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Ferrari has survival in Canada

Sébastian Vettel secured his first pole position in 17 Grand Prix races, also being the first of the year for Ferrari. Now, as in Bahrain, all the ingredients are assembled so that tomorrow's race will be absolutely fantastic.
The balance between Mercedes and Ferrari is very large, after several sessions of contradictory signs and distrust of a possible 'hide and seek' from Mercedes, everything was clear in qualifying, Ferrari is very strong, and there is no reason why you can not leave Montreal victorious.
Of course tomorrow's race is long, anything can happen, but a possible Red Bull triumph is now further away as with Kevin Magnussen's crash even to finish Q2, Max Verstappen had not been able to clear decisive phase of the qualification, remaining in 11th place.
We will probably see a nice recovery, but winning is a possibility less likely to come true, although not impossible, since in Canada we have already seen four-hour races won by those who came from behind.
Sebastian Vettel's second lap, which was second after the first attempts in Q3, but that managed in the decisive round, beat Lewis Hamilton by 0.206s. Hamilton improved on his second attempt, but only by 0.047s, which was more than enough to secure a front row position.
Charles Leclerc, in the second Ferrari, was slower in the last sector, precisely what allowed Vettel to make the difference, and finished almost four tenths slower than Hamilton in third place. Monegasque may still be penalized for failing a corner and re-entering the lane outside the designated place.
Daniel Ricciardo surprised his Renault by taking fourth place on the grid in front of Pierre Gasly at Red Bull.
An error by Valtteri Bottas in his first attempt at Q3 when he made a top-two finish at Turn 2, can not risk too much to secure the lap and finished sixth, 0.861s ahead. I could have done a lot better!
Nico Hulkenberg, in the second Renault, was seventh in front of the pair McLaren, Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz.
The most curious thing is that Renault 'got' its four engines in Q3, and soon on an 'engine' track. A good sign. In fact, excellent from the point of view of the French. Let's see what Ricciardo does with so many 'wolves' behind him ...
Carlos Sainz will be investigated after the session for having prevented Toro Rosso rider Alex Albon in Curve 2 during the first qualifying round. Kevin Magnussen was 10th, but could not participate in Q3, as he destroyed Haas by hitting the wall of champions and also in the pit wall, with Haas mechanics almost certain to have many overtime hours.
The Haas rider lost the rear end of the chicane and hit the wall of Champions before he topped the top and crashed into the pitwall inside the track.
Daniil Kvyat was 12th behind Max Verstappen, with Antonio Giovinazzi putting his Alfa Romeo on the spot on a day when Kimi Raikkonen was eliminated in Q1. Romain Grosjean was 15th but was on a good lap, he would probably go on to Q3, but his team-mate's lapse spoiled everything.
Bad day for Racing Point. Soon in the country of the 'chief' Lawrence Stroll, nor Sergio Perez or Lance Stroll passed of the Q1.
As usual, the Williams drivers were in the bottom two positions, with George Russell again ahead of Robert Kubica, with the Pole pounding at 0.776s from his rookie teammate. José Luis Abreu, de Portugal