Qualifying produced mixed fortunes for Scuderia Ferrari today in Montreal. Kimi Raikkonen secured third place with a lap in 1.15.014 at the end of a very closely contested session held under sunny skies at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit. Pole went to Lewis Hamilton, who produced a 1.14.393 in his Mercedes.
Sebastian Vettel was out of luck this afternoon in Canada. The German was stopped with an electrical problem at the start of Q1. The engineers managed to get him out on track with a few minutes remaining, but Seb encountered further issues with the electrical system, which meant he could do no better than 16th place with a time of 1.17.344. [via ferrari.com]
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m14.393s | – |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m14.702s | 0.309s |
| 3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m15.014s | 0.621s |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m15.102s | 0.709s |
| 5 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m15.194s | 0.801s |
| 6 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m15.329s | 0.936s |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m15.614s | 1.221s |
| 8 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 1m16.079s | 1.686s |
| 9 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m16.114s | 1.721s |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m16.338s | 1.945s |
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m16.042s | – |
| 12 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m16.262s | – |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m16.276s | – |
| 14 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m16.620s | – |
| 15 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m17.344s | – |
| 16 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m17.886s | – |
| 17 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m19.133s | – |
| 18 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m19.157s | – |
| 19 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m16.245s | – |
| 20 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | – | – |
QUOTES
From crash.net – Kimi: “Obviously, we try to do our best and see what happens but it’s too early to start [talking about a victory]. Friday is Friday and the race is the race so, while it was a bit better in qualifying, we’re still only third. We’re usually a bit better off in the race, so at least we should be in a better position to go for it, but let’s see what happens. Overall, the weekend has been very good – as smooth as it can be with the conditions we’ve had here. It was a bit disappointing for the team that one car had some issue, but tomorrow is the race and usually we are a bit stronger there. We have to make a good start and go from there and see what comes out, but so far it has been pretty okay. Obviously, it’s not ideal as we want to be in front, but at least it’s better.”
From ferrari.com – Kimi: “The car has been feeling good all weekend. We had no problems, apart from the one Sebastian had in qualifying, and everything ran smoothly. We have been making sure that all the small details were correct, we have learned from the past difficult races how small things can make a big change and enable you to get the result you want .We still have some work ahead, obviously we are not happy to finish third in the grid but in the race we’lll try to do better. It’s hard to say what will happen tomorrow but at least we did a better qualifying than normal and we’ll be in a better position for the race. So far it has been ok but tomorrow is the big day. I expect that we can be stronger and challenge for a competitive race . The weather has been tricky these days, so it will be a bit of uncertain tomorrow. Tonight we are going to analyse a lot of data and will try to make the right decisions”.
Q: (Nicolangelo Cioppi – Il Cittadino Canadese) Kimi, what chance do you have to win tomorrow? Do you think you can win here in Montreal with your car now?
KR: Obviously we’ve made our lives much easier being this close to the front after qualifying so we just have to make a good start and see how it pans out but obviously nobody has done very long runs this weekend so it’s very difficult to know what will happen. I think we’re usually a bit stronger in the race so hopefully it’s the same story tomorrow but time will tell. We will do our best and see where we end up.
Q: (Paolo Ianieri – La Gazzetta dello Sport) Kimi, you’re squeezed between all the Mercedes engines so are you worried, during the race, that even the other Mercedes-powered cars can fight with you or do you think from your pace that you’ve shown, especially yesterday, that you could even be a big challenge for the two in front of you?
KR: It’s more or the less the same answer that I just gave. We can only do our best and we will see in the race, obviously, what will happen but we were pretty Ok in the long runs so I feel fine with it. But obviously the race is a different story and yes, we have all the Mercedes cars in front of us but it shows something, that we are doing something right to get there. But there’s still work to be done. Who knows? We will try to beat all of them and see what happens.
GALLERY
OTHER STUFF
— Gianlu D’Alessandro (@Gianlu_DAle) June 7, 2015
Last 2 minutes of Q3 https://t.co/5e5PdAY5rz #CanadianGP
— Ky (@FiftyBuckss) June 6, 2015
Oversteery Kimi Poopy Time 😎💩❄️#CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/JxY2fMlU1I
— Ky (@FiftyBuckss) June 6, 2015
Kimi Raikkonen found the post session press conference highly entertaining http://t.co/PsLzJ1VyNO #SkyF1 pic.twitter.com/CXBjdUptos — Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) June 6, 2015
Qualifying Top 3 https://t.co/gPUDW978Yb #CanadianGP — Ky (@FiftyBuckss) June 6, 2015
Raikkonen radio “Box this lap” “You should tell me straight away before i push an extra half a lap on the race tyres, be a bit more awake” — Connor (@cmckinleyF1) June 6, 2015
KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE 
Kimi makes life difficult for himself. Lack of centration in races?
LikeLike