MONTREAL, Canada, June 8, 2008 (AFP) - Australian driver Mark Webber lashed out at the track conditions after crashing out of qualifying for the Canadian grand prix on Saturday.

Moments after sealing his place in the top ten qualifying shoot-out, Webber?s Red Bull Racing car spun off the track and into a wall, leaving him tenth on the grid for Sunday?s race.

Webber, currently enjoying a strong run of form, put the incident down to the crumbling surface of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

"At least we are halfway up the grid and we are not at the back after that," he said. "I was going okay, but the track was breaking up and there were marbles on the racing line.

"The track is the same every year here: it breaks up. I am not sure how they're going to manage with it tomorrow, but everyone's in the same boat.

"I think we need to bring Motocross bikes because driving Formula One cars is not really realistic. You will need to drive on the grass or on the inside of the hairpin.

"It's the same for everyone, but it?s not really a racing track like that. Though it is good for the spectators..."

Several other drivers and team officials have joined Webber in criticising the condition of the circuit. World champion Kimi Raikkonen labelled the track "a joke"? while Force India technical chief Mike Gascoyne believes Sunday's race will become something of a lottery.

Webber's teammate David Coulthard added: ?The track was swept between the first and second qualifying sessions, but it was breaking up so quickly that it was like trying to drive on train tracks.

"When you have got that amount of horsepower on a car that's slipping and sliding, it is incredibly difficult."

Championship leader Lewis Hamilton made light of the conditions to take pole position, his McLaren lapping over six-tenths of a second faster than his nearest rival - BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica.
Raikkonen took third place, his Ferrari almost a second adrift of Hamilton.