Sebastian Vettel stormed to pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix fending off the challenge from Mercedes and Red Bull to clinch Ferrari's first pole in Montreal since 2001.
In a closely-fought qualifying session amongst the top three teams, Vettel rose above the parapet to clinch his 54th pole position, beating Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas to the top spot by less than a tenth of a second.
After a strong weekend, Max Verstappen was unable to replicate his pace from the previous three practice sessions and had to settle for the third row on the grid, his lap however still impressive.
Lewis Hamilton will join the Dutchman on the second row in fourth place after locking his brakes at the hairpin on both runs in Q3, which meant he lost time down the back straight.
The second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen couldn't find the same pace as his team-mate and spoilt his final run by dropping his SF71-H onto the grass on his final run.
After all the success of Monaco, reality came back with a bump for Daniel Ricciardo as he'll start from the third row as he struggled to match Verstappen's pace all weekend long.
Renault's Nico Hulkenberg has got back in the groove of qualifying in seventh place for the race, he is joined on the fourth row by Force India's Esteban Ocon.
Both teams were hard to separate throughout qualifying on outright pace, Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez round out the top ten on the grid.
Kevin Magnussen's Haas was able to survive long enough for a run in Q2, at the end of the session he was only two tenths away from being able to get into the final part of qualifying.
New Zealand's Brendon Hartley tried to muscle what he could out of his STR13 with the new upgraded Honda power unit, however, he could only muster 12th on the grid.
Charles Leclerc continued to raise his profile in the inconsistent Sauber by dragging out what he could to secure 13th on the grid, he was followed by the McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne which performed well in practice and looked to be competing for Q3 – however they were unable to translate that speed into the qualifying session.
Before qualifying began, Pierre Gasly was forced to resort to the old-spec Honda power unit prior to the start of the qualifying session. The Toro Rosso driver was unable to get into Q2 despite his best efforts.
Hometown hero Lance Stroll could not drag the best out the Williams FW41 yet again in 2018, on his final run he locked up massively into the final chicane spoiling his final run, he was followed by team-mate Sergey Sirotkin showing further evidence of the woes the former world-champions are suffering.
Sauber's Marcus Ericsson also didn't make it out of Q1, he glanced the wall in Turn 9 and was lucky to not break something on the car, as he continued on he nearly collided with a Red Bull, narrowly avoiding contact.
Romain Grosjean's Haas smoked heavily as it left the garage and the team was unable to get the car back out which meant the Frenchman was immediately out of qualifying and will have to start from the back of the grid barring any other penalties elsewhere.
