( CNN ) -- Friend or foe ? The first corner of the Canadian Grand Prix Sunday could settle the state of the fractious relationship between Mercedes rivals Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton . Rosberg pipped his English stablemate to pole position by just 0.079 seconds in qualifying at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve to set up a sizzling start to the race . Facing the media in Montreal after his Monaco fallout with Rosberg , Hamilton said the spat was `` done and dusted '' . He explained : `` We spoke after the race and just like friends we have our ups and down , we 've known each other a long , long time . '' It was Rosberg who did the talking on track Saturday , eking out extra pace on his final timed lap round the tricky , temporary circuit on the Ile Notre Dame . The German , who leads Hamilton by four points in the Formula 1 world championship , set a quickest time of one minute , 14.874 seconds . `` I 'm very , very happy it all worked out , '' Rosberg told reporters . `` It 's been a fantastic day and the best position for tomorrow . '' Hamilton , who was upset after being unable to set his potentially quickest time in Monaco because of an error by Rosberg on his final lap , appeared to lock up as he chased down his teammate 's leading time in Montreal . Asked by reporters if it would be another tight race between himself and his teammate he said succinctly : `` I would assume so , yes . '' Red Bull 's reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel defied expectation to finish third with a brilliant final lap . `` I tried to take more risks and it worked , '' said Vettel , who out-qualified his teammate Daniel Ricciardo for just the second time this season . `` I kept it going until the end so all in all a good result and the maximum we could do . `` I 'll try and stay as close I can to those two and maybe get some tow . If we have the chance to attack them then we 'll go for it . '' The Williams , powered by the dominant Mercedes turbo engine , performed well in Canada to show signs of finally coming good on its pre-season promise . Valtteri Bottas will line up for the Canadian Grand Prix in fourth ahead of his teammate Felipe Massa and Ricciardo .
Nico Rosberg takes pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix Sunday . Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton finishes 0.079 seconds slower in second . The race was won by Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing after a dramatic final lap battle with four-time world champion Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari team. Red Bull 's world champion Sebastian Vettel lines up third .