Sebastian Vettel remains the strongest candidate to win the Canadian GP. Still, he predicts race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will be very tight. Vettel won his sixth pole this season in the qualifying session that was held yesterday.
Vettel outperformed the Ferrari duo, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. "We know it's not our strongest circuit, we love fast corners. But, we have the fastest package today. So, we can be confident," said Vettel in Autosport. Vettel predict the race will be very tight. Racer nicknamed Baby Schumi is also ready to deal with it.
Meanwhile, Alonso became the best racer to record a second time after the final moments of qualifying session sharpened his time to go beyond their own colleagues, Massa, who will start in third position.
Vettel's teammate at Red Bull, Mark Webber, will start the race from fourth starting position from McLaren's Lewis Hamilton starts in fifth position. followed by Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button and Michael Schumacher.
Despite failing to reach 107 per cent of the best Q1 time on the qualifying session, Virgin-Cosworth driver, Jarome D'Ambrosio still allowed to go in Canadian GP. The decision was taken by the Stewards after considering he had set a time in FP1 which was quick enough to persuade stewards to allow him to take his place on the grid.
Starting Position:
01. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m13.014s
02. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m13.199s + 0.185
03. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m13.217s + 0.203
04. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m13.429s + 0.415
05. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m13.565s + 0.551
06. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m13.814s + 0.800
07. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m13.838s + 0.824
08. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m13.864s + 0.850
09. Nick Heidfeld Renault 1m14.062s + 1.048
10. Vitaly Petrov Renault 1m14.085s + 1.071
11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m14.752s
12. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 1m15.043s
13. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m15.285s
14. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m15.287s
15. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m15.334s
16. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1m15.361s
17. Pedro de la Rosa Sauber-Ferrari 1m15.587s
18. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m16.294s
19. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault 1m16.745s
20. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 1m16.786s
21. Tonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 1m18.424s
22. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1m18.537s
23. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m18.574s
24. Jerome D'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 1m19.414s