Alonso back up front after a decade behind
MONTREAL : Only four current Formula One drivers were around last time Fernando Alonso started a race on the front row but, a decade on, the double-world champion was back with a bang on Saturday.
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Verstappen: Slicks gamble "never on" late in Canadian GP qualifying
Verstappen claimed pole for F1’s first race in Montreal since 2019, as he topped all three segments of a wet-but-drying qualifying session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, while his title rivals Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc qualified down the order – the former due to a crash and the latter because he did not need to risk an incident given his pre-qualifying engine change meant a back row start in any case.
Max Verstappen delivers peerless pole performance in Canada
Max Verstappen stormed to a scintillating pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix as he dominated in changeable conditions to continue his quest for a second world championship.
Max Verstappen takes poll for Canadian Grand Prix in the wet
Max Verstappen put Red Bull on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix with Alpine's Fernando Alonso leaping on to the front row alongside the Formula One championship leader in a wet qualifying on Saturday.
Canadian GP: Max Verstappen takes pole ahead of Fernando Alonso
Max Verstappen will lead the field away on Sunday at the Canadian Grand Prix, with Fernando Alonso excitingly alongside him heading into turn one.
Verstappen takes pole position heading into final race at Montreal Grand Prix
Red Bull's Max Verstappen took the pole position for Sunday's Montreal Grand Prix in a soggy qualifying battle against the elements.
Verstappen beats Alonso to thrilling Montreal pole after Perez crashes out
Max Verstappen took pole for the Canadian GP after his Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez crashed out of a thrilling wet qualifying session in Montreal.
'I think I will attack Max on the first corner' - Fernando Alonso plans Verstappen challenge at Canadian Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso celebrated a return to the front row after qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix by planning an early attack on pole sitter Max Verstappen. The current world champion was quickest in his Red Bull in difficult conditions as standing water and heavy rain gave way to a track with better visibility, but patches of track posed plenty of danger, as Verstappen’s teammate Sergio Perez and Mercedes’ George Russell discovered.