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2024 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying: George Russell took pole

George Russell took pole for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at Montreal.

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

Race recap

Pole
George Russell
Pole team
Mercedes
Front row
George Russell and Max Verstappen
Classified
Top 20
Round
9
Circuit
Montreal
Qualifying date
June 8, 2024

The front of the grid

George Russell qualified first for Mercedes. Max Verstappen secured the other front-row place for Red Bull, with Lando Norris third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

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

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, RB 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 Dec 18, 2025.

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