home hero could put together the perfect round.

Although Leclerc admitted that his attempt “the best we could do”, McLaren's risky decision to make a later run paid for Norris, who has secured his first pole position since the start of the season in Australia.

Hit go on the video player above to drive on board because our “Ghost Car” feature compares the last Q3 rounds of Norris and Leclerc.