Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg put Mercedes on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix today, with team mate and closest rival Lewis Hamilton having to settle for second place on the grid.

The pole was the seventh in seven races for the sport's dominant team who have won every grand prix this season and occupied first and second places in five races.

Red Bull's quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, last year's race winner at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, will line up third on the starting grid.

1.  Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Mercedes               1:14.874  
2.  Lewis Hamilton (Britain)     Mercedes               1:14.953  
3.  Sebastian Vettel (Germany)   RedBull - Renault      1:15.548  
4.  Valtteri Bottas (Finland)    Williams-Mercedes      1:15.550  
5.  Felipe Massa (Brazil)        Williams-Mercedes      1:15.578  
6.  Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault      1:15.589  
7.  Fernando Alonso (Spain)      Ferrari                1:15.814  
8.  Jean-Eric Vergne (France)    Toro Rosso - Renault   1:16.162  
9.  Jenson Button (Britain)      McLaren                1:16.182  
10. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Ferrari                1:16.214  
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11. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany)   Force India - Mercedes 1:16.300  
12. Kevin Magnussen (Denmark)    McLaren                1:16.310  
13. Sergio Perez (Mexico)        Force India - Mercedes 1:16.472  
14. Romain Grosjean (France)     Lotus - Renault        1:16.687  
15. Daniil Kvyat (Russia)        Toro Rosso - Renault   1:16.713  
16. Adrian Sutil (Germany)       Sauber - Ferrari       1:17.314  
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17. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - Renault        1:18.328  
18. Max Chilton (Britain)        Marussia - Ferrari     1:18.348  
19. Jules Bianchi (France)       Marussia - Ferrari     1:18.359  
20. Kamui Kobayashi (Japan)      Caterham - Renault     1:19.278  
21. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden)     Caterham - Renault     1:19.820  
22. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico)   Sauber - Ferrari                 
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 1-10: third and final qualifying session
11-16: second qualifying session
17-22: first qualifying session

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