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"I'm from Holland so I like driving in the wet."Max Verstappen drove with extreme poise and skill on Saturday as he claimed pole position for Red Bull ahead of Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg in a rainswept qualifying session at the Canadian Grand Prix.
George Russell was fifth in the second Mercedes ahead of Esteban Ocon of Alpine, Lando Norris of McLaren, Carlos Sainz of Ferrari and Oscar Piastri in the second McLaren.Sainz, however, was dropped three places on the grid by race stewards after the session for impeding Alpine’s Pierre Gasly in qualifying, tumbling the Spaniard from eighth to 11th.
After his crash in final practice, Sainz was relieved to learn his Ferrari was repaired in time for qualifying. Zhou made it back to the pits and after repairs was in the queue when the session re-started after six minutes as rain was reported arriving at Turn Two. Albon boldly took the gamble on slicks for Q2, with rain forecast to arrive after six minutes. Ferrari more cautiously asked Leclerc to stay on intermediates for an early “banker” lap.Verstappen and the rest then switched to slicks as Albon went top — and the rain arrived.
It was the first time Williams had topped a qualifying segment since Felipe Massa in Belgium in 2016.
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