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All in one place today.

We are to celebrate a George Russell poll.

That's so Brexit. We all came here, especially for this, as soon as you got pole position. are. Hello. To celebrate a George Russell poll. That's so Brexit.

We all came here, especially for this as soon as you got a pole position. Yeah. We were going to happen. Combined six hours of driving. You've done a great job of being here in that three minute session. Yeah. Unbelievable. Everyone knew Mercedes were going to be quick going into this session. So no surprises here whatsoever. Sure. quite an exciting qualifying session, wasn't it?

What a good one.

We record, K Dogg, we recording our reaction to it and everything. Yeah, yeah. She's very pleased with us. I feel very pleased with us. If it, like, five minutes of it is usable. That's fine. We just used a bit when they get the same time. The same time. Madness, yes. George Russell getting pole position ahead of Max Verstappen, but as you say, recording the exact same time to close out.

112 exactly as well, which I think is really cool. Yes, very good point. But because George

Russell set the lap time first, he's the one who gets pole position ahead of the Red Bull driver.

Two McLarence, third and fourth, doing pretty well. Daniel Ricardo, great effort from him to BP5. Not such good days for the likes of Ferrari. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Can they continue their Monaco momentum? Probably not. No. And Sergio Perez didn't even make it that far. He was out in Q1.

But we'll start with...

16th.

16th, indeed.

Let's start with...

Let's start with the battle for pole out front because Mercedes looked very good in FP3, as they

have done in a few FP3 sessions so far this year.

But today was different.

Today it carried over into qualifying.

Both Hamilton and Russell looking very good.

And we'll get to Hamilton in a second.

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