Q: Ralf, you had two great laps – fastest in pre-qualifying then pole position.
Ralf Schumacher: I must admit we are a bit surprised. I had a big struggle on Friday due to brake problems and the team did a great job and just got the car right. Honestly, I did not expect to be as strong but already after Michael was out I thought this could be a rather good one but I didn't expect pole position.

Q: When did it all start to come together? Was it this morning or work on the car last night?
RS: Actually the first qualifying! That was the first time the car started to feel right to me, to push, really, to be able to get the best out of it. I had some little mistakes in there but it didn't cost me anything really. We expected to be somewhere maybe in the top five but fourth to sixth or something.

Q: It looks like a very good lap – quick on the sectors and also quick in terms of top speed.
RS: Yes, everyone knows that in Montreal you need the straight-line speed so it is always a compromise and I think we did that quite well. Sector times, well, I think they were pretty good, it is always easy to make a mistake like Takuma did – just touch the kerbs too much and you get thrown off. Luckily it didn't happen.

Q: Jenson, I guess for a while there you probably thought you had the pole, again?
Jenson Button: Yeah, I enjoyed the lap very much. I made one mistake in the hairpin, which probably cost me a bit of time, but it was a very good lap and to be a second quicker than Michael, for us we were very happy with that and it was good to get some cars in between us really. Then Ralf came along and piped me at the end and it makes the start very difficult for me because I have got Jarno starting right behind me.

Q: What was the mistake you made into the hairpin and also what do you think about the antics of your team-mate right at the end of his lap?
JB: Yeah, I just braked a bit late and locked the front right slightly. It cost me a bit of time but, you know, that's part of it and I was pushing very hard. Taku, I am not really sure. I haven't seen his lap but I heard that he made a mistake on the last corner.

Q: Jarno, the first question, I guess, is how the voice is?
Jarno Trulli: It is getting better but I have been struggling with it for some time, since the Monaco victory. So, it is a bit frustrating because I cannot really talk much to the journalists but I am feeling okay.

Q: Well, 0.7 seconds away, you are P3 of course but it is quite a margin, isn't it?
JT: You know, at the moment I am somehow surprised and disappointed because when I first came here in the car I didn't think we could be so quick and in fact we have been quick all yesterday and today. I didn't expect these two guys to go so quick in qualifying but sometimes with a lot of gap strategy could be a big difference. We will see tomorrow.

Q: Ralf, as you say, your brother is down in P6 this weekend. What are your thoughts on that and do you think you have a realistic chance of winning tomorrow?
RS: Well, from where we are definitely, yeah, we have a good chance of having a great race. Concerning Michael, I think Ferrari realised the Michelin runners were particularly quick in the first laps, or the first few laps, so I guess they obviously changed their strategy a bit. I don't think Ferrari all of a sudden from being the quickest car by a long way is a second slower than us, I have difficulty believing that. I am sure Michael is going to have a great race but from where he is it is a bit difficult. You know, you need to get past first and I will be surprised how they are going to do that.

PRESS CONFERENCE

Q: Ralf, you were saying just now it was all a bit of a surprise to you and the team. Just talk us through the changes you had to make from Friday through to Saturday morning and afternoon.
RS: Well, on Friday I was more off the track than on the track due to brake problems. Really, we couldn't really work on the car much because I couldn't see anything. Then we went a bit up and down all Saturday morning and had a lot of work to do actually, so it was a bit of a difficult one, I must admit. I think due to the fact our car historically works quite well here and the experience we have got with this circuit, it was not such a problem but it eventually took us until the first qualifying where I was reasonably happy with the balance.

Q: So was it a bit of guesswork with the balance?
RS: Um, kind of. I mean, we turned the set-up around before first qualifying quite a bit in order to just try and see how it was and luckily, well, not lucky, it was good.

Q: What about the brakes? Have they been sorted as well?
RS: They have been sorted but, I mean, Montreal is always very marginal on brakes. We know that from the past years but every team is the same, so it is going to be a difficult one, maybe for the race, for all of us, you know, I don't know.

Q: And you really picked up time on Jenson - although he said he was a bit slow at the hairpin – you really picked up your time to go quicker than him in the final sector.
RS: I am a bit surprised. Again, there, I struggled a bit this weekend because the car is a bit difficult on kerbs but since the cone was away for second practice, it disappeared (laughs), it was a little bit easier.