00:01Lando Norris is at risk as Fernando Alonso now takes over at P11.
00:06Sebastian Vettel crosses the line, and it's 12th fastest for Vettel.
00:09Gets himself out of the bottom five. George Russell now at risk,
00:12but he's setting personal Bessane on his lap.
00:14Lando Norris goes fastest overall, 117.80.
00:17He got held up on his first flying lap, nothing to harm his chances
00:21on the second flying lap, and he's safely through to Q2.
00:24Tsunoda now at risk as George Russell tries to make it into Q2 and does.
00:28Mr. Saturday does it again, and he has put that Williams into Q2.
00:34It's Yuki Tsunoda, who is the big shot, really, making his way out of qualifying
00:38in an AlphaTauri where his teammate is fifth.
00:41Yeah, and Kimi Raikkonen's looked a lot better than that through free practice as well.
00:45Did not really expect him to end up down in 17th, if I'm honest.
00:51Crossing the line, Sebastian Vettel misses out by just a few hundreds,
00:54and his 13th fastest, Lance Stroll next across the line, can't improve on his time.
00:58He stays eighth fastest overall.
01:00Esteban Ocon goes seventh overall, pushes Stroll down one, and Gasly down one,
01:05and Daniel Ricciardo is in the bottom five as Sergio Perez now goes fifth fastest overall,
01:10but Ricciardo flying through the first sector has gone purple there.
01:13A personal best in the middle sector is now going to try and knock out Lance Stroll in the Aston
01:19Martin.
01:20Can Ricciardo, who started 13th on the grid last two years here in Spain, make Q3 this weekend?
01:26He can. Eighth fastest for Daniel Ricciardo, pushes the Aston Martin out of that top ten.
01:32Ricciardo squeezes in, and that's what his team boss, Andreas Seidel, very much wanted.
01:37Giovinazzi will be the last driver to cross the line. He's gone personal best, personal best,
01:42not quite sure it's going to be enough for the top ten, but he does go ahead of George Russell.
01:47Stroll misses out by just eight thousandths of a second, and his teammate Sebastian Vettel by just five one hundredths
01:53of a second.
01:53They are two of the five that won't be taking part in Q3.
01:57Pierre Gasly doesn't make it into Q3 for the first time this season.
02:02Giovinazzi 14th and George Russell 15th will be going for pole in a moment.
02:07Lando Norris makes his way through turn nine. Is he flat?
02:10Of course.
02:12Lando is really using the extremities of the race track.
02:16Daniel Ricciardo, who leads Lando Norris 2-1 in qualifying so far this season,
02:20was a tenth of a second ahead of his teammate through the first sector.
02:24Norris has lost time to Leclerc, two tenths that he had in advantage during that middle sector.
02:32Sainz 28-9, fastest man overall through the middle part of the lap.
02:36Ocon and Alonso a little bit of drift of the McLarens and the Ferraris as it stands so far.
02:41Norris crosses the line, 1.18-0 is the time then to beat.
02:45Charles Leclerc will cross the line next and does beat it, 1.17-7.
02:51He was much faster, three tenths faster through that final sector.
02:55Carlos Sainz then goes ahead of his teammate Charles Leclerc.
02:58The two Ferraris separated by less than a tenth of a second.
03:02And Daniel Ricciardo goes second fastest by just two one thousandths of a second.
03:06Daniel's finding some confidence in that Sergio.
03:09Sergio Perez having a spin at turn 13 towards the end of the lap.
03:16If they're still showing yellow flags, Lewis Hamilton slowing down.
03:19As you can see, that has wrecked his flying lap.
03:23And he is setting personal best first sector, overall best middle sector.
03:28He'll have lost time because of that Perez spin.
03:30It looks like Perez turned in from the kerb.
03:33Look, judging by the skid marks and Hamilton still goes fastest.
03:37He certainly slowed down though, we could see it, but by how much?
03:40Verstappen, three one hundredths of a second behind Hamilton.
03:44A 1.16-7 for him.
03:46Here's Valtteri Bottas, tenth the drift, goes third fastest overall.
03:51So Verstappen is going to be right on his tail, getting that slipstream down the main straight.
03:57Could Valtteri Bottas inadvertently help Max Verstappen to pole position here?
04:01Or could Hamilton solve all the problems out there by himself?
04:05Take it away, Martin.
04:0676 seconds to heaven then for one of these drivers today.
04:10And Lewis really loading up the rear axle with torque in the middle of turns one and two.
04:17Up to turn four.
04:19It's bumpy on the way in.
04:21Get it in early.
04:22Connect up and walk the car to the outside.
04:25Flick right for turn five.
04:27Do not lock the brakes on the way into five.
04:29Front of that car working pretty well.
04:32Hard on the throttle from the middle of the corner.
04:35Forget turn six.
04:36It's an annoyance.
04:37This is one that matters.
04:39Seven and nine blind up the hill.
04:43And just all throttle, isn't it?
04:45All the way round.
04:46How is it looking for the sectors, Crofty?
04:48Advantage Hamilton so far from Verstappen and Bottas.
04:52But Perez with a personal best 21.8 through that first sector.
04:55He is within contention as well.
04:5728.7 for Hamilton.
04:59But matched by Valtteri Bottas in the middle sector.
05:02Verstappen is off the pace by about a tenth and a half at the moment.
05:06It's looking good for Lewis Hamilton and for Mercedes.
05:09But don't forget Verstappen mighty strong in the final sector.
05:12And Lewis wasn't great coming out of the chicane there.
05:14Hamilton crosses the line.
05:16Provisional pole is his.
05:17But he doesn't improve on his time.
05:19Valtteri Bottas next to cross the line.
05:21He denied Hamilton last week.
05:23Can he do it again?
05:24No, he can't.
05:24So, it's Hamilton and Verstappen and Bottas.
05:28Can Verstappen get pole?
05:29No, he can't get pole.
05:30But his teammate Sergio Perez is going well behind.
05:34Out of the final corner now.
05:36Realistically, one car to deny Hamilton pole today.
05:38And Perez doesn't.
05:40It's a ton of poles for Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1.
05:44The Spanish Grand Prix pole.
05:46His 100th in his Formula 1 career.
05:51That's nice work.
05:52Very nice work.
05:53So, yeah.
05:54That first time stood.
05:57Yes!
05:58Great job, guys.
06:00That was hard work.
06:02Oh, that was hard work.
06:03Yeah, you betcha Lewis.
06:04That wasn't easy, was it?
06:06It is now 100 pole positions for Lewis Hamilton.
06:12Five constructors have done that in Formula 1.
06:15He is the first driver to achieve it all by himself.
06:18And I'm sure this moment is just sinking in.
06:21Outside of the top three,
06:23full credit to Charles Leclerc and Ferrari.
06:26Third time this season that Leclerc will start fourth on the grid.
06:30Esteban Ocon, fifth on the grid.
06:32And that is a sensational performance from him
06:35as he out qualifies Fernando Alonso once again.
06:37Carlos Sainz will start sixth in his home race.
06:40Daniel Ricciardo, 3-1 now in his teammate battle.
06:43Orlando Norris will start seventh.
06:45Perez, a disappointing eighth eventually.
06:47Norris will be disappointed with ninth too.
06:49Alonso has to settle for tenth.
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