Montreal June 10 (IANS) German Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel secured pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix the seventh race of the Formula One season.
The four-time F1 champion posted a fastest lap of 1:10.764 in the third and final round of qualifying for Sunday s race at the 4.361-kilometer (2.709-mile) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Saturday reports Efe.
That was nearly one-tenth of a second quicker than the best lap recorded by the second-place finisher in Q3 Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton the defending F1 champion and current leader of this season s drivers standings with 110 points finished fourth in Q3 and will be joined on the second row by the third-place qualifier Max Verstappen a Dutch driver for Red Bull.
Vettel s teammate Finland s Kimi Raikkonen will start fifth on the grid alongside Australian Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo.

--IANS gau/bg