George Russell has taken provisional pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix sprint race for Mercedes ahead of Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Lando Norris.

Sprint race qualifying results

P.
Driver
Team
Q1
Q2 (v Q1)
Q3 (v Q2)

1
George Russell
Mercedes
1’14.772
1’13.026 (-1.746s)
1’12.965 (-0.061s)

2
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
1’14.010
1’13.551 (-0.459s)
1’13.033 (-0.518s)

3
Lando Norris
McLaren
1’14.265
1’13.957 (-0.308s)
1’13.280 (-0.677s)

4
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1’14.665
1’13.858 (-0.807s)
1’13.299 (-0.559s)

5
Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
1’13.889
1’13.465 (-0.424s)
1’13.326 (-0.139s)

6
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1’15.006
1’13.554 (-1.452s)
1’13.410 (-0.144s)

7
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1’14.028
1’14.412 (+0.384s)
1’13.504 (-0.908s)

8
Isack Hadjar
Red Bull
1’14.541
1’14.239 (-0.302s)
1’13.605 (-0.634s)

9
Arvid Lindblad
Racing Bulls
1’14.517
1’14.140 (-0.377s)
1’13.737 (-0.403s)

10
Carlos Sainz Jnr
Williams
1’15.500
1’14.547 (-0.953s)
1’14.536 (-0.011s)

11
Nico Hulkenberg
Audi
1’15.673
1’14.595 (-1.078s)
Missed by 0.048s

12
Gabriel Bortoleto
Audi
1’15.801
1’14.627 (-1.174s)
Missed by 0.080s

13
Franco Colapinto
Alpine
1’15.484
1’14.702 (-0.782s)
Missed by 0.155s

14
Esteban Ocon
Haas
1’15.760
1’14.928 (-0.832s)
Missed by 0.381s

15
Oliver Bearman
Haas
1’15.872
1’15.305 (-0.567s)
Missed by 0.758s

16
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1’15.760

17
Sergio Perez
Cadillac
1’16.002
Missed by 0.130s

18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1’16.354
Missed by 0.482s

19
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1’16.642
Missed by 0.770s

20
Valtteri Bottas
Cadillac
1’16.866
Missed by 0.994s

21
Alexander Albon
Williams

22
Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls

Penalties
Lawson: Permitted to start despite not lapping within 107% of the fastest time in SQ1, having set sufficiently competitive times in practice
Investigations
Albon: Did not lap within 107% of the fastest time in SQ1
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