Lance Stroll tore up the form book to claim his first pole position and will start the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix from top spot on the grid, stealing it with his last mega-effort to deny Max Verstappen who had starred until the final stages.

Stroll kept the magic for last, in conditions that level the playing field, like little else, the Canadian delivered when it mattered literally snatching top spot from nowhere to claim his first F1 pole start. A thriller it was too.

Steaming in the aftermath of the popular achievement, Lance said in parc ferme immediately after, “I’m shocked. We didn’t look too competitive in final practice but I’m so happy right now, I really put that lap together at the end, I only had one lap to do it on the inters.