Sebastien Vettel took control of the Canadian Grand Prix after taking Pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton and also a surprise third place finish from Valtteri Bottas of Williams. Hamilton and Vettel’s teammates Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber finished 4th and 5th while Vettel’s title rivals Kimi Raikonnen and Fernando Alonso finished ninth and sixth respectively.
“It was very tricky, especially as you never knew what conditions it would be next time you were out,” said Vettel. “We decided to have two runs in the final part and we thought the second one would be quicker especially as we had new tyres, but it started to drizzle again and the track was too wet in the final sector.
“It was very tight with Lewis – in the end everyone was improving in the first two sectors but the last two corners did not allow anyone to go quicker. I didn’t mind but it just goes to show how difficult it was for everyone.”
Jean Eric Vergne and Adrian Sutil had decent qualifying as they finished seventh and eightth while Daniel Ricciardo will start the race in tenth ahead of Nico Hulkenberg. Felipe Massa had a dissapointing qualifier as he finished in sixteenth. Sergio Perez finished ahead of his McLaren teammate Jenson Button with Pastor Maldonado sandwiched in the middle of them in 13th position. Scot Di Resta and Roman Grosjean failed to make it out of Q1. Di Resta was furious after his tires were unable to cope with the varying conditions in Canada.
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