F1 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying results: Sebastian Vettel on top for Ferrari

Sights from the Formula 1 action at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix Saturday June 8, 2019.

Sebastian Vettel pole on Saturday for the F1 Canadian Grand Prix — his first pole since the 2018 German Grand Prix — gives Ferrari hope that it can put an end to Mercedes’ domination of the 2019 Formula 1 season.

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton qualified second, followed by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo.

Vettel and Ferrari have looked quick throughout the weekend, save for a poor practice 1, and Ferrari actually went into qualifyiing as favorites to take pole for a second year running in Montreal.

Making use of the superior straight line pace of his Ferrari, Vettel was able to gain half a second in the final sector alone, pushing a hard fighting Hamilton back down to second.

“I’m full of adrenaline to be honest,” said Vettel. “The feeling in the car was just kept coming. You feel the grip and you just keep going for it and that was one of those laps so, really, really nice. I really enjoyed it.

“I’m very happy for the team because the last 17 races, no but the last few weeks have been very tough for us.”

Turning attentions to Sunday and the Grand Prix, Vettel said that his car felt awful on the long runs – high levels of tire wear being a concern in every garage.

“It was awful,” said Vettel. “I think, today the car was a lot better and we take that into tomorrow. Obviously, we also avoid the soft tire, the red tire in the race tomorrow because we managed to go through with the yellow tire, the medium. Good day, the car felt good and we can carry that through to the race.”

Hamilton may have taken four wins from the opening six races of the season but he has struggled to find his usual domineering form in qualifying, heading the field just twice on Saturday. Maybe because he has been successful without starting at the front or for some other reason, Hamilton was unusually upbeat having just been bested by a rival.

“Honestly, I don’t know why but for whatever reason, I don’t feel disappointment,” said Hamilton. “We gave it everything we could but, particularly through that last sector, they (Ferrari) were killing us. I think it was something like four tenths or five tenths on the straights, so I did everything I could and we did everything we could.

“Our timing was right, our procedures were perfect so I’m really happy with the job. We had P1 for a second and we knew that they were quick but this is good, this is how racing should be. I’m glad that I was able to split the Ferraris and tomorrow it’s going to be interesting.”

The tense qualifying session was interrupted for a period by a red flag caused by the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, the Dane crashing into the fabled ‘Wall of Champions’. His accident in the dying seconds of Q2 meant that his Haas teammate Romain Grosjean and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen were unable to complete their laps and both were knocked out at this stage.

Ironically, Magnussen himself had scraped through but the heavy damage meant that he was unable to take part in the session any further.

Qualifying Results – F1 Canadian Grand Prix

Pos.

Driver

Constructor

Sebastian Vettel

Scuderia Ferrari

1:11.200

1:11.142

1:10.240

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

1:11.518

1:11.010

1:10.446

Charles Leclerc

Scuderia Ferrari

1:11.214

1:11.205

1:10.920

Daniel Ricciardo

Renault F1 Team

1:11.837

1:11.532

1:11.071

Pierre Gasly

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing

1:12.023

1:11.196

1:11.079

Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport

1:11.229

1:11.095

1:11.101

Nico Hulkenberg

Renault F1 Team

1:11.720

1:11.553

1:11.324

Lando Norris

McLaren F1 Team

1:11.780

1:11.735

1:11.863

Carlos Sainz

McLaren F1 Team

1:11.750

1:11.572

1:13.981

Kevin Magnussen

Rich Energy Haas F1 Team

1:12.107

1:11.786

No Time

Max Verstappen

Aston Martin Red Bull Racing

1:11.619

1:11.800

Daniil Kvyat

Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda

1:11.965

1:11.921

Antonio Giovinazzi

Alfa Romeo Racing

1:12.122

1:12.136

Alexander Albon

Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda

1:12.020

1:12.193

Romain Grosjean

Rich Energy Haas F1 Team

1:12.109

No Time

Sergio Perez

SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team

1:12.197

Kimi Raikkonen

Alfa Romeo Racing

1:12.230

Lance Stroll

SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team

1:12.266

George Russell

ROKiT Williams Racing

1:13.617

Robert Kubica

ROKiT Williams Racing

1:14.393

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