Montreal, 24th June 2006

Disappointment was the predominant emotion felt in the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro garage after this afternoon's qualifying session, held at the earlier than usual time of 13h00 local time to fit in better with European broadcast times and TV coverage of the World Cup. Any enjoyment Michael Schumacher might have derived from knowing that Germany has secured a place in the quarter finals by beating Sweden a short while before the qualifying session, will be tempered by the fact he will start tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix from fifth place on the grid. A continuing lack of grip was the German's main concern, a problem he shared with team-mate Felipe Massa who took the tenth spot on the grid.

With a long race in prospect on a track where brakes and engines can encounter difficulties, where driver mistakes are penalised heavily by the proximity of the walls and most importantly, where overtaking is much more prevalent than at many other circuits, the Scuderia can still be hopeful of salvaging something from this situation when tomorrow's race gets underway, also one hour than usual, at 13h00.

The capacity crowd will witness an all-blue front row as series leader Fernando Alonso secured his fifth consecutive pole position to start fractionally ahead of his Renault team-mate, Giancarlo Fisichella.

The second row sees the McLaren-Mercedes of Kimi Raikkonen in third spot and the Toyota of Jarno Trulli, fourth. Alongside Michael is sixth placed Nico Rosberg in the Williams. Felipe shares row five with fellow Brazilian, Rubens Barrichello. .