“I’m here to win with Fred and he has my full support.”

Russell of Mercedes won the pole for the sixth time in his F1 career with a lap of 1 minute, 10.899 seconds to best Verstappen of Red Bull, who was .160 seconds behind.

Formula 1 fans have been reacting on social media after seeing what Lewis Hamilton said about Ferrari. After an encouraging qualifying session on Saturday, Hamilton started in P5 for the Canadian Grand Prix. In the early stages, the 40-year-old was comfortably running in the top five.

Norris clocked a lap of one minute 11.799 seconds at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, edging out Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by just 0.078 seconds.

Ferrari completed a hat-trick of victories at Le Mans last weekend, with the No.83 AF Corse customer car taking the spoils in the 93rd edition of the iconic enduro. Fourteen years ago, that result seemed impossible for Robert

It also capped an astonishing racing redemption story for the 40-year-old whose F1 career ended after a near-fatal rally crash in Italy in 2011 that partially severed his right forearm.