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Entrants are kindly reminded not to send in personal family pictures that might be unrelated to theme subjects unless expressly requested. If sending a photo by post, address it to: 'MaltaToday photo competition', Mediatoday, Vjal ir- Rihan, San Gwann, SGN9016 Please supply your daytime telephone number, your name, your home address and an email address. Send the photo via email on info@mediatoday.com.mt [SUBJECT HEADING: MaltaToday photo competition] by next Friday at 9am. Themes may change from one week to the other Lewis Hamilton puts Mercedes on pole at Monaco Grand Prix LEWIS Hamilton claimed the first Monaco Grand Prix pole po- sition of his career yesterday, edg- ing out Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg The reigning Formula One world champion has endured a frustrat- ing time in the principality, with his German team-mate getting the better of him in the last two years. However, Hamilton's time of one minute 15.098 seconds was enough to eke past Rosberg, with Ferarri's Sebastian Vettel follow- ing home in third. The British driver entered round six with three wins under his belt and eyeing a "perfect weekend" in Monte Carlo, where Rosberg was hoping to follow up victory in Spain last time out. A third straight Monaco win may now be beyond the German, though, given 10 of the last 11 races here have been won by the driver starting in pole. Rosberg had clocked the quick- est time in the first two parts of qualifying, only to be pipped by Hamilton in the third after over- coming earlier problems. The 30-year-old insists "not even half the job is done" ahead of Sun- day's race, but was understandably elated to get his maiden pole in Monaco. "It has been a long old time," Hamilton said. "I can't express to you just how happy I am. "It wasn't the easiest session. I had a lot of things that kind of weren't easy. "I had a lot of things that could throw you off the rhythm and I didn't have my rhythm until the last two laps. "Coming across the line I was just hoping for once that you got it. "It was incredibly special for me and for my guys who have worked so hard this weekend." Vettel will start third on the grid after following up an impressive run in the final practice session, while Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo is in fourth. Team-mate Daniil Kvyat is fifth, followed by Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari and Force India's Sergio Perez in a surprise seventh. The Toro Rosso pair of Car- los Sainz Jr and Max Verstappen were either side of Lotus' Pastor Maldonado in the top 10, which team-mate Romain Grosjean just missed out on. The Franco-Swiss driver will drop five places on the grid due to a change in gearbox, boosting McLaren's hopes of a first point of the season. The Woking-based team have not made it into the third qualify- ing session this season and Button clocked the 12th fastest time in qualifying. A yellow flag cost him valuable time on the final lap, while two- time world champion Alonso pulled up with what appears to be another mechanical issue. The Spaniard will start behind Nico Hulkenberg and Felipe Mas- sa of Force India and Williams, respectively. Williams' Valtteri Bottas was a surprise casualty of the first session. The Finnish driver, so impressive when finish- ing fourth in Spain, could only come home 17th, locked between the Sauber duo of Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson. Will Stevens and Roberto Mer- hi of Manor clocked the slowest times of qualifying. Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team's British driver Lewis Hamilton (C) waves as he celebrates taking the pole position