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2023 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Nico Hülkenberg and Fernando Alonso at Montreal.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Nico Hülkenberg
Classified
Top 20
Round
9
Circuit
Montreal
Qualifying date
June 17, 2023

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Nico Hülkenberg secured the other front-row place for Haas, with Fernando Alonso third for Aston Martin.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Nico Hülkenberg, and Fernando Alonso. P4 through P20 were Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Esteban Ocon, Lando Norris, Carlos Sainz Jr., Oscar Piastri, Alexander Albon, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Pérez, Lance Stroll, Kevin Magnussen, Valtteri Bottas, Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, Nyck de Vries, Logan Sargeant, and Guanyu Zhou.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 4, 2023.

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