<p>Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday, with Mercedes team-mate and closest rival Lewis Hamilton beaten into second place at a favourite circuit.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The pole was the seventh in seven races for the sport's dominant team, who have won every grand prix so far this season and finished one-two in the last five.<br /><br />After controversy surrounded his pole in Monaco two weeks ago, Rosberg left no room for argument on a sunny afternoon at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.<br /><br />The German, who is four points clear of Hamilton but has never finished higher than fifth in Canada, pulled out a stunning lap of one minute 14.874 seconds to beat the Briton by 0.079.<br /><br />Red Bull's quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, last year's race winner, will line up third on the starting grid.<br /><br />Mercedes-powered Williams enjoyed a strong qualifying session, with Finland's Valtteri Bottas qualifying fourth ahead of team mate Felipe Massa in fifth. <br /><br />Australian Daniel Ricciardo will start on the third row in the other Red Bull while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the winner in Canada in 2006 and runner-up last year, will line up seventh.</p>
<p>Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday, with Mercedes team-mate and closest rival Lewis Hamilton beaten into second place at a favourite circuit.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The pole was the seventh in seven races for the sport's dominant team, who have won every grand prix so far this season and finished one-two in the last five.<br /><br />After controversy surrounded his pole in Monaco two weeks ago, Rosberg left no room for argument on a sunny afternoon at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.<br /><br />The German, who is four points clear of Hamilton but has never finished higher than fifth in Canada, pulled out a stunning lap of one minute 14.874 seconds to beat the Briton by 0.079.<br /><br />Red Bull's quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, last year's race winner, will line up third on the starting grid.<br /><br />Mercedes-powered Williams enjoyed a strong qualifying session, with Finland's Valtteri Bottas qualifying fourth ahead of team mate Felipe Massa in fifth. <br /><br />Australian Daniel Ricciardo will start on the third row in the other Red Bull while Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, the winner in Canada in 2006 and runner-up last year, will line up seventh.</p>