Briton Jenson Button [ Images ] put BAR on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix [ Images ] on Saturday with Ferrari's [ Images ] Michael Schumacher [ Images ] alongside him.

The front row for Sunday's race had an unfamiliar look to it, with Button's 1:15.217 lap providing a major boost for a Honda-powered team without a point so far this season after serving a two-race suspension.

It was the 25-year-old's second pole of his career.

Schumacher's grid position was his best since Bahrain in April and, even if fuel loads remained unknown, revived Ferrari's hopes of a first win of the championship to end an eight-race losing streak.

The German, 0.258 slower than Button, has won seven times in Canada [ Images ].

Renault's [ Images ] championship leader Fernando Alonso [ Images ] was third, alongside Italian team mate Giancarlo Fisichella [ Images ].

McLaren's [ Images ] Kimi Raikkonen [ Images ], second in the standings but 32 points adrift of Spaniard Alonso, will start in seventh position with his Colombian team mate Juan Pablo Montoya [ Images ] fifth.

Indian ace Narain Karthikeyan [ Images ]

Qualifying Result from the Formula One Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve )Montreal) on Saturday:

  1.  Jenson Button (Britain)          BAR       1:15.217
  2.  Michael Schumacher (Germany [ Images ])     Ferrari   1:15.475
  3.  Fernando Alonso (Spain)          Renault   1:15.561
  4.  Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy [ Images ])     Renault   1:15.577
  5.  Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia)    McLaren   1:15.669
  6.  Takuma Sato [ Images ] (Japan [ Images ])              BAR       1:15.729
  7.  Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)         McLaren   1:15.923
  8.  Jacques Villeneuve (Canada)      Sauber    1:16.116
  9.  Jarno Trulli [ Images ] (Italy)             Toyota [ Images ]    1:16.201
10.  Ralf Schumacher (Germany)        Toyota    1:16.362
11.  Felipe Massa [ Images ] (Brazil [ Images ])            Sauber    1:16.661
12.  David Coulthard [ Images ] (Britain)        Red Bull  1:16.890
13.  Nick Heidfeld [ Images ] (Germany)          Williams  1:17.081
14.  Mark Webber [ Images ] (Australia [ Images ])          Williams  1:17.749
15.  Christijan Albers (Netherlands)  Minardi   1:18.214
16.  Christian Klien (Austria)        Red Bull  1:18.249
17.  Narain Karthikeyan (India [ Images ])       Jordan    1:18.664
18.  Tiago Monteiro (Portugal)        Jordan    1:19.034
19.  Patrick Friesacher (Austria)     Minardi   1:19.574
20.  Rubens Barrichello [ Images ] (Brazil)      Ferrari