We're going to sign off now. Thanks as ever for your company and contributions.

We're back with you tomorrow from 17:30 BST for all the build up to the seventh round of the 2015 season, where Lewis Hamilton will start from pole.

In the meantime, I'm off to buy a red shirt.

Sebastian Vettel's 16th place in qualifying in Ferrari's worst effort in Montreal since Rubens Barrichello started 20th back in 2005 following a gearbox failure.

On that occasion, the scarlet car came flying through the pack to finish in third place.

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Peter Wanyonyi: (Nico should) respect the team, stop calling it rubbish when you messed your laps up. Very poor attitude.

Adeel Ejaz: What are the odds of a Lotus tomorrow causing a safety car on turn 1 of first lap?!

Trugster: Just remember Lewis, you had pole in Monaco too...

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Hamilton's 44th career pole, for the man in car 44, comes just two days after he wore a baseball shirt bearing the name of Hank Aaron, who also made the number famous.

Aaron, who hit a career total of 755 home runs, wore the 44 shirt and hit 44 home runs in four separate seasons - 1957, 1963, 1966, 1969.

Hamilton was given the shirt by a fan who had obviously done his homework on the significance of the number...

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Hearing whispers that Vettel has to go to the stewards to discuss potential offence of passing under red flag in P3.

Manor on Twitter:, external Great to have our pal Alan Pardew in the garage for Canadian GP quali.

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Sorry Alan, you're one race too late if you were hoping to catch up with your old man, seen here at far right in Monaco in 1993...

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Lewis Hamilton, P1: "It felt amazing. It wasn't the easiest of days. FP3 was quite tough. I didn't get any laps, mostly my fault but I got the set-up where I wanted it to be. I won my first grand prix here and to come back and finally get another pole is very special."

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Williams Head of Performance Engineering Rob Smedley to BBC Sport: "Valtteri has to race for that third position tomorrow, I firmly believe that we can race hard with Kimi."

Valtteri Bottas has qualified fourth for tomorrow's race.

Jonathan Hutchinson: I have a feeling we're in for a cracking Canadian GP! Good to see Kimi make the top 3.... I feel a tasty battle coming up.

Chris Brown: Most fascinating grid of the season given the mix of cars out of position? Canada always throws up some fun.

Jack of all trades: Montreal like Monaco always brings safety cars, hope it doesn't ruin it. I expect Kimi to be quick in the race.

Kimi Raikkonen, P3: "Overall the weekend has been pretty good. Things have been as smooth as it can be. Bit disappointed for the team but we have to make a good start and go from there and see what comes out."

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Nico Rosberg, P2: "I was on a roll, feeling good and in the end it didn't come together at all. We need to analyse what it was. But anyway, fair play to Lewis. The race is tomorrow and there's good chances to overtake. It's not over yet."

Toto Wolff, Mercedes team boss, tells BBC Sport: "It was very close until the last two runs. Vettel not making it into Q2 was a bit of a surprise, but we're very happy, one and two is great.

"I think we got it slightly wrong with the tyres, we need to find out why, but still early to say. Lewis struggled a bit this morning and it wasn't perfect yesterday and it is important for him, its good for morale and good for the team.

"Ferrari has been looking very strong. So far for us it is good that there is just one red car."

Vinny Anthony: Get in! What a master of quali Lewis is this year! Bring on tomorrow :) 44 poles car 44.

Dougie: Another pole for Hamilton but it's too easy Mercedes are so far ahead of the other teams it's ridiculous.

Edward Williamson: That will help to clear Lewis' head of the various chaos that's happened over the last two weeks.

Unsuprisingly it is the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen that takes third place on the grid. The Finn's time is over sixth tenths shy of Hamilton's pole, with Valtteri Bottas taking fourth.

The Lotuses of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado are next up, ahead of Force India's Nico Hulkenberg in seventh.

Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat is eighth ahead of team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, with the second Force India of Sergio Perez 10th.

Nico Rosberg: "What a rubbish qualifying."

It's a two-car shoot-out for pole but in the end it's a no-contest

A 1:14.8 is no good to Nico Rosberg and he cannot usurp team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who also fails to improve on his final lap.

Hamilton's earlier time of 1:14.393 gives Hamilton a 44th career pole - and fourth at this circuit.

LEWIS HAMILTON TAKES POLE POSITION FOR THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX.

Mercedes on Twitter:, external Bit of a lock-up for Lewis at T1 on his opening lap - there's still time...