Under intense rain, Max Verstappen set the best time of the Formula 1 qualifying practice on Saturday (18), and secured pole position for the Canadian GP, this Sunday (19). Fernando Alonso (Alpine) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) start in second and third positions. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) finished fourth.
Max Verstappen set the fastest time in Q1. Haas’ Kevin Magnussen came out of last position, took the lead with the best lap time and ended Q1 in third place. At the start, Nicholas Latif and Esteban Ocon went straight through the first corner. The information is from Uol.
Pierre Gasly and Sebastian Vettel, from the AlphaTauri and Aston Martin teams, respectively, had the second and third fastest times in the last free practice. The two, however, did not qualify in Q1. Despite moving to Q2, Charles Leclerc dropped out of qualifying training. Ferrari decided that they would make a change to the driver’s car engine, so he starts in last position.
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Alexander Albon (Williams) crashed past the braking point during Q2. The same happened to Sérgio Perez (Red Bull), who went straight through the corner on the third lap. The Red Bull driver abandoned qualifying training and will start in 13th.
Esteban Ocon (Alpine) and Alexander Albon were eliminated from Q2. Max Verstappen kept the lead with 1min23s746. Lewis Hamilton was among the last until the last lap, but managed to recover and ended Q2 in fifth position.
Check out the Canadian GP starting grid:
1st Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2nd Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
3rd Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
4th Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
5th Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
6th Mick Schumacher (Haas)
7th Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
8th Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
9th George Russell (Mercedes)
10th Guanyu Zhou (Alpha Romeo)
11th Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
12th Alexander Albon (Williams)
13th Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
14th Lando Norris (McLaren)
15th Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
16th Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
17th Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
18th Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
19th Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
20th Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
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