The two-time world champion was agonisingly denied a first pole position since the 2012 German Grand Prix by Red Bull’s Verstappen, who snatched his maiden Monte Carlo pole by just 0.084s w⛎ith a last-gasp effort at the end of a breathtaking Q3. 

Alonso will join Verstappen on the front row for Sunday’s grand prix but conceded he will require a slice of fortune if he is to c🔯laim a long-awaited 33rd career victory. 

“We have to execute the race calmly, try to put everything in pl🐭ace, have a good strategy, a good start and no mistakes from anybody on the team, myself, and let’s see the final result,” Alonso said. 

“To win the race we will need some help f🔯rom Max♋. Maybe he’s unlucky with the Safety Car or a bad pit stop from Red Bull. 

“I know they are the best with pitstops but maybe one race they can have a mistake. Those kind of things will give us an oppo🔥rtunity. 

♊“On a normal race I 🤪think it’s going to be very difficult.”

Verstappen s✅aid he would "like to see Fernando win but would also like to see myself win" during a humorous back-and-forth between the pair in the pos🌟t-qualifying press conference. 

Alonso admitted he took an “uncomfortable” amount of risks in𒁏 his attempts to claim his first pole in over a decade. 

"We were increasing the level to an uncomfortable leve⛎l of risk, let's say," the Spaniard explained. 

"I think both laps in Q3 were a little bit over the limit sometimes, but 🎶everything🌺 went fine. The last sector seems our weakest part of the circuit.

"We we🍬re, I think, eighth quickest in the last sector. So there is something going on there that we need to analyse a little bit. Maybe going Singapore or whatever is the next opportunity [to adꦚdress] that."