Mercedes-AMG’s George Russell and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen posted identical 1’12.000 times during the qualifying session of the Canadian Grand Prix, but Russell earned pole position for the race on Sunday because he set his time earlier in the final session. The crowd fell nearly silent as Verstappen took a final shot in the closing sec onds of Q3
“It’s been a great day! It was such a tight fight for pole position,” Russell said. “The previous few races I’ve been a matter of hundredths of a second behind the car ahead, so it’s nice to be on the upside of that today! In the end, Q3 was difficult. I did my best lap of the session in Q2, and I didn’t improve on my last lap in Q3. I wasn’t sure therefore whether I had taken pole position as I crossed the line.”