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Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel claimed pole for the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix, pipping Valtteri Bottas by less than a hundredth of a second in qualifying.

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, quickest throughout free practice, showed impressive pace to split the Mercedes to claim third – 0.05sec faster than Lewis Hamilton.

Kimi Räikkönen lines up fifth, with Daniel Ricciardo rounding out the top six. The top six heads into Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix covered by 0.35sec.

Valtteri Bottas had become the first driver ever to lap in the 1min10s in the opening runs of Q3, beating his team-mate Hamilton by almost four tenths. But Vettel quickly jumped to the top of the timesheets, going a hundredth quicker than the Finn to head into the second runs on provisional pole.

Räikkönen had been in the top three after the opening runs, albeit three-tenths back from Vettel, but a mistake exiting Turn 2 saw him unable to improve with his second lap.

The Red Bulls navigated Q2 on the hypersoft tyres, unlike the rest of the field that opted for the ultrasofts. Vettel attempted late flier on the hypersofts but was forced to abort his lap when he was slowed by a train of cars preparing for their final runs.

Nico Hülkenberg once again qualified seventh as best of the rest ahead of Force India’s Esteban Ocon, with Carlos Sainz ninth.

Sergio Pérez, who like Force India team-mate Ocon chose to run just once in Q3, claimed 10^th.

Toro Rosso, Haas and Sauber proved closely matched around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with a little more than half a tenth covering the teams in qualifying. Kevin Magnussen of Haas came out on top to claim 11^th, three-hundredths quicker than Toro Rosso’s Brendon Hartley. Charles Leclerc placed his Sauber 13^th, a further three hundredths back.

Fernando Alonso could only manage 14^th, despite having spent Friday practice inside the top 10. His team-mate, Stoffel Vandoorne, qualified 15^th – 0.090sec adrift of his team-mate.

Both McLarens entered the final runs of Q1 in danger of missing the cut, but Alonso and Vandoorne just jumped clear of Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly to demote him to 16^th and out of qualifying. Gasly’s Honda engine had been replaced with an earlier specification following practice.

Williams pair Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin continued to struggle, comprising the penultimate row of the grid.

Romain Grosjean’s qualifying lasted little more than a few yards, as smoke billowed from the back of his Haas almost as soon as he left the garage.

Marcus Ericsson clipped the wall to end his session early, and will join Grosjean on the final row of the grid.

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Canadian Grand Prix qualifying classification

1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1min10.764sec
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+0.093sec
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+0.173sec
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+0.232sec
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+0.331sec
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	+0.352sec
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+1.209sec
8	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+1.320sec
9	Carlos Sainz Jr	Renault	+1.404sec
10	Sergio Pérez	Force India	+1.908sec
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1min12.606sec
12	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1min12.635sec
13	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1min12.661sec
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1min12.856sec
15	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1min12.865sec
16	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1min13.047sec
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	1min13.590sec
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1min14.061sec
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1min14.593sec
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	No time set

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