Russell edges out Antonelli for pole in Canada

George Russell beat Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli to pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix with the very last lap of the qualifying session. A final run on which he did two flying laps enabled him to pip Antonelli by 0.068 seconds. Antonelli had looked set to beat his team-mate when he eclipsed the time set by McLaren’s Lando Norris on the Briton’s first run, with Russell’s first lap on his final run good enough only for third.

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Russell pips Antonelli to take pole for Canada Sprint

George Russell bounced back after a difficult recent run to beat Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli to sprint pole at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Briton, who is 20 points adrift of the Italian after four races this season, headed Antonelli by 0.068 seconds after being fastest on both runs in final qualifying. Lando Norris headed an all-McLaren second row, 0.315secs off pole and 0.019secs in front of team-mate Oscar Piastri.

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Antonelli storms to pole ahead of Miami GP

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli bounced back from a difficult sprint race to take pole position for the Miami Grand Prix. It was the Italian’s third pole in four grands prix this season and his team-mate and title rival George Russell was down in fifth place, 0.399 seconds adrift. Max Verstappen took second, 0.166secs from Antonelli, after a remarkable turnaround in form for his Red Bull team following upgrades to their car. McLaren’s Lando Norris, who dominated the sprint earlier on Saturday, was fourth, behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, whose team-mate Lewis Hamilton was sixth, ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.

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Norris eases to victory in Miami Sprint

Lando Norris took McLaren’s first victory of the season with a dominant drive from pole position in the Miami Grand Prix sprint race. The world champion was untroubled as he converted pole into a lead at the first corner and controlled the race from there. Norris led a McLaren one-two ahead of Oscar Piastri, who fell back from Norris as the race developed and was forced to hold off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the closing laps. Kimi Antonelli won a scrap with Mercedes team-mate George Russell for fourth on track, but was penalised for exceeding track limits too many times and given a five-second penalty.

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Lando Norris surges to pole for Sprint in Miami

McLaren’s Lando Norris became the first driver to beat a Mercedes in qualifying this year with sprint pole at the Miami Grand Prix. The world champion beat championship leader Kimi Antonelli by 0.222 seconds with the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri third fastest. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was fourth, ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell. Lewis Hamilton was seventh in the second Ferrari, ahead of Argentine Franco Colapinto in the Alpine.

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