George Russell Snatches Canadian GP Pole from Verstappen

George Russell secured pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, narrowly edging out Max Verstappen by setting the same lap time of one minute and 12.000 seconds, but earlier. This marks a significant achievement for the British driver and the Mercedes team.

George Russell put Mercedes on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix by the blink of an eye on Saturday after setting exactly the same time as Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

Triple Formula One world champion Verstappen missed out on the pole because he set his time of one minute 12.000 seconds later than his British rival. (Writing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Ed Osmond)