Hamilton’s former team-mate Valtteri Bottas ventured out on the full wets and soon decided that inters was the way to go.F1 starting grid in place for the Canadian Grand PrixQualifying in Montréal had a high chance of rain on Saturday.463 seconds in front of Mercedes’ George Russell and home hero Lance Stroll in third.even then there were problems although the bulk of those were DRS trains.it was pretty tight out there with Oscar.Read next: Lewis Hamilton claims F1 2026 regs weight saving falls short with cars looking ‘pretty slow.but instead found himself having to come to terms with back-to-back exits at the Q1 stage.

“So it’s what’s come on the floor.“but I don’t think the team did their part of the job.quickly establishing itself as one of the most demanding and challenging circuits in US motorsport – with Michael Andretti holding the unofficial outright lap record.F1 2024 head-to-head qualifying record: McLarenLando Norris 7-2 Oscar PiastriSprint qualifying: Lando Norris 1-1 Oscar PiastriOscar Piastri outpaced Lando Norris seven times in his rookie season in qualifying.The only comparison is that its a team telling a driver to contravene the rules in order to influence the issuing of a safety car.which rang true as hailstones pelted the paddock before clearing up in time for the session start.Verstappen offered a diplomatic response – believing their speed to be “good for Formula 1” – with Mercedes now another team to potentially be taken into the mix with Red Bull.