Russell surprised everyone with a pole and Alonso, feeling

George Russell signed the sixth pole of his sports career at the F1 Canada GP, a second consecutive for English on this route after stealing joy in the horn and unexpected Verstappen and Pastri in a Kapana -exciting end. But if there are two men stand above the others outside of ‘Poleman’, they are Max and Fernando. The Dutch, with a car less than McLaren, achieved a good second position, resurrected from his ashes when he seemed to have everything. And Fernando, who has a car that should be intentional to the maximum entry into Q3, has fought all the Roosters to scratch a more position in his hands and get good at the mistakes of his opponents. He put Aston Martin in the 6th place. Better.

We’ve been knowing this since Friday. In this circuit, as he did in Icola and Monaco, Fernando could make differences in his hands. Whenever the conditions are complicated, there is asturian to burn his head between higher cars. It is very difficult to mark a perfect chrono on a small -grown pavement, on a hand track, with walls that are very close and where it is very easy to go wrong. He has to fish and wait for his opponents’ mistakes. And he did again, clearly, in the event of a doubt, with Max with him one of the pilots most of the difference in respect of his vehicle, putting him in an unimaginable place a few hours before.

He had already done it in Icola, classifying the 5th. In Monaco he repeated a wonderful -6 -6, at risk and regardless of whether he opposed the wall. And he went again to everyone to Montréal, with a car taking a step forward with the improvements he had taken to ICOLA, which allowed him to fight to enter Q2, to seek Q3. Canada should be confirmation, and it is also that Alonso, has years he has (43), is at a superlative level. He just lacks a winning car. It continues with the maximum wait for Adrian Newey to deliver in 2026 to a change of regulations.

Fernando’s classification will be framing. With the middle tire, it was first placed in Q1 before the final attempt. In Q2, the specific twist of the 6 to 2th tenth of the best placed, between the better and the more car tips. And in Q3, he just had to regret that Hamilton beat him 6 hundred Ferrari superior. It doesn’t make sense that Fernando is fighting the position against one of Maranello’s cars, but this is true. And after his last attempt, he saw how Leclerc, in a bad position after Hadjar, did not improve his note. And either a Norris Lando with the best car failed again: he left the last chicane long in his first attempt that Q3 and in his certain turn did not live. It was 7 after Alonso’s green car. That is 6 is a miracle. He is only 2 tenth of the 4th of the Mercedes of Antonelli and 6 tenth poles. His fight seems to be more than Williams of Albon (tho -9) or the RB of Hadjar (th -10), but the truth is another. He did it with his hands, just as Max did in a mysterious turnon as if he were removing the pole ‘in extremis’ in a resurgence piastri, which was once again shown when there was more pressure to be fast at a decisive moment after disappearing throughout the week. But the pole went to a George Russell shining, and who wanted to continue doing so, even if he didn’t sign his renewal to Mercedes.

Bad luck for sainz

It should be a great weekend for Carlos Sainz. He was one of the long -awaited circuits for Williams because Gilles Villeneuve’s qualities favored him. But in ‘qualified’, the Spaniards could not have the worse luck in a car where he could aim for a good result, close to the best. The Spanish was injured in the explosion of his partner’s motorcycle cover when he went to Q1, causing a red flag. He had 5 minutes left and a single twist to go to Q2, but in his attempt, Isack Hadjar stopped him and caused Madrid’s removal, leaving 17º