Montreal, QC - It was a rainy, gloomy qualifying session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that had its share of spins and crashes. At the end of the session, Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel took his third consecutive pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix. 

Vettel, the current leader in the Formula One driving standings edged Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton for the second consecutive year. Hamilton was on a great run with a minute to go, but made a mistake nearing the end sending him off track and ending his chances for pole. Last year, despite starting behind Vettel, Hamilton was the one who finished with the victory and he will be looking for a repeat performance. 

On the flip side, Vettel hopes to extend his lead in the standings on Sunday with his first Canadian Grand Prix victory. "I'm very happy that the first run was good enough. It was really tight with Lewis…no matter what the conditions, we should be in decent shape,” said Vettel.

A nice story saw Williams’ driver Valtteri Bottas reach the Q3 session for the first time in his career and landed his Williams in P3. It was an impressive showing for the Finnish-born rookie and a lone bright spot this year for a Williams team searching for answers.

"It means a lot. It's way more up in the grid then we could’ve imagined. A nice boost for the team. We did everything quite right today," Bottas said.

Montreal is always a challenging track for drivers and even more so in rainy conditions. The three qualifying sessions saw many corners missed, as well as many spins along the way. The biggest crash of qualifying came from Ferrari’s Felipe Massa in the second qualifying session with two minutes to go. On Turn 3, Massa hit the white line and spun sideways into the wall halting the session for some time. 

Rounding out the top 10 for tomorrow are Nico Rosberg in fourth followed by Vettel’s teammate Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso, Jean-Eric Vergne, Adrian Sutil, Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo. 

The battle between Vettel and Hamilton should be a good one to watch and it will be interesting to see if Bottas can continue his surprising pace in Montreal. You can catch the Canadian Grand Prix starting at 2pm ET.