George Russell put Mercedes on pole position in Canada for the second year in a row on Saturday with Formula One champion Max Verstappen alongside for Red Bull two weeks after they clashed in Spain. McLaren's Formula One championship leader Oscar Piastri qualified third with Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli in fourth place.

Mercedes' George Russell snatched pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix from Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Russell beat Verstappen by 0.160 seconds to grab the fastest time just seconds after the Dutchman himself had taken it away from McLaren's Oscar Piastri.

Well, Lando Norris of McLaren was not so enthusiastic about his team’s performance in two Friday practice sessions. He called it the “worst Friday of the year”. “A little bit off the pace compared to some of the others,