F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen takes Canadian GP pole

Verstappen will start ahead of Alpine’s Fernando Alonso and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz 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.

Canadian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Alonso

Cla	Driver		Time	Gap	km/h
1	Max Verstappen		1'21.299		193.109
2	Fernando Alonso		1'21.944	0.645	191.589
3	Carlos Sainz		1'22.096	0.797	191.234
4	Lewis Hamilton		1'22.891	1.592	189.400
5	Kevin Magnussen		1'22.960	1.661	189.243
6	Mick Schumacher		1'23.356	2.057	188.343
7	Esteban Ocon		1'23.529	2.230	187.953
8	George Russell		1'23.557	2.258	187.890
9	Daniel Ricciardo		1'23.749	2.450	187.460
10	Zhou Guanyu		1'24.030	2.731	186.833
11	Valtteri Bottas		1'26.788	5.489	180.895
12	Alex Albon		1'26.858	5.559	180.750
13	Sergio Perez		1'33.127	11.828	168.582
14	Lando Norris
15	Pierre Gasly		1'34.492	13.193	166.147
16	Sebastian Vettel		1'34.512	13.213	166.112
17	Lance Stroll		1'35.532	14.233	164.338
18	Nicholas Latifi		1'35.660	14.361	164.118
19	Charles Leclerc
20	Yuki Tsunoda		1'36.575	15.276	162.563
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What happened in Canadian Grand Prix Q1?

In soaking wet conditions, Verstappen set the early pace at 1m35.830s. The times then tumbled, with George Russell (Mercedes), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), Russell again, Verstappen, Alonso, Sainz and Verstappen again all taking turns at the top.

Verstappen ended Q1 with the fastest time at 1m32.219s, ahead of Fernando Alonso (Alpine) and Sainz, the latter suffering an off at Turn 3 and appearing to impede Esteban Ocon’s Alpine as he rejoined – although stewards later exonerated him.

Falling at the first hurdle were Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), the Aston Martins of Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll, Nicholas Latifi (Williams) and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri, who was taking a grid penalty anyway).

Canadian Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen fastest from Alonso

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	11	1'32.219			170.242
2	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	11	1'32.277	0.058	0.058	170.135
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	10	1'32.781	0.562	0.504	169.211
4	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	12	1'32.957	0.738	0.176	168.890
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10	1'33.008	0.789	0.051	168.798
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	11	1'33.012	0.793	0.004	168.791
7	George Russell	Mercedes	11	1'33.160	0.941	0.148	168.522
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	11	1'33.636	1.417	0.476	167.666
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	11	1'33.689	1.470	0.053	167.571
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	11	1'33.692	1.473	0.003	167.566
11	Mick Schumacher	Haas	11	1'33.707	1.488	0.015	167.539
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	1'33.841	1.622	0.134	167.300
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	11	1'33.929	1.710	0.088	167.143
14	Alex Albon	Williams	11	1'34.047	1.828	0.118	166.933
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	11	1'34.066	1.847	0.019	166.899
16	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	11	1'34.492	2.273	0.426	166.147
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	12	1'34.512	2.293	0.020	166.112
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	11	1'35.532	3.313	1.020	164.338
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	11	1'35.660	3.441	0.128	164.118
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	4	1'36.575	4.356	0.915	162.563
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What happened in Canadian Grand Prix Q2?

Alonso set the early bar at 1m30.910s, half a second clear of Verstappen. Then Williams’s Alex Albon nosed into the tyrewall at Turn 6, a feat that was emulated moments later at Turn 3 by Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, who brought out the red flag as he struggled to get reverse gear and the car was firmly wedged in the barrier anyway.

The track was now starting to dry, so the field were all on intermediates for the restart with nine minutes to go. Verstappen took the P1 time down to 1m27.764s, with Sainz and Verstappen then trading the top time between them as a dry line emerged.

Alonso grabbed P1 with 1m24.848s as the chequered flag came out, before Verstappen beat him with 1m23.746s on his final lap, with Russell in third.

Knocked out at this point were Bottas, Albon, Perez, Lando Norris (whose McLaren was stricken with engine issues) and Leclerc, who didn’t run due to his grid penalty.

Canadian Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen fastest from Alonso

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	10	1'23.746			187.466
2	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	10	1'24.848	1.102	1.102	185.032
3	George Russell	Mercedes	11	1'24.950	1.204	0.102	184.809
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	10	1'25.197	1.451	0.247	184.274
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	1'25.543	1.797	0.346	183.528
6	Mick Schumacher	Haas	11	1'25.684	1.938	0.141	183.226
7	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	11	1'26.116	2.370	0.432	182.307
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	11	1'26.135	2.389	0.019	182.267
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	11	1'26.254	2.508	0.119	182.015
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	10	1'26.375	2.629	0.121	181.760
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	10	1'26.788	3.042	0.413	180.895
12	Alex Albon	Williams	10	1'26.858	3.112	0.070	180.750
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	3	1'33.127	9.381	6.269	168.582
14	Lando Norris	McLaren	4
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0
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What happened in Canadian Grand Prix Q3?

With the track still too wet for slicks, Verstappen laid down the intermediate target time of 1m22.701s – over a second clear of the opposition. Mick Schumacher briefly put his Haas in second, before Sainz and Alonso demoted him.

For the final runs, Russell – who was fifth at the time – gambled on slicks, with everyone else going for more inters. Verstappen improved the pole time to 1m21.620s, as Russell spun off at Turn 2.

Hamilton went P2, 1.271s off pole, as the chequered flag came out. Verstappen improved again to 1m21.299s, with Sainz going second with 1m22.096s – before he was beaten by his fellow Spaniard Alonso by a tenth and a half.

Sainz will start third, ahead of Hamilton, Magnussen, Schumacher, Ocon, Russell, Ricciardo and Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo).

Canadian Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes pole

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	9	1'21.299			193.109
2	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	8	1'21.944	0.645	0.645	191.589
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	9	1'22.096	0.797	0.152	191.234
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	9	1'22.891	1.592	0.795	189.400
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	8	1'22.960	1.661	0.069	189.243
6	Mick Schumacher	Haas	9	1'23.356	2.057	0.396	188.343
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	8	1'23.529	2.230	0.173	187.953
8	George Russell	Mercedes	8	1'23.557	2.258	0.028	187.890
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	9	1'23.749	2.450	0.192	187.460
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	9	1'24.030	2.731	0.281	186.833
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