McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won his first pole position and with his teammate Alonso will start from the front row of tomorrow FIA Formula-1 2007 Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montréal, Canada.
This pole became the major step to the first Formula One victory for Lewis, after he won four consecutive second places in the previous races.
The qualifying sessions on this track showed a number of driver errors, most drivers go out when flashed by sun especially in morning laps, Heikki Kovallainen, Renault, attacked the concrete wall too aggressively, causing severe damage to the back of his car.
Race stewards voided the penultimate lap done by Nick Heidfeld, when he mistakenly cut one of the track turns. However, in the last of his hotlaps, he had an error-free lap that counted and nabbed the third starting spot, overtaking both Ferrari cars of Massa and Raikkonen.