Sebastian Vettel has claimed that third place on the grid for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix is as good as Red Bull could hope for with the strength of Mercedes.
The Silver Arrows again locked out the front row with Nico Rosberg edging out Lewis Hamilton for pole position, but Vettel hasn't given up hope of battling the Championship leaders.
After qualifying, he told reporters: "It was the maximum we could do – we were very close with those behind, half a second behind the Mercs, but then four cars were within four to five hundredths of a second of each other, so I'm happy to be the quickest of those.
"Strategy could be a bit of a surprise tomorrow, we'll have to wait and see what happens but Williams is strong here and the Mercedes powered cars will be looking forward to the straights.
"I will try to stay as close as I can to the front two and get some tow. If we have a chance to attack them, then we should go for it."
Vettel secured victory in last year's race, winning by a comfortable margin from Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
Chris O'Keefe
