Brazil’s Ayrton Senna broke his own Monaco...

Brazil’s Ayrton Senna broke his own Monaco Grand Prix qualifying lap record to gain the provisional pole position in the first official qualifying session for Sunday’s Formula One race.

Senna’s McLaren-Honda toured the 2.068-mile street circuit at Monte Carlo in 1:21.797. That bettered by more than a half-second his own qualifying mark, set last year, of 1:22.308. He averaged 91.01 m.p.h. on his best lap. Teammate Gerhard Berger of Austria was a distant second at 1:23.001.