Canadian Lance Stroll takes poll

ISTANBUL: Lance Stroll of Racing Point stunned everyone on Saturday by taking the first career pole position in a wet qualifying session at the Turkish Grand Prix. The 22-year-old thus becomes the first Canadian on pole since world champion Jacques Villeneuve did so in 1997.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen will join Stroll on the front row. Racing Point's Mexican Sergio Perez was third after the qualifying session was delayed due to rains at Istanbul Park.

Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, chasing his seventh title, qualified sixth, and his teammate and the only title rival Valtteri Bottas was ninth.

Stroll has had a chequered career since 2017, when he joined F1 with Williams. IANS

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