Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen took pole position on Saturday in a wet qualifying for a Canadian Grand Prix that could see him secure Red Bull's milestone 100th win.
It was an unpredictable and wild afternoon of racing at a rain-swept Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as teams rolled the dice switching from wet tyres to slicks as the track conditions changed.
Lewis Hamilton, a seven-times winner in Canada, will line up third with his Mercedes team mate George Russell fourth and Hulkenberg fifth."It was super slippery out there in some places, but we just made all the right calls, the right time on the track to do the lap times, and I'm very happy to be on pole here," Verstappen said. "I like driving in the wet."Verstappen started from pole last year and held off Ferrari's hard-charging Carlos Sainz for his 26th career win.
Despite sitting second in the standings, Perez has not made the podium in his last two races and has been told by team principal Christian Horner to stop focusing on the championship and justWhile the circuit dried out in the first qualifying session, rain returned in the second catching out several teams with Perez, Ferrari's CharlesWilliams' Alex Albon meanwhile judged it right and was surprise fastest for the slowest team on the grid.
"I think in terms of our race tomorrow it doesn’t really change anything – the approach is the same and it won’t impact or harm the outcome. We’ll prepare as usual and race hard tomorrow."provided the early shock when the furious Frenchman failed to make it out of first qualifying after accusing Sainz of dangerously impeding him.
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