00:00Head to the highest part of this track. It really does blow you towards the outer left-hand side as Liam Lawson, amongst others, found out in practice earlier.
00:09Ocon goes 1.14.0 behind Franco Colapinto.
00:13There's Kimi Antonelli with a purple middle sector, putting some decent lap times together.
00:18Sainz goes third fastest and ahead of his teammate Alex Albon, who's outqualified by Monaco for the first time in five races.
00:26All eyes now to Lando Norris behind Kimi Antonelli, because Norris is really setting a blistering pace out there.
00:33Antonelli goes quickest, but Lando Norris is about to usurp that, unless he's at a really bad final sector.
00:39And it doesn't look like that to me. Norris crosses the line half a second clearer than the same.
00:43Let's see how George Russell now compares to Antonelli. He's been two and a half tenths up on him all weekend, coming across the line now.
00:50Wow. As you see, I told you, he had a big snap out of the hairpin, another two snaps out of there. That big overheating there.
00:58Gasly goes fifth fastest. Sorry to butt in, Nico, as Piastri crosses the line. Still goes quicker. Two and a half tenths up on Norris.
01:06And Alonso's car looked really hooked up. Like, he felt confident. He was pushing. It looked really good.
01:11And he's continuing that form really today by the looks he thinks.
01:16Well, if that's the case, your reaction to Lewis Hamilton with a slower lap to Fernando Alonso.
01:21And then Charles Leclerc going a couple of tenths with him.
01:24Let's see where he ends up.
01:25So 21.6 and a 29.1 for his two sector times. And a 21.9 for the final sector takes him ahead of Lando Norris by one one thousandth of a second.
01:37Stroll goes 14th fastest.
01:39I can't pull away from a problem.
01:44Ah. So that's why the queue's not going anywhere at the moment. And this could be really bad news.
01:50As Williams have decided if he's got a problem, then Carlos Sainz is allowed to undertake in the pit lane.
01:56He's getting going a bit.
01:58It's Colin Pinto. Lewis Hamilton's now going to bypass him, as is Liam Lawson and Alex Albon and the rest.
02:04But this is very bad news for Franco Colopinto. He's currently 11th fastest.
02:09Colopinto, I think, has just pulled to one side. And he might not, he's not going to get an out lap if he has stopped.
02:17I'll try and keep an eye on that since he's stopped on the timing screen.
02:20Antonelli goes fifth fastest in the Mercedes. Very good middle sector for him. Here comes Carlos Sainz.
02:26Is he out of Q1?
02:28That's a little bit touch and go for Carlos Sainz with plenty improving behind.
02:32Lewis Hamilton goes ninth fastest. And that pushes Behrman down towards the bottom five as well.
02:38Lawson crosses the line into the top seven. You can see the checkered flag waving.
02:42If you've started a lap, you can complete it. And he didn't get to start a final lap, Franco Colopinto,
02:47which is a real shame for him. Now on board with Yuki Tsunoda.
02:52He and Lance Stroll both improving as they try to push Hulkenberg and Hadja in the Racing Bulls towards that bottom five.
03:00Round the final corner with Yuki Tsunoda. And he stays in that bottom five.
03:05And Red Bull have a car going out in Q1 here in Barcelona as Lance Stroll goes seventh fastest.
03:11And in doing so, pushes Nico Hulkenberg into that bottom five.
03:16Hulkenberg out qualified by his teammate Gabriel Bortoleto. Super lap from Stroll at the end.
03:22Big disappointment here, though. Carlos Sainz out in Q1.
03:26Max Verstappen and Gabriel Bortoleto, big gamers and sim racers and very good friends in the sim scene
03:34and here in Formula One as well, have matched each other in the first sector with a 21.6.
03:39Verstappen crosses the line, will go quickest by a big margin to Alexis.
03:45And here comes Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc with a good first sector.
03:49And Lewis Hamilton going fastest overall in that first sector.
03:53Norris crosses the line now, goes quickest by three tenths of a second from Max Verstappen.
03:59It's Fernando Alonso for his first flying lap of this session.
04:02Goes ahead of Pierre Gasly and behind Max Verstappen, who will be coming into the pits in a moment.
04:08Just behind him on the track, here comes Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari.
04:12What have they got as he powers his way? DRS open down the main straight.
04:16Only third fastest and about half a second off the pace.
04:20Hamilton has had a better middle sector than his teammate. A couple of tenths up.
04:24It's his dad's birthday today. Happy birthday, Anthony.
04:27Lewis Hamilton third fastest is the sort of present, I'm sure, that Anthony would like to see in his son.
04:32Hopefully through to Q3. Here comes Oscar Piastri. Goes quickest overall.
