Nico Rosberg aced Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton to clinch pole position by just 0.079 seconds in Montreal on Saturday.
It was even closer behind the Silver Arrows: Sebastian Vettel claimed third for Red Bull, but less than four hundredths of a second covered the German, the two Williams of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, and Daniel Ricciardo in the second RB10.
Q1 saw plenty of action, as Hamilton led with way with 1m 15.750s on the soft Pirellis. McLaren duo Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button were second and fourth on supersofts, as third fastest Rosberg – and the Williams and Red Bulls – stayed on the yellow-marked rubber.
Pos | No | Driver | Team |
1 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault |
4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes |
5 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes |
6 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault |
7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
8 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault |
9 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes |
10 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari |
11 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes |
12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes |
13 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes |
14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault |
15 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault |
16 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari |
17 | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault |
18 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari |
19 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari |
20 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault |
21 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault |
DNS | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari |