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George Russell snatches mighty pole from Max Verstappen

Canada, June 15 (UNI) Mercedes' George Russell snatched pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
Russell beat Verstappen by 0.160 seconds to grab the fastest time just seconds after the Dutchman himself had taken it away from McLaren's Oscar Piastri.
The Australian's team-mate and title rival Lando Norris could manage only seventh place, behind Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and a superb performance from Fernando
Alonso in the Aston Martin.
The grid sets up a battle into the first corner between Briton Russell and Verstappen in Montreal, just a race after their controversial conflict at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Verstappen was penalised 10 seconds and given three licence penalty points for deliberately colliding with Russell in the closing stages of the race and is one licence point away from a race ban, the BBC reported.
Russell had felt on arriving at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Saturday morning that he had a good chance of setting pole, and his confidence was well placed.
Like Verstappen using the medium tyre for his final lap, Russell said it was "one of the most exhilarating laps of my life".
He added: "I swear, every corner I was looking at my lap-time delta on my steering wheel and I was going 0.1secs quicker, 0.1secs quicker. I got to the last corner and I was 0.6secs up and I thought: 'This lap's mighty.' It felt like the car was on rails. I am so pleased with pole."
Russell said he "had goosebumps" after crossing the line. "I don't think I've ever had that before," he said.
Verstappen said, "I felt quite good all weekend. The car was in a good window. This track is quite cool. It feels like a big go-kart on the kerbs.
"You need to be quite efficient on the straights, which I think we are. The tough choice was the tyres and I think we chose the right ones. We will see what we can do tomorrow. I am already happy to be on the front row and I hope we can have a solid race."
McLaren had had a difficult weekend and Piastri said he was "pretty happy with third".
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