Pole position for Ralf in Canada

After the earlier qualifying session the BMW WilliamsF1 team would occupy the top two times. Now the teams would commence their final qualifying runs. Minardi's Bruni was first out but he would not attempt his run preferring to put his car in parc ferme. His team-mate Zsolt Baumgartner was next out and he could only manage a time of 1m:17.064. Jordan rookie Timo Glock was next and his time of 1:16.323 would see him at the top of the times but not for long. Jordan's Nick Heidfeld was next and he would go faster than his team-mate taking provisional pole with a time of 1m:15.321.

Jaguar's Christian Klien would push Heidfeld down the order moving to the top of the times with a lap of 1m:14.532. Team-mate Mark Webber was next out and in a lap that would see him lock brakes he would not beat Christian, finishing second by 0.6
seconds.

Massa should have been next but he elected not to run returning to his pits, forcing him to start from the rear of the grid. It was found out that he had a rear tyre which had been punctured forcing him not to run. Next qualifier was Toyota's Olivier Panis and his lap would see him finish in second with a time of 1m:14.891. Klein was still at the top of the times. Toyota team-mate Da Matta was next out and his time, 1m:14.851, would also not be good enough
to beat Klein. He would be second.

The Ferrari of Rubens Barrichello was out and he would easily set the fastest first sector time of 20.4 seconds, loses some time in the second at Turn six, but takes provisional pole with a time of 1m:13.562. This was 0.97 seconds ahead of Klein. This would leave ten drivers yet to complete their runs.

Sauber's Fisichella would start his run and would lose time to Rubens straight away been six tenths down in sector one. His time of 1m:14.674 would see him behind Klien in third position. McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen would start his fast lap, 20.6 in the first sector, 23.4 in the second, but his time of 1m:13.595 was 0.033 seconds behind Rubens. Kimi would move into second.

Rubens team-mate Michael was next and he would improve on Rubens time with a lap of 1m:13.355 giving us a Ferrari One-Two. BAR's Jenson Button was next and his first sector time of 20.2 seconds was the fastest so far. He would do a 23.0 seconds for sector two and his time of 1m:12.341 would be a full second faster than Michael Schumacher, securing provisional pole. For David Coulthard his time of 1m:13.681 would only be good enough for fifth position. David would brush the wall on the exit of the final turn.

So it was now down to the final five drivers, including Ralf and Juan Pablo. The first of these five was Renault's Jarno Trulli. But he would be two tenths down after the first sector, in the the second sector he was down by nearly seven tenths. He would end up been 0.682 seconds behind Button's pole time, a lap time of 1m:13.023. Sato was next and the BAR driver was a tenth up on his team-mate in the first sector. But he would lose six tenths in the second sector. But his lap would fall apart when he was to spin at the final chicane finishing in fourteenth.

Renault's Fernando Alonso was next but he would be almost a full second behind the the pole time. His lap of 1m:13.308 was only good enough for third. Now it was the turn of Juan Pablo and Ralf. But for Juan Pablo his lap would be untidy locking up at the hairpin. He would move into into third position with a time of 1m:13.072. Now it was all down to Ralf. He would only be a tenth down after the first sector, equal in the second, and as he crossed the finish line his time would be a 1m:12.275 to secure pole position by 0.066 seconds from second placed Button.

This was a great result from the BMW WilliamsF1 team to have their drivers in first and fourth. This time around it was Ralf who put one over on Juan Pablo in qualifying.