Formula 1|Mercedes’ George Russell took the pole position in the highly exciting qualifying session in Montreal.
Formula Ones The qualifying sessions of the Canadian gp culminated extremely smoothly, when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen tightened on his last lap towards the finish line. And when the Dutch star crossed it, the clock stopped at a lap time of 1:12,000. It was exactly the same time as the leading Mercedes By George Russell.
Russell will go from the pole position to Sunday’s race, because he clocked his time first. Verstappen starts from the second grid. The fact that McLaren managed to finish third also speaks of the consistency Lando Norris lost to the top two by only 0.021 seconds. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was fourth and the surprise of the qualifying sessions, RB’s Daniel Ricciardo fifth.
– It feels good, so good. So much work done for this. I’ve been missing this feeling, Russell, who scored his second pole position of his career, stated in the track interview, his first one he recorded at the 2022 Hungarian GP.
– Good qualifying from us. Second place, I’ll take it, said Verstappen.
On time we also saw some surprises. Both Ferrari drivers remained in the second part of qualifying. Winner of the previous race in Monaco Charles Leclerc was the 11th and Carlos Sainz 12:s. The top ten advanced to the final part of the time trials.
Already in the opening section, the big teams had a hard time, when Red Bull Sergio Perez qualified. He was 16. Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas came in 17th place.
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