Canadian GP: Max Verstappen took pole

World champion Max Verstappen dominated the Qualifying Rounds of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix this afternoon in the rain and will start tomorrow from pole position, with a view to the race, ninth on the annual calendar, which will run for 70 laps. The Dutch driver, 24 years old, achieved the fifteenth best starting position in a competition (he played 149 so far) with a record of 1m. 21s. 299/1000 to the semi-street layout of the Island of Notre Dame, in the city of Montreal.
Verstappen beat by 645 thousandths the former world champion, Fernando Alonso.La third starting position corresponded to the Madrid Carlos Sainz, who stood at 797/1000, while the British Lewis Hamilton, seven-time ecumenical champion, was fourth, at 1s. 592/1000.The third row of the grid was made up exclusively of the two drivers of the Haas team, with the Danish Kevin Magnussen (at 1s. 661/1000) and the German Mick Schumacher, placed in fifth and sixth position, respectively. Further back were the Frenchman Esteban Ocon, the British George Russell, the Australian Daniel Ricciardo and the Chinese Guanyu Zhou.The Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), who crashed into a retaining wall in the development of the classification, must start from the thirteenth position, while the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) will start the competition from the penultimate position, after having received a penalty for change in the power unit.

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