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Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari defeated Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, who took pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix.
It was only the second time in seven races that Mercedes was defeated at the pole – the other by his Vettel teammate, Charles Leclerc, in Bahrain in March.
Vettel was 0.206 seconds faster than Hamilton, Leclerc 0.680 sec.
Daniel Ricciardo was a fourth surprise for Renault after Max Verstappen Red Bull was caught by a fall of Kevin Magnussen in the second session.
Hamilton had been fastest in the first 10 heats, nearly 0.2 seconds behind Vettel, but the four-time German champion made a special round in his last race.
Vettel screamed for joy on the radio as he clinched his first pole position since the German Grand Prix last year in July.
Leclerc, who had traded the best times with Vettel for much of the weekend and in the first two qualifying games, said he was struggling to maintain the balance of the car when he needed and that he had also made two mistakes.
The driver Mercedes Valtteri Bottas will start in sixth position after a lap in the first lap, then a round in battle on his second attempt.
How is Ferrari suddenly fast again?
Before the weekend, Mercedes had declared to expect a challenge from Ferrari on the Gilles Villeneuve circuit of Montreal.
It was a skeptical claim in some quarters, but it was based on the fact that Ferrari enjoyed a straight-line speed advantage all year round – and that this track setup was worth little more than .
Hamilton explained that Ferrari won 0.5sec in a straight line at the clock. the Mercedes has different characteristics as a car. The strengths of their car are the cornering speed, while the Ferrari has less drag and support in addition to the most powerful engine.
The race, however, could be another matter. Ferrari's straight-line speed advantage is not as pronounced in the race and a tight battle is to be expected.
However, Mercedes enters the race with concern after one of its new specification engines, which equips the original team cars and those of the two customers, failed during the last training of Lance Stroll & # 39; s Racing Point.
What a day for Renault
The story of the day was undoubtedly Ricciardo's brilliant fourth-place finish, and the fact that he was ahead of Red Bull's Pierre Gasly for the job will be particularly appealing, after many questions about the decision of the company. 39; Australian to let Red Bull to Renault this season.
Ricciardo had a lead of 0.008 seconds on Gasly, while Red Bull was to make a strategic mistake in second qualifying.
Verstappen was not fast enough to try to finish this session with the stronger medium tire in order to start the race with this tire, as Ferrari and Mercedes did.
At Renault, Nico Hulkenberg is also ranked seventh, 0.253 seconds slower than Ricciardo.
He led the McLarens of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz – another impressive performance by the 19-year-old British rookie – and Magnussen.
Alexander Albon, an Anglo-Thai novice, finished 14th in his Toro Rosso, two places behind his team-mate Daniil Kvyat, and British rookie George Russell won 7-0 in qualifying against teammate Robert Kubica in 19th place from the private Williams battle, Russell's upcoming 0.776secs.
What they said
Sebastian Vettel: "I'm full of adrenaline.You know what, the feeling in the car when it keeps coming and the feeling – it was so good.I enjoyed and I am very happy and happy for the team at the last races, it's very difficult. "
Lewis Hamilton: "I do not feel disappointed, we gave everything, they were faster, and in the last sector, they killed us, the timing was good, the procedures were perfect, we had P1 for a second, but we knew that we had to do it. they were … fast. "
Charles Leclerc: "I do not really know, I had difficulties with the car and with the settings I had difficulties with the Q1, so I have to work with that to try to have the right setup for last Q3 Congratulations to Seb that he deserves and I hope to have a better race on my side tomorrow. "
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