Results and recap of Saturday's F1 in Canada: qualifying

Max Verstappen will start ahead of Alpine ‘s Fernando Alonso and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz after the Canadian GP qualifying session, which was split into three rounds, with five cars eliminated in Q1 and Q2 before the final round of Q3 with the 10 fastest.

Canadian GP 2022 F1 Qualifying Results: Verstappen ahead of Alonso

Cla	Pilot		Weather	Difference	Km/h
1	Max Verstappen		1’21.299		193.109
2	Fernando Alonso		1’21.944	0.645	191.589
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.		1’22.096	0.797	191,234
4	Lewis Hamilton		1’22.891	1.592	189.400
5	Kevin Magnussen		1’22.960	1.661	189.243
6	Mick Schumacher		1’23.356	2.057	188.343
7	Esteban Ocon		1’23.529	2.230	187.953
8	George Russell		1’23.557	2.258	187.890
9	Daniel Ricciardo		1’23.749	2.450	187.460
10	Guanyu Zhou		1’24.030	2.731	186.833
11	Valtteri Bottas		1’26.788	5.489	180.895
12	Alexander Albon		1’26.858	5.559	180.750
13	Sergio Perez		1’33.127	11,828	168,582
14	Lando Norris
15	Pierre Gasly		1’34,492	13.193	166,147
16	Sebastian Vettel		1’34.512	13.213	166.112
17	Lance Stroll		1’35.532	14.233	164.338
18	Nicholas Latifi		1’35.660	14.361	164.118
19	Charles Leclerc
20	Yuki Tsunoda		1’36.575	15.276	162.563
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What happened in Q1 of the Canadian GP 2022 F1?

In wet conditions, Verstappen set the pace early on with a 1m35.830s. Then the times dropped, with George Russell ( Mercedes ), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Valtteri Bottas ( Alfa Romeo ), Russell again, Verstappen, Alonso, Sainz and Verstappen again all taking turns in the lead.

The Dutchman finished Q1 with the fastest time with a 1:32.219, ahead of Fernando Alonso (Alpine) and Sainz, the latter suffering an exit at turn 3 and seemed to hamper Esteban Ocon ‘s Alpine when he rejoined the track, although the stewards did not investigate it.

At the end of Q1, Pierre Gasly ( AlphaTauri ), the Aston Martins of Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll , Nicholas Latifi ( Williams ) and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri, who was suspended anyway and was going to start last) were eliminated.

F1 Canadian GP 2022 Q1 results: Verstappen quicker than Alonso

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	11	1’32.219			170.242
2	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	11	1’32.277	0.058	0.058	170.135
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	10	1’32,781	0.562	0.504	169,211
4	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	12	1’32.957	0.738	0.176	168,890
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10	1’33.008	0.789	0.051	168.798
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	11	1’33.012	0.793	0.004	168.791
7	George Russell	Mercedes	11	1’33.160	0.941	0.148	168.522
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	eleven	1,33,636	1,417	0.476	167,666
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	11	1’33.689	1.470	0.053	167.571
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	11	1’33.692	1.473	0.003	167.566
11	Mick Schumacher	Haas	11	1’33.707	1.488	0.015	167.539
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	1’33.841	1.622	0.134	167.300
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	eleven	1,33,929	1,710	0.088	167,143
14	Alexander Albon	williams	11	1’34.047	1.828	0.118	166.933
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	11	1’34.066	1.847	0.019	166.899
16	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	11	1’34,492	2,273	0.426	166,147
17	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	12	1’34.512	2.293	0.020	166.112
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	11	1’35.532	3.313	1.020	164.338
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	11	1’35.660	3.441	0.128	164.118
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	Four	1’36.575	4.356	0.915	162.563
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What happened in Q2 of the Canadian GP 2022 F1?

Alonso set a first time of 1:30.910 and was half a second ahead of Verstappen. Williams’ Alexander Albon later hit the wall at Turn 6, an incident that was mimicked moments later at Turn 3 by Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez , although unlike the former, the Mexican caused the red flag as he failed to get back on track.

The line was beginning to dry out, so everyone set up the intermission at the restart with nine minutes to go. Verstappen reduced the time for first place to 1m27.764s, with Sainz and Verstappen exchanging the fastest time between them as a “dry” line was created.

Alonso returned to the lead with a 1m24.848s at the checkered flag, before Verstappen overtook him with a 1m23.746s on his final lap, with Russell in third.

Eliminated at this point were Bottas, Albon, Pérez, Lando Norris (whose McLaren suffered engine problems) and Leclerc, who did not ride due to his suspension.

F1 Canadian GP 2022 Q2 results: Verstappen overtakes Alonso

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	10	1’23.746			187.466
2	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	10	1’24.848	1.102	1.102	185.032
3	George Russell	Mercedes	11	1’24.950	1.204	0.102	184.809
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	10	1’25.197	1,451	0.247	184,274
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	1’25.543	1.797	0.346	183.528
6	Mick Schumacher	Haas	11	1’25.684	1.938	0.141	183.226
7	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	11	1’26.116	2.370	0.432	182.307
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	11	1’26.135	2.389	0.019	182.267
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	11	1’26.254	2,508	0.119	182,015
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	10	1’26,375	2,629	0.121	181,760
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	10	1’26.788	3.042	0.413	180.895
12	Alexander Albon	williams	10	1’26.858	3.112	0.070	180.750
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	3	1’33,127	9,381	6,269	168,582
14	Lando Norris	McLaren	4
15	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0
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What happened in the Q3 of the Canadian GP 2022 of F1?

With the track still too wet for dry tyres, Verstappen set the intermediate target time of 1m22.701s, more than a second clear of his rivals. Mick Schumacher briefly put his Haas in second place, before Sainz and Alonso overtook him.

For the closing laps, Russell, who was fifth at the time, went dry, with everyone else going with the intermediate. Verstappen improved the pole time to 1m21.620s when Russell spun at Turn 2.

Hamilton was 2nd, 1.271 seconds off pole, when the checkered flag came out. Verstappen improved again to a 1m21.299s, with Sainz second on a 1m22.096s, before being demoted to third by compatriot Alonso by one and a half tenths.

Sainz will start third, ahead of Hamilton, Magnussen, Schumacher, Ocon, Russell, Ricciardo and Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo).

F1 Canadian GP 2022 Q3 Results: Verstappen Takes Pole

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	9	1’21.299			193.109
2	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	8	1’21.944	0.645	0.645	191.589
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	9	1’22.096	0.797	0.152	191,234
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	9	1’22.891	1.592	0.795	189.400
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	8	1’22.960	1,661	0.069	189,243
6	Mick Schumacher	Haas	9	1’23.356	2.057	0.396	188.343
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	8	1’23.529	2.230	0.173	187.953
8	George Russell	Mercedes	8	1’23.557	2.258	0.028	187.890
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	9	1’23,749	2,450	0.192	187,460
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	9	1’24.030	2.731	0.281	186.833
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