00:01So this is going to be Fernando Alonso building up to his lap.
00:04If you go wide at turn, oh, big snap and actually through the gravel!
00:09Off the road and goes the AlphaTauri of Yuki Snoda.
00:14Here we go on board with Nick de Vries.
00:18Same thing?
00:19Yeah, same again.
00:20I'm surprised that they haven't had that sort of pointed out to them from their engineers.
00:24Just let me slide down the gravel so I'll check the floor and let me copy.
00:28Red flag is out for the spinning Valtteri Bottas.
00:32I still can't quite work out why the red flag's out.
00:35I think this might be the reason why. Alex Albon into the gravel at turn 5.
00:40Let's listen in on board.
00:42There, breaks the traction. I think he's brought gravel back onto the circuit when he's recovered.
00:50De Vries has that snap in exactly the same place that a couple of the other drivers have had.
00:56What am I doing wrong there?
00:59There's a damp patch on the left-hand side. That is the traditional line.
01:03Two moments at the same corner.
01:06This is so important for Charles Leclerc's weekend.
01:10Holkenberg to the front of the field. Third in practice yesterday. Top of Q1.
01:15As different cars find different grip. Does the Ferrari go through? Does the Ferrari go out?
01:20It's up to 11th for behind the Williams.
01:22That's big trouble for Leclerc because everyone behind is improving as well.
01:25Russell with the fastest first sector. He's down his 17th now.
01:29Snoda goes 7th. Leclerc is at 12th and he's only going to tumble down further.
01:33Norris is flying in the McLaren. Norris is absolutely tearing it up.
01:38Russell's improving in comparison to Sainz.
01:41Sainz is the driver at risk. He's a driver. Personal best in the first sector.
01:46Checkered flag is out. This is the moment they have to deliver.
01:49Lando Norris through the final corner. Lando Norris hits the front of the field with the fastest time.
01:54What about Russell though? He gets second. He needed it from the drop zone to P2.
01:59And he drops in Charles Leclerc to the drop zone.
02:01Both Ferraris finding themselves in the drop zone.
02:05Sainz needs a lot. Can he find it?
02:07He goes through and the chequered flag is out.
02:10Albon, Leclerc, the two Alfa Romeos and Sargent as Bottas finds the time for 15th fastest.
02:17His teammate goes to 10th. So Bottas out for a second.
02:21We are out, right?
02:23Yes, we are out.
02:24I'm pretty well.
02:26The man on pole last year, 19th on the grid for the Spanish Grand Prix in 2023.
02:33His first Q1 elimination since Monaco in 2019.
02:42Oh, Perez with a moment to send him into the gravel once again in qualifying in 2023.
02:48He'll get out of there and Adrian Newey points to Christian Horner and says it's another qualifying mistake.
02:56This is it for Nico Hülkenberg.
02:57Yeah, even if he just lifted, that's enough.
02:59We would expect him to be quicker on these new tires.
03:02So it's not about the lap time as he gets himself through into the top 10.
03:06Here we go with the McLaren across the line.
03:08What a superb lap for Lando Norris.
03:10Up to second position.
03:11What about Joe Guanyu?
03:12No, he just misses out.
03:14All of the bottom four are still on flying laps.
03:16Piastri is going to come through first.
03:18Here is the Australian in the second McLaren.
03:20Norris is up in second.
03:21Piastri jumps up to sixth as well.
03:23Great job from him.
03:25Russell is out as well.
03:26Perez is out as well.
03:28What an extraordinary conclusion to Q2.
03:31Here, lap.
03:33Unbelievable.
03:35Nowhere.
03:39Whoa!
03:41What was that?
03:42What was going on?
03:43That's qualifying.
03:44That's qualifying spec.
03:46And was there just total confusion between the two Mercedes drivers.
03:50I've just backed up.
03:51It's pretty dangerous.
03:53Might have said damage on the car.
03:55Russell goes out.
03:57Perez goes out along with Joe and the two Alfa Tauris.
04:02It's Verstappen completing a lap.
04:04He'll throw it down to everyone else and say beat a 1.12.2 if you want pole position.
04:10That will take some beating.
04:12That's Verstappen on new tyres.
04:14And I don't think anyone else is out there on new tyres as well.
04:17In fact, Hamilton is on a lap on new tyres.
04:20So he's the only other driver.
04:21Everyone else on news.
04:22But Verstappen's time there is seriously strong.
04:24So Norris completes his lap.
04:27Goes ahead of the Alpine.
04:28Goes ahead of the Ferrari.
04:30And now we go on board with the seven-time world champion.
04:33A six-time winner around this circuit.
04:35Working the wheel around the two final fast corners of the lap.
04:39What can he do with the soft Pirelli rubber as he brings it to the line?
04:43Lewis Hamilton, can he go P2?
04:45He can.
04:46And he goes behind his old rival.
04:49Seven minutes to go.
04:51Sainz looking like he's the strongest of anyone else out there so far.
04:54What can Alonso do across the line?
04:56DRS open.
04:57Fernando Alonso moves up to fourth.
04:59But there will be improvement out there.
05:01That's going to be problems for Alonso because everyone else is going quicker than him.
05:04Sainz to the front row.
05:06Front row up for grabs.
05:08Front row taken.
05:09Checkered flag is out.
05:10No one can get near Verstappen.
05:12Stroll goes up to P3.
05:13He's going to out-qualify his teammate for the first time this year.
05:17Ocon is in fourth.
05:18They are done.
05:19They are finished.
05:20Lando Norris puts a time on the board.
05:22Good enough for third.
05:23And now all eyes to Lewis Hamilton.
05:26It's going to be tight with Carlos Sainz.
05:28It's going to be very tight.
05:29Verstappen, by the way, going even faster still.
05:33He's still got half a second margin and he's improving.
05:36Fastest middle sector of anyone.
05:37What about Hamilton?
05:38Hamilton vs Sainz for the front row.
05:40This is the moment.
05:41Verstappen's backed out of it.
05:42But Hamilton hasn't.
05:43Can he get to the front row in Formula 1?
05:45No.
05:46It's fifth for Hamilton across the board.
05:49And the home hero has given the crowd something to shout about.
05:53Verstappen is on pole.
05:55He'll be joined by Spain's Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris.
06:00And that's pole position, mate.
06:03Yeah, not too bad.
06:04I mean, also that last lap was going to be very lovely.
06:07It was.
06:07Well done, guys.
06:08Not worth taking the last sector, isn't it?
06:10Well done, mate.
06:12Max Verstappen taking a first ever career pole around the Spanish Grand Prix circuit.
06:18A 24th in his career.
06:21Carlos Sainz will start his home race from the front of the field.
06:25Lando Norris, he's best qualifying of the year.
06:26Same applies to Gasly.
06:27He's under investigation for a couple of moments of impeding, though.
06:31Hamilton was P5.
06:32Stroll 6, Ocon, Hülkenberg.
06:34Home favourite Alonso, who went through the gravel and that put him on the back foot.
06:37And Oscar Piastri in Q3 once again this year.
06:40The last six weeks later.
06:42Fofind and confident within the battle!
06:43The first treatment and habit of boomies of the налigர one on the back of the field.
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