NOT MY BEST LAP
L
ewis Hamilton dismissed
his pole position for the
Canadian Grand Prix as
one of the poorest of his 53
successful qualifying laps, but in
the end was good enough for his
fifth top spot start at the Circuit
Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
“I think there’s always room
to improve,” said the world
champion. “Honestly, that wasn’t
a great qualifying for me in terms
of laps. They weren’t that great.”
“My pole lap was definitely
at the lower end of the pole laps
that I’ve had! So, considering
that fact, I’m pretty happy I’m still
on pole. Of course, in practice
it was a much bigger gap. [In
qualifying] I just didn’t have the
pace I had [Friday], but clearly it
was enough.
“There was definitely more
time in it, but it was great to see
how close we all were for the fans.
Ferrari have picked up the pace
and this is a good track for them.
We’re excited to race them.”
Hamilton grabbed pole with
a best lap in one minute and
12.812 seconds to edge out
his Mercedes teammate Nico
Rosberg and claim his fifth pole
at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve,
one of his favourites, his fourth
of the season and the 53rd of his
career.