Top finishers on Saturday from the IndyCar Firestone 550 at the 1.455-mile Texas Motor Speedway oval with driver, car and laps: 1. Helio Castroneves (BRA), Dallara-Chevy, 228 laps in 1hr 52mins 17.4594secs at 177.257 mph (283.611 km/h) 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA), Dallara-Chevy, 4.6919 seconds back 3. Tony Kanaan (BRA), Dallara-Chevy, same lap 4. Ed Carpenter (USA), Dallara-Chevy, s.l. 5. Marco Andretti (USA), Dallara-Chevy, s.l. 6. Dario Franchitti (SCO), Dallara-Honda, one lap down 7. Will Power (AUS), Dallara-Chevy, s.l.

Sebastian Vettel said he is not worried about the conditions or the weather forecasts for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix after claiming his third consecutive pole position for the race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The defending triple world champion and current series leader said he felt confident about his Red Bull car and performance in both dry and wet conditions.

Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel will start on pole for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix after topping the times in Saturday's rain-hit qualifying session. The Red Bull ace will be joined by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton on the front row. The surprise of the session was the performance of Williams' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas, who posted the third fastest time ahead of the second Mercedes driven by Nico Rosberg. nr/bc

Canadian Formula One Grand Prix qualifying times on Saturday: Qualifying N.3 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1:25.425, 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:25.512, 3. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams 1:25.897, 4. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:26.008, 5. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:26.208, 6. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1:26.504, 7. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1:26.543, 8. Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 1:27.348, 9. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Lotus 1:27.432, 10. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1:27.946 Qualifying N.2