2013 Canadian GP: Sebastian Vettel edges Lewis Hamilton to end Mercedes' pole run

Sebastian Vettel ended Mercedes' recent stranglehold on pole position with a masterly performance in a Canadian GP qualifying session dogged by persistent drizzle which also saw Lewis Hamilton finally out-qualify team-mate Nico Rosberg again.

The Brazilian, who will start down in 16th place, had already run down the escape road at the same corner but could at least console himself with having made it to the second stage given Force India's Di Resta and Lotus's Romain Grosjean were shock Q1 casualties. For both drivers the early elimination was particularly depressing; for Di Resta it was a virtual repeat of his Q1 nightmare from Monaco in similar conditions, while for Grosjean it compounded what he already knew would be a ten-place grid drop for crashing into Daniel Ricciardo in the Principality. The trio's frustration was shared by all at McLaren, however, as the underperforming Woking team saw both of their drivers miss the Q3 for the first time this season. Following a brief red-flag stoppage for Massa's Q2 accident, a train of cars queued at the end of the pitlane ahead of the final two minutes of the session, and then when the action was restarted, the drivers frantically grappled for position, and clean air, as the outlaps developed. However, having joined near the back of the queue despite lying below the cut line at the time, Button inexplicably ran out of time to complete a final lap when he backed off too much in a bid to clear a space in front of him through the final chicane.