The result marks Kimi’s first top three Grand Prix qualifying position, following on from yesterday’s Sprint pole.
George meanwhile maintains his record of qualifying in the top five for each Grand Prix and Sprint event so far this season.
Rain left the track damp for Saturday’s F1 Sprint and the grid started the race on intermediate tyres with a delay start.
The day began with the Sprint; heavy rain made conditions tricky, with the start delayed for over 30 minutes.
Once the action got underway, both Kimi and George started on the Intermediate tyre. Kimi dropped to P4 through turn one with George holding P5.
As the track transitioned to dry conditions, Kimi was collected by Max Verstappen after an unsafe release for the Red Bull Racing car. That ultimately dropped him down the order and he claimed P7 once post Sprint penalties had been applied.
George meanwhile stopped later than some of his rivals, losing time in the process, but fought back to take P5 on the road and P4 in the final order.
Qualifying proved a similarly tight and tense affair as Sprint Qualifying the day before.
Both cars made it through to Q3, with George finishing just 0.181s adrift of pole position with Kimi an even more tantalising 0.067s shy of Verstappen’s session topping time.