Verstappen will start ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) after the hour-long qualifying session, divided into three segments with five cars each eliminated in Q1 and Q2 before the Q3 top 10 penalty shootout . .
Canadian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole
| Cla | No. | Drivers | Car motor | Time | Gap [s] |
Delay [%] |
| 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 Hulkenberg | Haas/Ferrari | 1’27.102 | 1,244 | 1,449 |
| Penalty of 3 places for not respecting the minimum time set by the FIA ECU during a red flag |
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| 6 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpin/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 | Alexandre Albon | Williams/Mercedes | – | – | – |
| ten | 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 obstructing another driver |
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| 12 | 11 | Sergio Perez | 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 | ten | Pierre Gasly | Alpin/Renault | 1’22,886 | -2,972 | -3,462 |
| 16 | 18 | Lance’s Walk | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’21,484 | -4,374 | -5,094 |
| 3 place penalty for obstructing another driver |
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| 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 obstructing another driver |
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| 20 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’23,342 | -2,516 | -2,930 |
What happened during the first quarter of the Canadian Grand Prix?
After a brief red flag for Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo which stopped with a mechanical problem and then restarted, Verstappen set the initial pace at 1:21.988 in wet but dry conditions on intermediate tires.
He lowered that figure to 1m21.739s in the final minutes before Alonso took first place with 1m21.583s then 1m21.481s. But Verstappen was not denied with a time of 1’20”851.
Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri), Pierre Gasly (Alpine – who was furious at having balked at the Sainz chicane on his final lap), Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri), Logan Sargeant (Williams) and Zhou fell at the first obstacle.
UPDATE: Tsunoda received a 3-place grid penalty for interference.
Canadian Grand Prix Q1 results: Verstappen faster than Alonso
What happened at the Q2 Canadian Grand Prix?
Alex Albon was one of the first to switch to slick tires on his Williams as the track dried, setting the pace at 1m18.725s, a second quicker than Alonso on the intermediates. Verstappen went P2 on slicks, almost four tenths slower as the rain began to fall again.
Charles Leclerc (whose Ferrari team didn’t put him on slicks when he asked), Sergio Perez (Red Bull), Lance Stroll (Aston), Kevin Magnussen (Haas) and Valtteri Bottas (Alfa) were eliminated at this stage. .
UPDATE: Stroll received a 3-place grid penalty for obstruction.
Canadian Grand Prix Q2 results: Albon faster than Verstappen
What happened during the third quarter of the Canadian Grand Prix?
Verstappen set the initial pace at 1m27.059s, 0.227s ahead of Alonso, then lowered the bar to 1m25.858s, 1.244s ahead of Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) – who just flew a red flag while ‘Oscar Piastri crashed his McLaren at turn 7.
UPDATE: Hülkenberg received a 3-place grid penalty for driving too fast 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 interference at the chicane.
UPDATE: Sainz received a three-place grid penalty for impeding Gasly at the end of Q1.
Piastri and Albon, who did not set a time, will start from the fifth row.
Canadian Grand Prix Q3 results: Verstappen takes pole
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