Vettel on pole in Montreal

Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday's Canadian GP from pole position
9 June 2013

Sebastian Vettel will be hoping to make it third time lucky by taking the chequered flag in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix after ending Mercedes' recent domination of pole position.

After a crazy, rain-hit qualifying session, Red Bull star Vettel will start on pole for the third successive year at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. However, the reigning triple world champion has so far failed to win from such a favourable position the past two years.

Vettel will have Lewis Hamilton alongside him on the front row, with the Briton starting second for the third consecutive race in his Mercedes.

At least Hamilton managed to out-pace team-mate Nico Rosberg after the German's run of three straight poles, with the 27-year-old lining up fourth.

The major surprise sees Valtteri Bottas in third, the first time this year a Williams has managed to make it into the top 10, with their highest grid slot from the first six races being 14th.

Behind Rosberg will be Red Bull's Mark Webber, followed by Fernando Alonso in his Ferrari.

Another shock saw both Toro Rosso cars in the top 10, with Jean-Eric Vergne seventh and Daniel Ricciardo 10th, either side of Adrian Sutil (Force India) and Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen.

After clinching his 39th pole, Vettel said: "It was very tricky to adapt as you didn't know what the conditions would be, and in the end very tight with Lewis.

"Looking forward to the race, we've shown good pace and we should be good in the race, no matter the conditions.

"The forecast for tomorrow looks a little more friendly than today, we're expecting dry conditions, but there are still a lot of things that can happen on every single lap."

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