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

Row 1 1. (63) George Russell 1’12.965
Mercedes W17
2. (12) Andrea Kimi Antonelli 1’13.033
Mercedes W17
Row 2 3. (1) Lando Norris 1’13.280
McLaren-Mercedes MCL40
4. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’13.299
McLaren-Mercedes MCL40
Row 3 5. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’13.326
Ferrari SF-26
6. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’13.410
Ferrari SF-26
Row 4 7. (3) Max Verstappen 1’13.504
Red Bull-Red Bull-Ford RB22
8. (6) Isack Hadjar 1’13.605
Red Bull-Red Bull-Ford RB22
Row 5 9. (41) Arvid Lindblad 1’13.737
Racing Bulls-Red Bull-Ford 03
10. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’14.536
Williams-Mercedes FW48
Row 6 11. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’14.595
Audi R26
12. (5) Gabriel Bortoleto 1’14.627
Audi R26
Row 7 13. (43) Franco Colapinto 1’14.702
Alpine-Mercedes A526
14. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’14.928
Haas-Ferrari VF-26
Row 8 15. (87) Oliver Bearman 1’15.305
Haas-Ferrari VF-26
16. (14) Fernando Alonso No time
Aston Martin-Honda AMR26
Row 9 17. (11) Sergio Perez 1’16.002
Cadillac-Ferrari MAC-26
18. (18) Lance Stroll 1’16.354
Aston Martin-Honda AMR26
Row 10 19. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’16.642
Alpine-Mercedes A526
20. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’16.866
Cadillac-Ferrari MAC-26
Row 11 21. (23) Alexander Albon No time
Williams-Mercedes FW48
22. (30) Liam Lawson No time
Racing Bulls-Red Bull-Ford 03

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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