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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salty25" data-source="post: 522933" data-attributes="member: 185281"><a href="http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2008/793/6519/" target="_blank">Official Qualifying Result</a> While the football European Championship got underway in Switzerland, the F1 World Championship continued in Canada with qualifying in Montreal, and Lewis Hamilton was the 'man of the match' by taking pole with a brilliant lap on a unpredictable street circuit. Kimi Raikkonen was early into the attack on the final moments of Q3, but the signs were not good for the Finn. The Ferraris were struggling all afternoon, and Felipe Massa could only qualify in 6th. Raikkonen's final lap was tidy, but ultimately not enough - 2nd across the line. Following closely behind was Robert Kubica, who just seconds later not only set a fast time, but the fastest time! The Pole was sitting on pole, knocking Hamilton to 2nd. However, the Brit was on his, and the day's, final hot lap. Slower than Kubica on sector 1, Hamilton was up on Kubica after s2, and had to nail s3 to take top spot. And that he did. Hamilton heads the grid later today, qualifying over half a second in front Kubica. The Hamilton-Kubica duel leaves Raikkonen in 3rd, and sharing the second row with Fernando Alonso. FA's strong performance must be accredited to his ability in tough conditions - the stewards had to sweep parts of the track before Q2 and Q3. The conditions didn't improve, however, with tyre marbles in evidence has many drivers struggled to stay on-line. Jarno Trulli span on 3 seperate occasions, and even Alonso himself went off at the first corner. Nico Rosberg is back on form; 6th on the grid in Monaco and 5th in Montreal suggests bad showings in Spain and Turkey are a blip. On row 4 are Heikki Kovalainen and Nick Heidfeld, and also in the top 9 are Rubens Barrichello and Mark Webber in 9th and 10th respectively. Webber, like Red Bull teammate David Coulthard in Monaco, didn't have a chance to compete in Q3 due to an incident at the end of Q2. David Coulthard is 13th, while Jenson Button (19th) couldn't get out of Q3 with gearbox problems.</blockquote>

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