Kimi Antonelli finished fourth, one place ahead of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. Russell started on pole here last year and came from nowhere to secure first place again. Verstappen, who crashed into Russell at the previous round in Spain, will join him on the front row.

A top F1 star has been handed one of the harshest grid penalties in Formula One history before the Canadian Grand Prix.

Formula 1 arrives in Canada, where this evening the tenth round of the World Championship, the Montreal Grand Prix, will take place. The teams, after a series of races in Europe, have flown

Verstappen has hit out at repeated questions about his F1 race ban threat after 2025 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying.

Max Verstappen has been in the headlines in the build-up to the race, with the Red Bull star sitting just one penalty point away from a one-race suspension following his controversial collision with George Russell last time out in Spain. He heads into this weekend's race 49 points behind Piastri and knows he has no margin for error.

Qualifying results and times as George Russell claims stunning pole position - Follow live F1 reaction from Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as Russell stuns McLaren and Verstappen