Formula 1 moves to Canada for its only North American race in the calendar, and yesterday’s qualifying session at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve saw reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel race to his sixth pole position in seven races this year. Hot on the heels of the Red Bull man was the Ferrari duo of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, who will line up second and third on the grid.
The young German’s 1m13.014s lap was 0.185s faster than Alonso’s best effort and 0.203 faster than Massa’s. This is the best Saturday for the Scuderia so far this season, and their legions of fans will be hoping that it translates to good results later in the race.
Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber is fourth, and Lewis Hamilton will line up alongside Mercedes GP Petronas’ Nico Rosberg on the third row in fifth and sixth respectively. McLaren’s other English champion, Jenson Button, is seventh. The rest of the top ten spots will be filled by Michael Schumacher (8th), Nick Heidfeld (9th) and Vitaly Petrov (10th). Lotus Renault GP would be happy to see two black/gold cars in Q3.
Further down the grid, Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari is the midfielder to join the usual six cars to fall out in Q1. Team Lotus’ Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen should now be able to drive to their usual 19th and 20th spots on the grid blindfolded, as they’ve made it their own. Behind them are the HRTs and Virgins. The latter’s Jerome d’Ambrosio qualified almost half a second off the 107% time, so his race is in the stewards’ hands.
Click here to see the full timing sheet. For those staying up late to watch the race, we wish you good recovery and a decently productive Monday!
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
Could this be a return to form for Felipe Massa? I certainly hope so! :D
Hahaha…massa drive ferrari like aunty..kahkah…super-slow!!
If someone stuck behind him means disastrous…fool ferrari driver..
Better massa replace by kubica for 4times faster & at par with Alonso…massa is just useless ;-p
Can’t forget he was the 2008 World Champion though….. for about 30 seconds :)
All in all, I still think he’s splendid.
Thought TF was so confident his team will be a midfield player? Hehehe …
can’t wait for your race report. Schumacher seems better these days. not a good finish for ferraris.
Is the RBR-Renault team purely using Renault? Is Infiniti involved?
The Renault team is purely Renault? Is Lotus involved?
What about Lotus-Renault team? Is Renault involved?
RBR-Renault is using engine supplied by Renault… other parts are developed in house…
Renault of course using parts developed in house… Lotus involvement is only on the name as far as I know but I also heard they’re probably giving support too…
Team Lotus – Renault is also using engine supplied by Renault, so of course Renault is involved… Aero and chassis parts developed in house while transmission comes from RBR IINM…
and one thing for sure, all teams have Pirelli’s involvement… and I dont know why you asked these questions, and I also dont know why I answer these questions…
HRT finished P13……
Best result by a “new” team in 2011…….
oops…….