“I still hope it won’t be an easy race,” Verstappen said after the Dutch driver’s second pole position in nine races this season. “But today (Saturday) with the tricky conditions, we kept calm and didn’t make any mistakes. “I’m very happy to get pole position and to be back in Montreal.”
His qualifying time of one minute 21.299 seconds was 0.645 seconds quicker than Alonso’s best.
Sunday’s race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will be the first in Canada since 2019 and the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and is forecast to take place in sunny and dry conditions.
Verstappen he has won four of the last five races and leads teammate Sergio Perez by 21 points, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc a further 13 behind.
Double world champion Alonso, the oldest man on the grid at 40, had been quickest in the day’s final practice and said with a smile that he planned to attack Verstappen at the first corner.
Leclerc, on pole for the last four races, will start from the back of the grid after receiving engine penalties.
Haas’ Kevin Magnussen he qualified fifth with teammate Mick Schumacher in a career-high sixth place. Esteban Ocon of Alpine he lines up seventh and Mercedes’ George Russell eighth.
“It’s something I can build on and grow on. I’ve always loved racing in wet conditions. On a track like this, there’s a lot of potential for drivers to show what they can do,” said Schumacher.
McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo qualified ninth and Chinese rookie Zhou Guanyu was tenth for Alfa Romeo.
Qualifying was halted in the second phase when Pérez crashed directly into the retaining wall between turns three and four and was unable to back up. The car had to be towed out and the barriers repaired before the session resumed. Pérez qualified thirteenth.
Source: Ambito
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