Max Verstappen was the fastest of a first session for the first time this season by being the fastest of the first free test session of the GP of Canada, in front of the Williams of Albon and Sainz. Isack Hadjar, still supreme, ranks 6th. Pierre Gasly signs the 9th time.
It had never happened this season before, almost as surprising as it may seem. However, it takes a start to everything. And, Friday, the first time takeover of the Canadian weekend with the first free test session of the GP in Canada on the menu saw Max Verstappen being the fastest of a first session for the first time of the season.
The quadruple world champion, who had voluntarily embellished the Mercedes of George Russell two weeks ago in Barcelona but had assured Thursday on the eve of the kick -off of this tenth round of the season that he would not change his way of driving that a threat of suspension weighs or not on him, signed the best time of his El1, not in front of the McLaren of Oscar Piastris and Orders of the general classification before the Dutchman, but Williams of Alex Albon (2nd) and Carlos Sainz (3rd), who also set the bar very high this Friday in Montreal on the legendary Gilles-Villeneuve circuit.
Russell, the victim of “Mad Max” in Catalonia, signs the 4th time of this session in front of the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton and an Isack Hadjar still quite surprising.
Still Grand Hadjar
The French rookie currently 9th in the world championship and which offered luxury Friday to get ahead of Norris was not the only one of our representatives to start this tenth meeting of the season in a very beautiful way, since Pierre Gasly, driving his Alpine, also finished these EL1 in the Top 10, in 9th place, a rank ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).
Esteban Ocon (Haas) has experienced more difficulties. The former Gasly teammate ranks 18th. Only COLAPINTO (19th) and HULKENBERG (20th) did worse.