04:38I'm happy to give Kimi a toe if needed.
04:42Wow, that's very gentleman-like.
04:44Is that George King is safely through?
04:46What a comment.
04:47With nine thousandths, that's not looking too good with such big snaps there.
04:51Not looking great for Antonelli either on his lap.
04:54Stroll crosses the line and he stays in that bottom.
04:58We're on board with Kimi Antonelli.
05:00Can he make it a second Mercedes in the top five? No.
05:04Eight fastest goes ahead of Gasly and Hadjar, who are out on the track.
05:09Next on the track will be Alex Albon. Goes tenth fastest.
05:13So into the top ten, but he's in trouble as Gabriel Bortoleto now rounds the final corner.
05:19Can he get into?
05:20Oh, just outside for Gabriel Bortoleto by tenth of a new super sticky set of the C3 tyres.
05:27He crosses the line, Behrman. He stays in P15.
05:31And that means Pierre Gasly, despite not the best of his second runs, does manage to hang on.
05:37Behrman out in qualifying here.
05:40Slowest of the drivers in Q2.
05:42Joined by Stroll and Lawson, Bortoleto and Albon.
05:47And we could just have a little look at Alex Albon and what might have cost him on his lap.
05:53No, you get the air turbulence there from that slow car in front.
05:58And that just cost ever so slightly.
06:00They were dirty. Dirty.
06:03Exactly.
06:04They just knew what they were doing.
06:06No, they didn't.
06:08No, they didn't.
06:10They don't even see behind what's going on.
06:12Well, that would have been Behrman preparing for his push lap.
06:15Max Verstappen has matched Oscar Piastri in the first sector.
06:20Piastri to the line.
06:221-11-8.
06:23That's the target that they're all going to have to try and beat here.
06:26He gave his teammate Lando Norris a little bit of a toe.
06:29No, he didn't.
06:30He almost stopped on the track to avoid giving any kind of toes.
06:34Here comes George Russell to the line now for Mercedes.
06:37Russell goes second fastest behind Oscar Piastri.
06:40What a Verstappen in the second sector.
06:42He dropped four tenths to Oscar Piastri.
06:44Hits the line now.
06:45Only third fastest.
06:46Russell ahead of the red.
06:48Hamilton goes on to the second row.
06:51Lando Norris round the final corner.
06:53Foot flat to the floor.
06:55Crosses the line.
06:56And for the second year in a row, he's on pole position in Barcelona.
07:01But it's only provisional and they've got another run to come.
07:04Charles Leclerc, who was on pole here back in 2022.
07:07I still don't understand why we didn't do what we discussed.
07:11Two tenths.
07:12Too positive.
07:13Too positive.
07:14Too positive.
07:15Two tenths would have put him ahead, maybe, of the McLarens.
07:19Here comes Charles Leclerc, goes on to the second row.
07:23Nice, nice lap from Charles Leclerc.
07:25For Verstappen in the middle sector and looks like he has a lot more potential there for the last run.
07:30So this is Oscar Piastri ending his lap and Lando Norris starting his lap.
07:35I'm surprised that McLaren would have lined them up like that.
07:37Really trying to purposefully give Lando a toe.
07:40Watch for Lando opening close behind.
07:43Cheeky.
07:45Okay.
07:46So it was Lando who cheekily sorted himself out like that to try and get himself in a perfect position.
07:52Piastri absolutely flying.
07:54He's a sure favourite for pole as Lando Norris crosses the line now and improves.
08:00But behind him, Piastri is absolutely flying.
08:03It was pole last weekend for Lando Norris.
08:06The championship leader is rounding the final corner now.
08:09And it's Oscar Piastri back in pole position.
08:13Is this enough?
08:14Top six maybe for Lewis Hamilton.
08:16Crosses the line.
08:17Goes third fastest.
08:18Lewis Hamilton, six poles here in Barcelona before.
08:22And that's one of his special laps to be third fastest.
08:25And Max Verstappen will join him on the second row and goes a place above with another splendid lap from him.
08:32Can George Russell put his Mercedes now back onto that second row?
08:37Yes, he can.
08:38Kimi Antonelli moves down to P6.
08:41George Russell moves up to P4.
08:43McLaren are celebrating a first front row lockout in Barcelona since 1998.
08:50And that's everyone done.
08:51He won, Oscar.
08:52Hold up, buddy.
08:53Hold this.
08:54Nice work.
08:55Very nicely done.
08:56He's just so sorry, isn't he?
08:58Quite some turnaround from last year.
09:00So well done, everyone.
09:02Good of us so far.
09:03To have ourselves some fun tomorrow.
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