MONTREAL — Mercedes driver George Russell arrange a blockbuster entrance row on the Canadian Grand Prix, beating Max Verstappen to pole place.
Russell left it till the final second of qualifying to pip the world champion’s quickest time by 0.16 seconds.
Verstappen had briefly held the highest spot having edged championship chief Oscar Piastri moments earlier.
Russell’s lap means he’ll begin in entrance of Verstappen simply two weeks on from their conflict on the Spanish Grand Prix.
Verstappen angrily drove into the aspect of Russell’s automotive in Barcelona, a transfer he later admitted “was not proper.”
The conflict left Verstappen on the verge of a one-race ban, because it moved him to 11 penalty factors, one away from the restrict.
