All those who base their criticism of Formula 1 on the theoretical technical superiority of the Red Bull driven by Max Verstappen should watch the third qualifying round (Q3) that took place this Sunday in Montreal, where George Russell won his first pole position of the course and the second of his career in the championship, after the one he won two years ago, in Hungary. The Briton will start without traffic ahead on the Gilles Villeneuve circuit (8:00 p.m., Dazn), because he completed his last fastest lap attempt before the Dutchman, who nailed the same time to the thousandth, and who will share the front row with the Norfolk boy. If the current champion will have the option of putting his rival’s nose in the first stop, it is because he manages to do magic. Fernando Alonso will start sixth, and Carlos Sainz will start 12th, after the two Ferraris were left out of Q3, just two weeks after winning in Monaco (Leclerc).
Nobody understands how Mad Max It got there if we take into account the lack of punch of the RB20 in Canada, where Mercedes has confirmed the step forward that its car has taken, revitalized with a new aerodynamic package whose main element is a new front wing. It so happens that Russell already had this piece at the previous event, Monte Carlo, a unique track, where aerodynamic load is everything, different from Montreal, which combines long straights with very low speed variants. There, have a car neutral It is vital, and that is what Mercedes has achieved with that front wing.
15 days ago, Lewis Hamilton publicly complained about not having received that very important part that was incorporated into Russell’s car. “I will hardly be able to finish ahead of my teammate until the season ends,” the seven-time world champion even said, by way of justification, who without saying it openly suggested that this delay in updating his car was explained by his signing for Ferrari with a view to 2025. Well, after that claim, the rider from Stevenage (Great Britain) received the new front wing this weekend, but the outcome was not very different from what had been happening in the eight grand prix Previous: Hamilton finished seventh and lost 8-1 in the qualifying duel with his workshop neighbor. “The car was simply not the same as it had been all weekend,” commented Hamilton, more resigned than angry, without really understanding where those three tenths that his teammate put in came from.
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