Hamilton takes pole for Canada GP

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Hamilton takes pole for Canada GP



Lewis Hamilton claimed the first pole position of his burgeoning career with a stunning qualifying lap for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

The 22-year-old Briton set the fastest time of one minute, 15.707 seconds and McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso was unable to beat it with his final lap.

Alonso was ahead but lost six tenths of a second in the final section.

Nick Heidfeld did superbly to put his BMW Sauber third ahead of the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa.

Britons Jenson Button and David Coulthard both finished outside the top 10 after a disappointing qualifying session.

Coulthard finished 14th after suffering troubles with his Red Bull while Button came 15th in his Honda.

Qualifying times at the Canadian Grand Prix:
1. Lewis Hamilton (GB) McLaren one minute, 15.707
2. Fernando Alonso (Sp) McLaren 1:16.163
3. Nick Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:16.266
4. Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:16.411
5. Felipe Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:16.570
6. Mark Webber (Aus) Red Bull-Renault 1:16.913
7. Nico Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:16.919
8. Robert Kubica (Pol) BMW Sauber 1:16.993
9. Giancarlo Fisichella (It) Renault 1:17.229
10. Jarno Trulli (It) Toyota 1:17.747
11. Takuma Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda 1:16.743
12. Vitantonio Liuzzi (It) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:16.760
13. Rubens Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:17.116
14. David Coulthard (GB) Red Bull-Renault 1:17.304
15. Jenson Button (GB) Honda 1:17.541
16. Scott Speed (US) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:17.571
17. Anthony Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda 1:17.542
18. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 1:17.634
19. Heikki Kovalainen (Fin) Renault 1:17.806
20. Alexander Wurz (Aut) Williams-Toyota 1:18.089
21. Adrian Sutil (Ger) Spyker-Ferrari 1:18.536
22. Christijan Albers (Ned) Spyker-Ferrari 1:19.196

Credit - BBC Sport

It was bound to come sooner or later and in that sense sooner rather than later, Well done Lewis.