The Dutchman will also have a good opportunity on Sunday to extend his lead in the general classification over the Mexican Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez, his Red Bull teammate, who was left out of the last part of the session and will have to come back from twelfth place.
“I think the car has improved. We’ve made the right decisions, so I’m very happy to be on pole,” ‘Mad Max’ congratulated himself after getting out of his car at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal, where thousands of fans they stoically endured a fierce rain.
In the midst of a chaotic qualifying, the German Hülkenberg managed to slip into the middle of the fight between Verstappen and Alonso to achieve second position on the grid.
“It’s been fun, it’s been good. Obviously this comes unexpectedly, but very happy and very proud,” said the Haas driver.
For his part, the veteran Alonso, from Aston Martin, once again exhibited his recovered reliability this season and achieved a result that allows him to aspire to his fifth podium of the season, in which he occupies third position in the general table.
The British Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, from the Mercedes team, will start from fourth and fifth position on the grid on Sunday, when the sun is expected to return and the drivers can run on a dry track.