SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 01: Josep Gombau poses after being announced as the new Wanderers head coach during a Western Sydney Wanderers Media Opportunity at Blacktown International Sportspark on November 1, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

WilliamsF1 driver Felipe Massa qualified in a brilliant seventh place for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. The Brazilian racer went out early in Q1 on the ultrasoft tyre and continued to improve throughout the session. Felipe made it comfortably through to Q2 in P5.

In Q2 Felipe set a 1:13.012 on his opening run. He wasn't able to improve on his time but still made it comfortably through to Q3 in P7.

Then, in the final session Felipe set a 1:12.902 on his opening run. As the chequered flag fell he improved his time with a 1:12.858, which was good enough for a strong seventh on the grid.

“It was a great qualifying session for me,” he said. “I'm very happy with everything we've done this weekend and I'm very happy with the lap. We were competitive today, but seventh was the best position we could have achieved."

"The race is tomorrow though, and I was quite happy with the pace in the race simulations yesterday. I'm looking forward to the race as I think we have good pace to be able to fight and score some good points.”