Michael Schumacher was left frustrated after a communication error caused him to abandon his final lap in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

The 43-year-old German was visibly agitated when his Mercedes team radioed him to say that he had run out of time in the first sector of his final lap, as he was convinced that he had passed a green light.

Afterwards, he said: "I don't think you can talk about satisfaction, rather disappointment, because we've been on a good run.

"We've been [in] Q1, Q2 everything perfect. We tried the first run in Q3 on a single lap, didn't work and then we reverted back to a two-lap run.

"I started my second lap, see the green light, and then the team called me and said 'no, you're too late'. So that's it and I don't understand why. I saw the green light, passed it just on time but..."

Schumacher finished ninth in the session, 1.028 seconds behind Sebastien Vettel on pole.