Canadian GP: Vettel Clinches Yet Another Pole

Vettel grabs sixth pole

Sebastian Vettel has set his sixth pole of the season after coming fastest in the Montreal qualifying. The 23-year-old set a 1 minute and 13,014 seconds time, being followed by the former world champion Fernando Alonso who was 0,185 slower than the current leader.

Vettel seems to have put the Friday practice crash behind, counter-balancing his poor start with a 21^st pole of career. Meanwhile, Alonso has also improved his time to become the second favorite for the Montreal Grand Prix. Spaniard’s team-mate Felipe Massa has also set a good time, taking into account the Brazilian hadn’t gone too well in the previous practices. He was 0,203 seconds slower than the German. Red Bull will have Mark Webber on fourth position, the Aussie having set a 0,415 second-gap after 22 laps.

This year’s Chinese Grnad Prix winner Lewis Hamilton will start the Sunday race on fifth after he finished the qualifying with a one minute and 13,565 second-time. Nico Rosberg, who had won the first practice, came sixth in Saturday’s round, going 0,800 seconds behind Vettel. Jenson Button made 20 laps and set a one minute and 13,838 as best time. The Briton is followed by another former world champion Michael Schumacher who came eighth with a 0,850 second-gap.

Finally, the ninth and tenth place have been taken by Renault. Nick Heidfeld was 1,048 seconds slower than the German, while Vitaly Petrov came just 0,021 seconds behind his team-mate. Pedro de la Rose, who is replacing Sergio Perez at Sauber came 17^th, setting a 2,573 second-gap. Rubens Barrichello came 16^th with a 2,347 second-gap, while his Williams team-mate Maldonado came 12^th, just over two seconds behind the leader.

Vettel will be chasing his sixth title of the season after he has already won five in Melbourne, Malaysia, Istanbul, Barcelona and Monte Carlo. Hamilton has declared the German is far too away from being caught, claiming that “Vettel is gone, he is on his way. Red Bull are very, very hard for us to catch at this rate… We are just very slow this weekend. It appears the other guys have maybe made a step forward. I pushed as hard as I could. I guess back to the drawing board.”

Vettel leads the rankings with 211 points, having gone 89 points ahead of the second-placed Briton. Mark Webber is third with 116 points, being followed by Jenson Button, who has earned 116 points, and Fernando Alonso who is fifth with 95 points.