00:01it's gonna be tight for Perez who just hasn't seemed to find the grip so far in
00:05Q1 Leclerc comes through and jumps up but what about Checo behind so the red
00:10ball of Sergio Perez trying to make it through into the next part of qualifying
00:15does not want back-to-back Q1 exits Perez needs a step forward here comes
00:20across the line and he's up to 12th position that gives him a bit of a buffer
00:24but it's nowhere near what he'd like there are drivers flying behind one of
00:29which is Verstappen who's 15th Max has to get this final corner in now he's out of
00:34the the hairpin now he'll extend up towards the final chicane he's got margin
00:38because he's rapid through the first two sectors but Red Bull are not finding it
00:42all easy Sargent goes sick that is Logan Sargent breaking into the top six it
00:48shows you the track is improving Verstappen has tumbled down into the drop
00:52zone but that's not going to be the case for much longer faster sector one sector
00:56two and sector three to book his place into the next part of qualifying and here
01:01is Alex Albon then if Albon can beat Perez Perez is in a huge amount of trouble
01:07once again in the first part of qualifying past the wall that he struck earlier on in
01:12practice Alex Albon looking for an improvement does he get it yes he does up to
01:18the fourth position and Sergio Perez falls in to the bottom five and he's striking the halo with
01:26frustration because for the second race weekend in a row Sergio Perez is out in the first part of qualifying
01:35my
01:37Bottas will join him along with Esteban Ocon Hülkenberg and Joe
01:43Both Mercedes are flying out there once again there is something about this new configuration of car
01:50in the dry that has really worked for them but Verstappen just looking to book his place
01:56into the final top 10 shootout but he was deep into 13 he was hanging onto it all the way
02:02through
02:02the final corner and Verstappen puts his personal best time on the board three and a half tenths of
02:09a second away let's see whether Hamilton can take it any further across the line looks a good lap
02:15for him and it is a good lap for him he's topped by two tenths of a second into the
02:20one minute 11th
02:21the Mercedes pace is real it seems today Hamilton absolutely on it Russell's quickest in the first
02:27sector Hamilton's quickest in the middle sector Verstappen got that final sector horribly wrong
02:32on the last lap was still quickest before Russell's just improved and Mercedes have a one-two
02:37from oh Carlos Sainz grabs a handful of opposite lock that Ferrari is not working the way he wanted
02:45it to another checkered flag Sainz is out in the second part of qualifying it spares his teammate
02:52no it doesn't Leclerc's gone Alex Albon up to sixth position and the Ferraris inexplicably having claimed
03:01victory in Monaco a bumpy track with slow speed stuff have come to Montreal and they have found
03:08themselves both out our most recent race winner 11th Sainz in 12th position I guess well yes
03:16okay I won't comment here oh it's so difficult
03:20out in the second part of qualifying both Ferraris Charles Leclerc Carlos Sainz Logan Sargent
03:29Kevin Magnussen and Pierre Gasly no one is glued to this racetrack right now
03:37Piastri putting a time on the board of a 1.12.7 yeah fair way away from what Russell managed
03:43in Q2
03:44that was in a 1.11.7 Verstappen comes to him and does a 1.12.3 that's still on
03:49a used tire
03:50and everyone's just fighting the car so much it's really difficult for them just to keep the car
03:55threaded through that final chicane particularly these are the opening jabs of Q3 they are all
04:02happening on used tires they will have more grip at the end but you want to give yourself a foundation
04:09because we've seen so many drivers over the road we've seen drivers in the barrier so far this weekend
04:15and when you're pushing at the grippiest part with the lowest fuel well that invites errors so you've got
04:21to deliver still at this part of the session as well Russell who has Mercedes best qualifying position
04:28of the entire year so far with third set at the opening Grand Prix of the year goes ahead of
04:35Max Verstappen
04:36to the front of the field with a 1.12 exactly and Lewis Hamilton makes it a Mercedes 1-2
04:43as we have our early runs on the used Pirelli soft tire
04:49Piastri is going to come around the final chicane and he's going to put a time on the board
04:52can this put him into second place that's where it's looked so far his teammate is pushing on
04:57currently in ninth position it is second place for Oscar Piastri with three minutes to go
05:02still the two Mercedes remain in the pits Lando Norris is trying to displace his compatriot George
05:11Russell so the rain has stayed away it has interfered with the plans of so many out there
05:16this man is a master in the wet but in the dry could Norris be going to the front of
05:21the field
05:21no he just misses out he's two hundredths of a second away with two and a half minutes to go
05:28Daniel Ricciardo a former winner around this circuit will be so determined to out-qualify his
05:34teammate Yuki Tsunoda for only the second time this season it's getting personal in the paddock
05:39for Daniel Ricciardo who wants a response up against the critics where does this lap put him
05:45fourth place will tell you that Ricciardo's still fighting in Formula One as is Fernando Alonso who is
05:51ripping through that final corner he's been on the front row here before but he's behind Daniel Ricciardo
05:57it's fifth place for the two-time world champion and now to the battle for pole position which has
06:03Max Verstappen close but behind George Russell look at the margin between these three contenders
06:10Verstappen trying to take another pole position he's eighth of the season so far Russell looking for
06:16just he's second in his Formula One career and Lewis Hamilton looking to extend the all-time record
06:22checkered flag is flying Max Verstappen out of the final corner for the final time in this session
06:29can he do enough on new tyres at the end it's second with exactly the same time extraordinary
06:37the exact same time but he set it second so Russell still has one hand on pole position only one
06:45driver
06:46can seemingly deny him Russell over the line looking for a second career pole position he's got it at the
06:52moment but he's up against one of the masters of Montreal here comes Lewis Hamilton to the line
06:58and it's not enough extraordinary I can't believe what we've just seen the top two at the end
07:06separated by absolutely nothing 112.000 set by George Russell first and it means it's a second career pole
07:20position for the British driver who has taken it by the slenderest of margins
07:34for just the second time in Formula One history a dead heat in qualifying but George Russell set the time
07:41first
07:41and takes pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix the second of his career Max Verstappen alongside him
07:47on the front row Norris out qualifying teammate Oscar Piastri
07:51Thank you
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