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Both Mercedes drivers are looking to overhaul Fernando Alonso in race trim in the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will be the two drivers starting immediately behind the Aston Martin driver on the grid, after a wet qualifying session in Montreal on Saturday.

Max Verstappen took a comfortable pole position ahead of the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg on the provisional front row, with Alonso lining up third in a rain-hit session.

The Mercedes duo have shown pace throughout the weekend so far in Canada, and seven-time World Champion Hamilton believes the team will be even stronger when the racing gets underway come Sunday.

What’s more, he’ll hope to give his former team-mate “hell” if he can.

“我think we should be in a much better position with race pace,” Hamilton told Sky Sports F1 after the session.

“Our race pace is often better, I’m hoping it is again tomorrow. It was difficult to gauge yesterday because we did our long run at the beginning of the session, when the track was a lot slower, and the others did it later on.

“So it’s difficult to extrapolate where abouts we stand. We’re ahead of the Ferraris, Max will be gone most likely, but if I can hold onto Alonso and give him hell, that’s what I’ll do.”

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As for Russell, he was in a buoyant mood after Mercedes secured one of their best combined sessions of the season so far, and he is targeting a place on the podium.

“我quite enjoyed it to be honest,” Russell said after the session.

“我t changed every single lap, you’re driving on instincts, I didn’t quite get it together in Q3 but nevertheless, P5 probably exceeded our expectations going into the session.

“Clearly as a team we were quicker when the track was drying out, and the inters were almost overheating, we were one of the most competitive cars out there.

“Had the track been like Q3 for the whole session, perhaps we may have struggled a little bit more, but we know the strengths and weaknesses of this car and to be starting P4 and P5, I think it’s the best qualifying of the year after Australia. So we’re going to have to really fight for a podium.”