McLaren 's dominance was tossed to one side on Saturday as George Russell grabbed pole for Mercedes at the Canadian Grand Prix. He will be joined on the front row by Red Bull 's Max Verstappen two weeks after their controversial on-track collision in Spain.

Carlos Sainz and home star Lance Stroll were both knocked out in that first period, the first being heavily impeded by Isack Hadjar on his final flying lap, which will almost certainly see the Racing Bulls star demoted three places.

Makers of new F1 film say they could not have done it without Lewis Hamilton - Seven-time world champion Hamilton is an executive producer on the Brad Pitt movie, titled “F1”, which is released in the United Kingdom on June 25.