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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix from a sunny Montreal.

Formula 1 | Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 09.06.2012
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Mark Patterson

Updated 09/06/2012 at 18:15 GMT


Thanks for joining us and don't forget to tune in to our live commentary from 19.00 BST. Can Lewis Hamilton become the seventh different winner in as many races? Join us to find out.
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And that's it, Vettel takes pole from Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber. Nico Rosberg starts fifth ahead of Massa, Grosjean, Di Resta, Schumacher and Button.
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Vettel improves to a 1:14.661.
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The other protagonists all can dial in one more lap on super softs.
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Correction, Button is sat in the pits and won't get out in time.
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They're all back out in this final shootout.
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Button only P9 after his soft tyre run.
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Hamilton bolts on a new set of tyres.
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Alonso dials in a good one and goes second.
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It's all change at the top as Hamilton goes quicker than Massa then Vettel goes fastest. Big fight on now. Mega lap from the Red Bull.
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Button betters his team-mate's mark but Rosberg then userps him.
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Hamilton sets the first time and goes fastest.
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Button on the softs rather than super softs.
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Q3 underway and both McLarens out immediately.
Kamui Kobayashi also misses out and will start from 11th.
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Session over and the big casualty is Miki Raikkonen as Pastor Maldonado brushes the Wall of Champions and spins through 360 right at the end. It means Button squeaks through in 10th place!
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The top six are in the pits and will not come out again.
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Vettel still sitting pretty on the top but Massa and the Lotus boys in trouble.
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Both Lotuses are out on brand new sets of soft tyres. None remaining for those boys now. Massa fails to improve.
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Massa also bolts on super softs in an attempt to get safely through.