F1 News
- June 7, 2008
Canada Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton has taken his second pole position in Canada with a simply stunning lap at the end of Qualifying 3.
Lewis set a laptime 6 tenths of a second faster than Robert Kubica in the BMW-Sauber, and nearly a second faster than Kimi in the Ferrari.
Fernando Alonso had a good set of laps in the Renault to take a spot on the second row of the grid, and Felipe and Heikki are sat on the third row.
Rubens Barrichello got the Honda into the Q3 session, with Button’s car failing with a third gear issue in Q1.
Mark Webber had a good Q2, but was trying to better his time at the end of the session, unfortunately the track surface was starting to break up at the hairpin, and on the exit of turn 7, this caught him out and he bumped the nose into barrier, ending his qualifying session. He starts in tenth position as he could not participate in Q3
Nick Heidfeld again seemed to struggle with the BMW-Sauber, and starts in eighth place tomorrow. He has said that his more fluid driving style is causing him to struggle to get heat into the tyres.
So what are we in for during the race? Ferrari will be hoping that their cars are heavily fuelled, Renault will be hoping they are not light. But most importantly everyone will be hoping that Lewis is not that quick.
| 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 |
