MONTREAL (Reuters) – Felipe Massa emerged unscathed after crashing his Ferrari for the second race weekend in a row in Saturday’s qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix.

The session was halted while the wrecked car was removed from the track after the Brazilian slammed sideways into an energy-absorbing barrier when he lost control in the wet.

MONTREAL, June 8 (Reuters) – Felipe Massa emerged unscathed after crashing his Ferrari for the second race weekend in a row in Saturday’s qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix.

The session was halted while the wrecked car was removed from the track after the Brazilian slammed sideways into an energy-absorbing barrier when he lost control in the wet.

MONTREAL, June 8 (Reuters) – If there is a silver lining in every cloud, Lewis Hamilton found his on Saturday with the consolation of qualifying on the front row of the grid for the Canadian Grand Prix.

The Briton was furious with himself after making a tiny mistake on his final flying lap, which cost him his chance of grabbing pole position on a wet and wild day in Montreal.

MONTREAL, June 8 (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas enhanced his reputation as one of the rising stars of Formula One when he upstaged some of the biggest names in the sport on Saturday to qualify third fastest for the Canadian Grand Prix.

The 23-year-old from Finland showed maturity beyond his years when he guided his Williams to the second row of the grid in difficult, wet conditions.

MONTREAL (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel put his Red Bull on pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday and ended Mercedes’ hopes of a fifth successive start from the top slot.

The triple world champion lapped the wet Montreal street circuit in a fastest time of one minute 25.425 seconds for his third successive pole in Canada.

MONTREAL, June 8 (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel put his Red Bull on pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday and ended Mercedes’ hopes of a fifth successive start from the top slot.

The triple world champion lapped the wet Montreal street circuit in a fastest time of one minute 25.425 seconds for his third successive pole in Canada.

MONTREAL (Reuters) – Australia’s Mark Webber set the fastest time in Saturday’s shortened final practice session before official qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Webber topped the timesheets when he lapped the Montreal street circuit in his Red Bull in one minute 17.895 seconds.

MONTREAL, June 8 (Reuters) – Australia’s Mark Webber set the fastest time in Saturday’s shortened final practice session before official qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Webber topped the timesheets when he lapped the Montreal street circuit in his Red Bull in one minute 17.895 seconds.

MONTREAL (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso, desperate to get his Formula One championship bid back on track, signalled his intentions to start with this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix by setting the fastest lap in practice on Friday.

The Spaniard posted the day’s fastest overall time when he lapped the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in one minute 14.818 seconds during the 90-minute afternoon session.

MONTREAL (Reuters) – Mercedes boss Ross Brawn confirmed on Friday that he made the decision for his team to be part of a Pirelli tyre test in Spain that is being investigated as a possible breach of the sport’s rules.

But Brawn reaffirmed his belief that the team had done nothing wrong and is confident Mercedes will be cleared of any wrongdoing when it goes before the International Automobile Federation (FIA) tribunal.