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World champion Max Verstappen stormed to pole position for the Canadian Formula One Grand Prix ahead of veteran Fernando Alonso on a drying track on Saturday while his closest title rivals will start from far behind. Red Bull’s Verstappen clocked 1 minutes 21.299 seconds around the 4.361-kilometre Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal on a chilly day which had seen plenty of rain earlier. He took his second season pole and 15th overall .645 ahead of the 40-year-old former champion Alonso of Alpine. Carlos Sainz of Ferrari was third. But Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez starts 13th after hit…