Sebastian Vettels scores pole in Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying
Ahead of the Qualifying, the hub caps of RedBull cars were deemed to be illegal however, that didn't prevent him from scoring the pole position with a 1:13.784. He was the only one to go below 1:14 seconds. Giving him company in the first row was Lewis Hamilton of McLaren at 1:14.087
Michael Schumacher was driving fast but something happened in the second sector where he was seen raising his left hand and scored a P9 position.
Alonso and Webber will start in the second row in the grid followed by Nico Rosberg and Felipe Massa. Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta will start in the 4th row.
The surprise performance in the Q1 in qualifying came from Pedro de La Rosa of HRT. He was widely believed to be trounced by Narain Karthikeyan. However, Pedro was 1:17.492 out qualifying Timo Glock and Charles Pic of Marussia as well as his team mate Narain Karthikeyan who came 24th with a time of 1:18.330 ie. 0.838 seconds slower. Interestingly the HRT cars recorded a very fast straight line times.
Maldonado had scored the fastest time in the sector 1 while trying to make into the Q3, but he pushed too hard and banged his car and it was all over for him. He scored 1:15.231 and had to settle for 17th position. Bruno Senna scored a 1:15.170. The extremely erratic Romain Grosjean who has been banging wheels with other drives this season has proved to be a good qualifier. He scored a seventh fastest time to qualify into the Q3. However, his Lotus team mate and former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen had to settle for P12 with a time of 1:14.734
Qualifying Times and Grid Position:
Ahead of the Qualifying, the hub caps of RedBull cars were deemed to be illegal however, that didn't prevent him from scoring the pole position with a 1:13.784. He was the only one to go below 1:14 seconds. Giving him company in the first row was Lewis Hamilton of McLaren at 1:14.087
Michael Schumacher was driving fast but something happened in the second sector where he was seen raising his left hand and scored a P9 position.
Alonso and Webber will start in the second row in the grid followed by Nico Rosberg and Felipe Massa. Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta will start in the 4th row.
The surprise performance in the Q1 in qualifying came from Pedro de La Rosa of HRT. He was widely believed to be trounced by Narain Karthikeyan. However, Pedro was 1:17.492 out qualifying Timo Glock and Charles Pic of Marussia as well as his team mate Narain Karthikeyan who came 24th with a time of 1:18.330 ie. 0.838 seconds slower. Interestingly the HRT cars recorded a very fast straight line times.
Maldonado had scored the fastest time in the sector 1 while trying to make into the Q3, but he pushed too hard and banged his car and it was all over for him. He scored 1:15.231 and had to settle for 17th position. Bruno Senna scored a 1:15.170. The extremely erratic Romain Grosjean who has been banging wheels with other drives this season has proved to be a good qualifier. He scored a seventh fastest time to qualify into the Q3. However, his Lotus team mate and former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen had to settle for P12 with a time of 1:14.734
Qualifying Times and Grid Position:
| Sl. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:13.784 | 16 laps |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:14.087 | 22 laps |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:14.151 | 23 laps |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:14.346 | 19 laps |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:14.411 | 25 laps |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:14.465 | 24 laps |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus | 1:14.645 | 28 laps |
| 8 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:14.705 | 22 laps |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:14.812 | 18 laps |
| 10 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:15.182 | 24 laps |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:14.688 | 21 laps |
| 12 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus | 1:14.734 | 22 laps |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India | 1:14.748 | 18 laps |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso | 1:15.078 | 21 laps |
| 15 | Sergio Perez | Sauber | 1:15.156 | 21 laps |
| 16 | Bruno Senna | Williams | 1:15.170 | 20 laps |
| 17 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:15.231 | 21 laps |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham | 1:16.263 | 12 laps |
| 19 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham | 1:16.482 | 10 laps |
| 20 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:16.602 | 12 laps |
| 21 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT | 1:17.492 | 8 laps |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Marussia | 1:17.901 | 10 laps |
| 23 | Charles Pic | Marussia | 1:18.255 | 9 laps |
| 24 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:18.330 | 9 laps |
| Q1 | 107% Time | 1:19.887 |
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