A scintillating final effort from the German saw him stop the clocks at 1m 10.240s, while team mate Charles Leclerc was 0.680s behind him in third, as Hamilton claimed his 10th front row appearance in Canada, to tie the record for a single circuit held by Michael Schumacher at Suzuka. We’re expecting warm conditions again for the race, so managing thermal degradation on the soft and medium compounds is set to be very important when it comes to race strategy. “Unfortunately, Carlos was subsequently given a three-place penalty. (Photo by Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images). On the other side of the garage, Sergio didn’t get together a tidy lap and also dropped out of qualifying early. Starting 11th or maybe tenth depending on what’s going on with the Haas will be tricky as I have to clear the midfield before closing the gap to the leaders. A titanic battle is in store then - make sure not to miss it. We have a great opportunity to have a big points haul.”, CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Daniel Ricciardo, Renault R.S.19 during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. Maybe we should have played it a bit more conservatively, or I should have asked for it, but I was happy to go for one-time, one-time in the session. Renault 28 Huom! Raikkonen It’s not where we want to start as I want to be fighting the leader, but we should be able to recover our positions and still have a good race.”, “I think qualifying was pretty good. It would have been a nice position for tomorrow.”, Kevin Magnussen, 10th, Did not set a time in Q3, “I just hit the wall – broke the rear suspension, then it shot me over to the pit wall in a big crash. I hope we can keep the pace and we will push as much as we can to challenge the top three.”, “It was a frustrating qualifying for Max today. We were forced to switch back to PU1 – the one used in the previous six events rather than benefitting from a fresh power unit with the phase two update. Gasly made Q3 safely by running the soft tyre, and managed a credible P5 once there. Temperatures are set to be toasty at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, too, with around 25 degrees Celsius predicted when the race gets underway. (Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images), CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Alexander Albon, Toro Rosso during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. Behind, a fantastic effort by Daniel Ricciardo put him fourth on the grid for Renault – the team’s best starting position of the year – 0.831s off Vettel’s time, ahead of the Red Bull of Pierre Gasly in fifth and the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas in sixth, the Finn having suffered a spin on his first push lap before a messy second effort. Q1 107% time - 1:16.729 Note - Grosjean failed to meet 107% Q1 requirement - races at stewards' discretion. Losing your first banker run in Q3 puts you right on the backfoot and Valtteri's rather lowly grid position is a direct consequence of that. McLaren were fortunate with the timing of the red flag in Q2, meaning they got both cars through to Q3 for the first time since Bahrain. I need to pull something similar out of my pocket tomorrow.”, “Overall a tough and disappointing day. Unfortunately, in Q2 qualifying Kevin (Magnussen) crashed heavily, and that compromised Romain’s (Grosjean) lap as well, as he was right behind him. Out with them went 2005 winner in Canada Kimi Raikkonen, who was just 0.108s off Alfa Romeo team mate Antonio Giovinazzi in P15 – but that was enough to see the Italian make it through to Q2. ", CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Pole man Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. Traffic on his fast lap compromised him, however, and left him in the drop zone, forcing him to head back out on a new set softs. On the flip side, both cars have a free tyre choice, which should provide a few more strategy options for the race. ", "It looked like it was going to be a fight on Friday and so it's proved today. We need to come up with the best strategy for both cars to exploit tomorrow’s conditions and make up some ground towards the top ten.”, CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo Racing C38 during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. It’s a great qualifying result and a great effort from both drivers. : Vain viiden parhaan sijoitukset sisällytetty. I was just trying to push everything, as I knew it was going to be tight. On the other hand, Kimi had a tough day and missed out on Q2 for the smallest of margins. Qualifying results table Starting positions table Team mate comparisons Q1, Q2 and Q3 Qualifying results table Where each driver qualified for every race, before penalties were applied. ", "It was a positive qualifying. We maximised the package which is all we can do. Toro Rosso were another team caught out by the late red flags in Q2, both failing to finish their flying laps and exiting in the second segment, with Kvyat taking the intra-team spoils in P12 from Albon's P14. They couldn't compete with Renault in Q3 and Sainz aborted his final lap to take the gloss off what had been a good day. Recherche . Romain Grosjean, 15th, Did not set a time in Q2, “It wasn’t the best of luck again. ", LISTEN: Lando Norris, Sebastian Vettel and George Russell star in our best bits from Beyond The Grid in 2020, F1 ESPORTS: Opmeer crowned driver champion as Red Bull defend teams’ title, WATCH: Daniil Kvyat's most memorable moments in F1, © 2003-2020 Formula One World Championship Limited. Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport AMG F1 W10 EQ Power+ - Valtteri Bottas and Renault Sport F1 Team RS19 – Daniel Ricciardo. (Photo by Mark Sutton / Sutton Images), CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Pierre Gasly, Red Bull Racing RB15 during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. Unfortunately, the red flag came out in Q2, meaning that Kvyat, Albon and Verstappen had to abort their runs. We'll give it everything we've got tomorrow and see what happens. Starting from third place tomorrow is a great opportunity and it will be fun to be in the fight with our competitors. Williams propped up the leader board once again at a track they didn't expect to suit the FW42. Aux coudes à coudes avec Lewis Hamilton, l'allemand a réussi à prendre l'avantage dans le dernier secteur. Présenté par Eurosport France : Formule 1 That's the worst feeling you can have as a driver, when you know you could have done much better. The second Renault of Nico Hulkenberg was seventh, ahead of the two McLarens of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz – meaning all four Renault-powered cars on the grid were represented in the top 10 – while Haas’ Kevin Magnussen was 10th despite not making a Q3 appearance, having had a massive shunt at the very end of Q2 that ultimately prevented Max Verstappen from making it into the final segment. It was very tight up at the front and we definitely had to push very hard to get what we got today. Renault have struggled for one-lap pace this season, but managed to get both cars into Q3 for just the second time this year. Pos. Bottas discounted himself from the battle by spinning early in Q3, and thus only had one run to set a time. Overtaking is possible on this track and we've seen great racing here in the past, so I'll go flat out and try to get as many points as possible. We will keep pushing and do our best to bring home a strong result.”. We'll see what we are able to do tomorrow. Saturday 8th June 2019. The performance of the car was better than we expected over the whole weekend to now. Kvyat The gaps are very small and we thought we had more of a margin than we did. His preparation lap was ruined by traffic and he could only manage a lowly sixth. But for now, we can enjoy today’s result! Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel beat Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes to pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix. 2019 F1 qualifying data. Russell continued his perfect qualifying record over his team mate, grabbing P19 by eighth-tenths of a second. They both start on the advantageous medium tyre too, after Ferrari finally managed to nail their strategy through Q2. "We are very pleased with today’s result. The 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship was the motor racing championship for Formula One cars which marked the 70th running of the Formula One World Championship.It is recognised by the governing body of international motorsport, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Timing wasn't with Red Bull today. With the margins so small in the middle of the pack, it certainly cost Lance getting into Q2. It was the 7th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship. Viitattu 8.6.2019. Anything can happen tomorrow and we’ll race to find out, as simple as that. Le duo de champion de monde s'élanceront sur la première ligne juste devant Charles Leclerc et Daniel Ricciardo. Lights go out at 1410 local time tomorrow in Montreal, which is 1810 UTC. The red flags that resulted from the Dane's crash put paid to his team mate's final flying lap and meant Grosjean wound up a disappointed 15th. Today was an improvement but it could’ve been even better - I didn’t do a great lap at the end of Q3. (Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images), CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo Racing C38 during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. 2020 Season Driver Standings Constructor Standings Archive 1950-2019 F1 Awards . I didn’t have any tow and tried to squeeze everything I had out of the lap. (Photo by Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images), "Qualifying wasn’t exactly a straightforward session, with an interruption at the end of Q2 that affected the final runs. Kubica. On long-run race pace though, it looks like advantage Mercedes... "I think we gave it everything today, so I'm not disappointed. EXCLUSIVE: The Top 10 F1 drivers of 2020 - as chosen by the drivers, ‘It hurts, but I’m not giving up’ - Albon resolute as he breaks silence on losing Red Bull race seat, VOTE: What was your favourite race of 2020? It’s not been an easy day. I was fighting too much with the car and struggled to focus on performance. As for tomorrow’s race, we can still hope for a strong performance, as it was clear from FP3 that the teams improved the performance of their package overnight.”, CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso STR14 during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. GP de Grande-Bretagne 31 juil. We tried to get through to Q3 on the medium but the tyre didn’t feel fantastic for us and with the traffic at the hairpin it didn’t really work out. Ferrari 172 3. It was the 56th running of the Canadian Grand Prix, the 50th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950, and the 40th time that a World Champion… Stroll Mercedes 295 2. George completed a good long run on the Prime tyre in FP2 and so we will look to use that experience to aid us in the race. Hamilton as he so often has, nearly pulled it out of the bag. I wanted to put the car as high as possible but these things can happen when pushing the limits of the track. He deserves it. The team has worked really hard – especially on the power unit - which has made a big step from last year. (Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images), CIRCUIT GILLES-VILLENEUVE, CANADA - JUNE 08: Charles Leclerc, Ferrari during the Canadian GP at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 08, 2019 in Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Canada. Sebastian put in a stunning lap and deserves to be on pole. Leclerc understeered his way round the last corner, losing valuable tenths and could only grab third after looking the pick of the Scuderia drivers early on in qualifying.