The ‘pole position’ was not defined this time by the time, but by a small detail of the Formula 1 regulations. The Englishman George Russell (Mercedes) took first place on the grid Canadian Grand Prix after beating the world champion Max Verstappen.
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Mercedes He had been doing very well at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, in Montreal, Lewis Hamilton It looked like he was going to have an entertaining qualification, but the seven-time world champion couldn’t find his rhythm and collapsed.
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Russell, 26, achieved his second pole position in F1, the first of the year, by covering the 4,361 meters of the Canadian track in exactly 1 minute and 12 seconds, the same time set by the Dutchman. Max Verstappen (Red Bull), who will come second having set his time after the Englishman.
Another Englishman, Lando Norris (McLaren) will start third; and the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will do so from sixth place and Lewis Hamilton in seventh place.
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The biggest disappointments of the day were the Spanish Carlos Sainz and the Monegasque Charles Leclerc, the two Ferrari drivers were left out of ‘Q1’ and ended up occupying 11th and 12th place respectively.
The one who also had problems was the Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, who was not even in ‘Q2’ after being eliminated in ‘Q3’ and will start from the back, in sixteenth place.
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