F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Canadian GP pole
Verstappen will start ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
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[%] 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1'25.858 - - 2 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1'27.286 1.428 1.663 3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'27.627 1.769 2.060 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 1'27.893 2.035 2.370 5 27 Nico Hülkenberg Haas/Ferrari 1'27.102 1.244 1.449 3-place penalty for failing to stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU during a red flag
6 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1'27.945 2.087 2.431 7 4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1'28.046 2.188 2.548 8 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1'31.349 5.491 6.395 9 23 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes - - - 10 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'20.615 -5.243 -6.107 11 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1'29.294 3.436 4.002 3-place penalty for impeding another driver
12 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1'20.959 -4.899 -5.706 13 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1'21.678 -4.180 -4.869 14 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1'21.821 -4.037 -4.702 15 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1'22.886 -2.972 -3.462 16 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1'21.484 -4.374 -5.094 3-place penalty for impeding another driver
17 21 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT 1'23.137 -2.721 -3.169 18 2 Logan Sargeant Williams/Mercedes 1'23.337 -2.521 -2.936 19 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri/Honda RBPT 1'22.746 -3.112 -3.625 3-place penalty for impeding another driver
20 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1'23.342 -2.516 -2.930
After a brief red flag for Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo grinding to a halt with a mechanical problem and then restarting, Verstappen set the early pace at 1m21.988s in damp but drying conditions on intermediate tyres.
He lowered that to 1m21.739s in the closing minutes before Alonso took P1 with 1m21.583s and then 1m21.481s. But Verstappen wasn’t to be denied with 1m20.851s.
Falling at the first hurdle were Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Pierre Gasly (Alpine – who was furious to balked at the chicane by Sainz on his last lap), Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri), Logan Sargeant (Williams) and Zhou.
UPDATE: Tsunoda was given a 3-place grid penalty for impeding.
Canadian Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen fastest from Alonso What happened in Canadian Grand Prix Q2?Alex Albon was an early adopter of slick tyres on his Williams as the track dried, setting the pace at 1m18.725s, a second quicker than Alonso on intermediates. Verstappen went P2 on slicks, almost four tenths slower as the rain started to fall again.
Knocked out at this point were Charles Leclerc (whose Ferrari team didn’t put him on slicks when he asked for them), Sergio Perez (Red Bull), Lance Stroll (Aston), Kevin Magnussen (Haas) and Valtteri Bottas (Alfa).
UPDATE: Stroll was given a 3-place grid penalty for impeding.
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UPDATE: Hulkenberg was given a 3-place grid penalty for driving too quickly under the red flag.
The session resumed but the track was much wetter, so the grid was already set.
Alonso will start third, ahead of the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Esteban Ocon will start sixth for Alpine, ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren) and Carlos Sainz, the latter under investigation for impeding at the chicane.
UPDATE: Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Gasly at the end of Q1.
Piastri and Albon, who didn't set a time, will start from row five.
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