Canadian Grand Prix 2016: Starting grid and lineup for Formula 1 race

Lewis Hamilton has his fourth pole position of the 2016 season and will be looking for his second win when the Canadian Grand Prix gets underway at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Hamilton went just six hundredths of a second faster than Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to claim the top spot.

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was the only other driver to dip under 1:13 for his qualifying lap, coming in at 1:12.990. Hamilton’s winning time was 1:12.812 and Rosberg finished 1:12.874.

“Honestly, it wasn’t a great lap, but I’m not sure I should admit that,” Hamiltson said after qualifying. “I didn’t have the same pace that I had yesterday. I’m not sure if it was a set-up change. It was enough, but not as much as I would have liked.”

Hamilton’s battle with his teammate is the marquee matchup this year, made extra interesting with Red Bull and Ferrari not far behind, unlike the previous season. By winning the Monaco Grand Prix, Hamilton closed the gap with his teammate to 24 points, but that’s still almost an entire win behind in the points. Rosberg struggled and finished seventh in Monaco, which helped Hamilton mightily.

However, the gap would have been bigger if not for a significant pit stop error by Red Bull, who looked to have the pace and position to win in Monaco after Daniel Ricciardo topped qualifying and took an early lead in the race. Ricciardo made a pit stop late but the tires were not ready due to a miscommunication, which gave Hamilton the lead and ultimately the win.

Still, Red Bull showed they are competitive this season, despite all the concerns this offseason about their Renault-powered engine, branded as TAG Heuer due to a dispute with Renault. Ricciardo and young Max Verstappen are now firmly in the discussion alongside both Mercedes drivers and both Ferrari drivers.

“The start is important here, but you can pass,” Ricciardo said after qualifying. “I think we’ve got pretty good straight-line speed now so we’re in a position to overtake.”

Ricciardo qualified in fourth, just behind Vettel and just ahead of teammate Max Verstappen. Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari rounds out the first three rows. Both Williams drivers, Valterri Bottas and Felipe Massa, come up behind, with Nico Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso rounding out the top 10.

Force India’s Sergio Perez managed to finish on the podium in the Monaco Grand Prix the last time out, but he was disappointingly left out of the third qualifying session when he failed to make the top ten. He was edged out by Alonso of McLaren, who also beat his teammate Jenson Button once again this season. Alonso will start 10th in the race, with Button at No. 12.

Kevin Magnussen had a spectacular crash in practice and did not make it to qualifying and will have to start from the pit lane. The only other shocker on the qualifying list was Carlos Sainz, who didn’t make it out of the second qualifying session following a crash. Several drivers had issues in qualifying due to a light rain and the ever-present Wall of Champions.

Both Haas F1 drivers were unable to make it past the second qualifying session, with Esteban Gutierrez and Romain Grosjean starting from 14th and 15th, respectively. Below is the full lineup and starting grid for Sunday’s race, which is set for 1 p.m. ET and will be broadcast by NBC.