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With three pole positions in the past four races - and a race win from second on the grid in Canada - Kimi Antonelli is the man in form heading into this all-important Monaco qualifying session.

The Italian was quicker than both the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in third practice earlier on, holding a 0.327-second advantage at the top of the timesheets over Monegasque Leclerc.

For Antonelli's team-mate George Russell, who trails the 19-year-old by 43 points in the championship, he'll need to find something extra special in the Principality to beat his younger rival to pole position. While he was fourth in FP3, the gap between himself and Antonelli was seven tenths.

The two McLarens and both Red Bulls also made it into the top 10, as did the Audis of Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto.

Saturday is the main draw in Monaco, so if you book your spot on pole position today, Sunday's 78-lap grand prix becomes a lot easier. Not always, but most of the time.

Will it be a four, or even five-car battle for supremacy this afternoon? Or is your money on a two-man fight between Kimi Antonelli and one of the Ferrari drivers?

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Lorraine McKenna
BBC Sport Journalist

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Hello, folks. Qualifying in Monaco is here and if a driver makes one wrong move around the unforgiving Monte Carlo streets, it’ll be curtains for a decent grid spot on Sunday.

The past three winners of this iconic race have all started on pole position, including home hero Charles Leclerc, whose Ferrari team have been many people’s favourites to take victory in the Principality this weekend.

But there is a teenager who is determined to break a few home hearts. Kimi Antonelli is so far showing no fear and the Italian Mercedes driver topped final practice earlier on from Leclerc by more than three tenths.

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With an extra team on the grid this season - welcome to Monaco, Cadillac - the long line of traffic in Q1 could cause some issues, so keep your ears open for some incoming frustrated radio messages.

At the end of FP3, world champion Lando Norris said Lewis Hamilton blocked his path on purpose, but the seven-time title winner told his Ferrari engineer the McLaren man had "exaggerated" the move, "trying to make it look like I was blocking him".

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Monaco

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Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli topped the times from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in final practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.

Antonelli, the world championship leader, was 0.327 seconds quicker than Leclerc, with the second Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton third fastest.

A crash for Haas driver Oliver Bearman at the difficult Massenet corner at the top of the hill after the first corner caused a red flag, after which no-one was able to improve in the remaining five minutes of the session.

Mercedes’ George Russell, 43 points behind Antonelli in the championship, was fourth fastest, 0.763secs off the Italian.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fifth, ahead of the McLaren of Oscar Piastri, whose team have struggled for pace so far this weekend.

Lando Norris was ninth fastest, complaining he had been blocked by Hamilton on a late flying lap, but Hamilton countered over the radio saying the world champion had exaggerated the situation.

The battle for pole looks to be between the Mercedes and Ferrari drivers and Verstappen.

But Antonelli’s pace will have given Ferrari pause for thought after they finished one-two in both sessions on Friday.

That's all from us for third practice.

Time for a short break before we are back for the all-important qualifying session.

Meet us back here at 14:30 BST for qualifying build-up.

Will it be a five-car battle between the Mercedes, Ferraris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen?

Lights go green for Q1 at 15:00 BST

See you then!

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on Sports Extra 2 in Monaco

I think qualifying is going to be very tight but I think Kimi Antonelli looks very confident; he's not made a mistake. This is one of the places building up to the final runs and actual qualifying itself, he's kept his nose clean and done a fantastic job. It's going to be tough for team-mate George Russell.

I think the Ferraris are really interesting; will it be Lewis Hamilton's opportunity to get his car on the front row? I think he'll be going ino this session thinking he can.

11. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

12. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

13. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

14. Oliver Bearman (Haas)

15. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

16. Alex Albon (Williams)

17. Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)

18. Sergio Perez (Cadillac)

19. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

20. Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

21. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

22. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Monaco

I think we'll have a five-car battle for pole in Monaco. I think it'll be between both Mercedes, both Ferraris and Max Verstappen's Red Bull.

One of the great things about Monaco is, you really get an insight into the precision with which Formula 1 drivers drive, essentially.

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1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) - 1:12.720

2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.327

3. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +0.331

4. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.763

5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.942

6. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.978

7. Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) +1.100

8. Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) +1.157

9. Lando Norris (McLaren) +1.286

10. Nico Hulkenberg (Audi) +1.330

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on Sports Extra 2 in Monaco

The gaps are quite big from the first three or four cars - so two Ferraris, two Mercedes - and everyone else seems to be struggling to get close.

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on Sports Extra 2 in Monaco

See, I always wonder about these radio messages, because "horrendous" is not very technical, no very helpful to an engineer. When you say horrendous, are they "horrendously" good? They work too well? Where does he go from there?!

"These brakes are horrendous. Horrendous"

Charles Leclerc is back out on the streets of Monte Carlo.

He has been on the radio to say his brakes are "horrendous".

He will want to warm them up quickly to pip Kimi Antonelli to the top.

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Damon Hill
1996 world champion on Sports Extra 2 in Monaco

I'm very impressed with the way Kimi Antonelli is driving; he's driving so confidently and he is piling the pressure on George Russell. There's a seven tenths gap between them and George knows when he goes out next time, he's going to have to show he's got something up his sleeve - if he has.

At the moment, Kimi is showing no signs of being intimidated by this circuit

And we are back.

There's three minutes to go, so it is an all-important one lap left to set a good time.

Can Kimi Antonelli hold on to the top spot?

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Session will resume at 12:26 BST.

The drivers are all lined up in the pit lane.

Bearman: "Sorry guys, it's the ***** bottoming"

Engineer: "Are you OK?"

Bearman: "Yeah... Oh my gosh, guys. I'm so sorry. I totally lost it on the bump, I'm so sorry"

Engineer: "It's OK, we'll get it fixed for quali Ollie. As long as you're OK"

Oliver Bearman's car has been taken off the track but the damage to the barriers is being checked.

The team tell Bearman that they will get the car ready for qualifying later today.

Up and down the garage, every driver is in their car and ready to get going again.

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Rosanna Tennant
5 Live F1 reporter in Monaco

I'm standing opposite the McLaren garages of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and they were trying to choose between different front wings before they sent the drivers out last time around. So still trying to finesse the set-up heading into qualifying later on.