Sebastian Vettel superbly grabbed the 32nd pole position of his Formula One career and second in succession ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.
Reigning world champion Vettel proved to be the class act in qualifying, crushing his rivals around Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in his Red Bull.
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton again lines up on the front row, but the 27-year-old found himself three tenths of a second adrift of Vettel’s hot lap of a one minute 13.784secs.
Championship leader in Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso starts third as he failed to pip Hamilton at the death, followed by the Red Bull of recent Monaco Grand Prix winner Mark Webber.
Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg starts sixth ahead of Felipe Massa in his Ferrari and Lotus of Romain Grosjean, with Paul di Resta in his Force India a stunning eighth, equalling his second best grid slot of his F1 career.
In ninth and 10th are Mercedes’ Schumacher and Jenson Button in his McLaren, the latter in the top 10 for the first time in three races.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m13.784s 2. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m14.087s + 0.303 3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m14.151s + 0.367 4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m14.346s + 0.562 5. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m14.411s + 0.627 6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m14.465s + 0.681 7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m14.645s + 0.861 8. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m14.705s + 0.921 9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m14.812s + 1.028 10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m15.182s + 1.398 Q2 cut-off time: 1m14.680s 11. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m14.688s + 0.501 12. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m14.734s + 0.547 13. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m14.748s + 0.561 14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m15.078s + 0.891 15. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m15.156s + 0.969 16. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m15.170s + 0.983 17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m15.231s + 1.044 Q1 cut-off time: 1m15.552s 18. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m16.263s + 1.602 19. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m16.482s + 1.821 20. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m16.602s + 1.941 21. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m17.492s + 2.831 22. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m17.901s + 3.240 23. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m18.255s + 3.594 24. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m18.330s + 3.669