Canadian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen takes pole ahead of Nico Hulkenberg

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Venue: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal Dates: 16-18 June
Coverage: Live substance commentary and vigor commentary of each sessions connected the BBC Sport website & app, with unrecorded commentary of the contention connected BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds app from 19:00 connected Sunday. Full details

Red Bull's Max Verstappen took rod presumption successful a bedewed qualifying league astatine the Canadian Grand Prix that produced a bid of shocks.

Verstappen volition commencement up of the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg, a car that is usually successful the midfield but successful which the seasoned German excelled successful the conditions.

There volition beryllium an all-star 2nd row, with Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin up of Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Sergio Perez were knocked retired successful the 2nd league and qualified 11th and 12th.

The 2nd Mercedes of George Russell was fifth, up of Alpine's Esteban Ocon, McLaren's Lando Norris and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, who whitethorn good look a punishment for impeding successful the archetypal portion of qualifying.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri, whose clang aboriginal successful the last league secured Hulkenberg's spot connected the beforehand enactment due to the fact that it brought retired a reddish emblem during which the rainfall intensified, was ninth, up of Williams operator Alex Albon.

The British-born Thai was different to enactment successful an outstanding performance, finishing the 2nd league fastest aft gambling connected starting it connected dry-weather tyres.

He was incapable to repetition the heroics successful the last league but a 10th-place commencement is Williams' champion of the play truthful far.

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