McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured pole position for the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Canada in dramatic fashion, setting the best lap of the session under the chequered flag.
Q1 Hamilton immediately set a fast pace in Q1, being the only driver to break the 1:16 barrier. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing) challenged him, but were not fast enough to demote him for the top of the charts. Out after Q1: Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, Senna, Di Grassi, Chandhok
Q2 Hamilton again set a fast time from the word go. Vettel was second. Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) had real difficulties. On his last lap, he short cutted the chicane and found himself out of the group going into Q3! Out after Q2: Barrichello, Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Petrov, Buemi, Alguersuari, De la Rosa Q3 Hamilton and his teammate Jenson Button went out early on a set of super soft tires. Hamilton set the quickest time. His time was then beaten by Alonso, and by Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing. Hamilton pitted for a second set of super soft rubber, went out, did his warm-up lap and cross the finish line just 8 seconds before the chequered. The McLaren driver set the best split time in sectors 1 and 3 to clinch the pole with a time of 1:15.105. The engineers asked Hamilton to stop on the circuit because there was not enough fuel in the tank to complete his cool down lap and provide the required fuel sample to the FIA. Mark Webber will start the Canadian GP from second place, ahead of his teammate Sebastian Vettel who looked seriously disappointed. Qualifying results*: 1. row Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'15"105 - Q3 Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'15"373 - Q3 2. row Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'15"420 - Q3 Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 1'15"435 - Q3 3. row Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'15"520 - Q3 Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'15"648 - Q3 4. row Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 1'15"688 - Q3 Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 1'15"715 - Q3 5. row Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'15"881 - Q3 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'16"071 - Q3 6. row Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'16"434 - Q2 Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'16"438. - Q2 7. row Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'16"492 - Q2 Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 1'16"844 - Q2 8. row Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'16"928 - Q2 Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'17"029 - Q2 9. row Pedro De La Rosa (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'17"384 - Q2 Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'18"019. - Q1 10. row Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'18"237 - Q1 Jarno Trulli (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'18"698 - Q1 11. row Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'18"941 - Q1 Bruno Senna (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'19"484 - Q1 12. row Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'19"675 - Q1 Karun Chandhok (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'27"757. - Q1 *Unofficial timing
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