Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel will start on pole for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix after topping the times in today’s rain-hit qualifying session.
The Red Bull ace will be joined by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton on the front row.
The surprise of the session was the performance of Williams’ Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas, who posted the third fastest time ahead of the second Mercedes driven by Nico Rosberg.
Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso occupy the third row after an incident-packed qualifying in which the second session was red-flagged after Felipe Massa escaped unhurt after a crash.
Vettel, yet to win on the streets of Montreal, said: “I’m looking forward to the race tomorrow, I think we had a strong performance yesterday so whatever happens in terms of conditions it should be good.
“We expect dry conditions tomorrow, but it doesn’t matter. We have both sets of tyres left, but even if it rains we should be in decent shape.”
Hamilton, reflecting on his showing, said: “”I was doing a pretty good final lap but I ran wide, so it was unfortunate but I’m still happy.”
Official Qualifying times :
Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1:25.425
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:25.512
Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams 1:25.897
Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:26.008
Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:26.208
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1:26.504
Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1:26.543
Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 1:27.348
Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Lotus 1:27.432
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1:27.946
Nico Hülkenberg (GER) Sauber 1:29.435
Sergio Perez (MEX) McLaren 1:29.761
Pastor Maldonado (VEN) Williams 1:29.917
Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 1:30.068
Esteban Gutierrez (MEX) Sauber 1:30.315
Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 1:30.354
Paul di Resta (GBR) Force India 1:24.908
Charles Pic (FRA) Caterham 1:25.626
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1:25.716
Jules Bianchi (FRA) Marussia 1:26.508
Max Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1:27.062
Giedo van der Garde (NED) Caterham 1:27.110
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