Lewis Hamilton booked his 150th front row Formula 1 start with a fifth Spanish GP pole position while Sebastian Vettel’s new chassis couldn’t get him out of Q2. 50’C track temperature, a blustering tailwind into Turn 4 and 13 that picked up prior to qualifying and soft tyres that required management. Those were just some of the challenges that awaited the drivers in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.
It was a very difficult qualifying session for Scuderia Ferrari. Sebastian Vettel missed out on the top ten and will start from P11. It was only 0.002s in the end to Norris that Sebastian Vettel missed out on Q3, but the more telling gap is the 0.2s to his team-mate Charles Leclerc, who is again the only Ferrari in Q3.
But Charles could only managed a P9 in Q3, with a personal best that was 1.713s slower than Mercedes in a frustrating afternoon for Scuderia Ferrari.
Times
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.584
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.059s
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.708s
4 Sergio Perez Racing Point 0.898s
5 Lance Stroll Racing Point 1.005s
6 Alex Albon Red Bull 1.445s
7 Carlos Sainz McLaren 1.460s
8 Lando Norris McLaren 1.500s
9 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1.713s
10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1.552s
11 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:17.166
12 Daniil Kvyat AlphaTauri 1:17.192
13 Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:17.198
14 Kimi Raikkonen Alfa Romeo Racing 1:17.386
15 Esteban Ocon Renault 1:17.567
16 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:17.908
17 Romain Grosjean Haas 1:18.089
18 George Russell Williams 1:18.099
19 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:18.532
20 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1:18.697
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