2008 Canadian GP, Qualifying: Lewis Hamilton snatches the pole 

Written by David on June 07th, 2008 at 8:22 pmLast Update: June 07th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Lewis HamiltonMcLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has snatched the pole position for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix at the ‘Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’. The Briton, who showed great pace in Q1, Q2 and Q3, was followed by an excellent Robert Kubica (on pole for a couple of minutes in Q3) and Kimi Raikkonen. Fourth position on the grid for Renault’s Fernando Alonso, fifth for an always impressive Nico Rosberg, sixth for Raikkonen’s teammate Felipe Massa, seventh for Heikki Kovalainen, eighth for Nick Heidfeld and ninth for Rubens Barrichello. Red Bull’s Mark Webber, who during Q2 spun out and damaged his RB4′s front suspension, couldn’t take the track in Q3 and finished on tenth place.

2008 Canada Grand Prix, Qualifying Session results:

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.909 1:17.034 1:17.886 19
2 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.471 1:17.679 1:18.498 14
3 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:17.301 1:17.364 1:18.735 23
4 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:17.415 1:17.488 1:18.746 22
5 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:17.991 1:17.891 1:18.844 26
6 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.231 1:17.353 1:19.048 23
7 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:17.287 1:17.684 1:19.089 25
8 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:18.082 1:17.781 1:19.633 21
9 17 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:18.256 1:18.020 1:20.848 25
10 10 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:17.582 1:17.523 no time 15
11 12 Timo Glock Toyota 1:18.321 1:18.031 19
12 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:17.638 1:18.062 19
13 9 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:18.168 1:18.238 19
14 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:18.039 1:18.327 16
15 6 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:18.505 1:18.393 18
16 14 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:18.916 10
17 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Ferrari 1:19.108 12
18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Ferrari 1:19.165 12
19 16 Jenson Button Honda 1:23.565 3
20 15 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari no time 0

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