Spanish GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

Welcome to the re-cap and results of the Qualifying for the Spanish GP Weekend! Race starts in a little under 6 hours.

For those who don't know how Qualifying works, it's devided into 3 rounds.

Round 1, 18 minutes on the clock, all the cars go around and compete to get fastest lap times. 6 slowest are knocked out and the slowest cars in round 1 were: Max Chilton, Jules Bianchi, Marcus Ericsson, Kamui Kobayashi, Adrian Sutil and Pastor Maldonado, who actually did not get to set a time after he crashed. He then had to get permission from stewards to race later today. Maldonado will start from the back of the grid.

Round 2, 15 minutes on the clock, the rest of the cars go out and the next 6 slowest are: Esteban Gutierrez, Kevin Magnussen, Sergio Perez, Jean-Eric Vergne, Nico Hulkenberg and Daniil Kvyat. During this round, Kevin Magnussen was unable to improve due to power unit problems.

Round 3 gives the last 10 drivers 12 minutes to see who can go fastest and get Pole Position, also known as the very front spot on the grid. Vettel's car stopped after he lost second gear and afterwards recieved a penalty for having to change his gearbox, moving him from 10th to 15th on the grid. Lewis Hamilton claimed Pole Position.

Here is how the final grid looks after penalties were put into place for Vettel, Maldonado and Vergne.

1. (Pole Position) - Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes / Germany

3. Daniel Ricciardo / Redbull / Australia

4. Valtteri Bottas / Williams / Finland

5. Romain Grosjean / Lotus / France

6. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari / Finland

7. Fernando Alonso / Ferrari / Spain

8. Jenson Button / McLaren / Great Britain

9. Felipe Massa / Williams / Brazil

10. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India / Germany ^

11. Sergio Perez / Force India / Mexico ^

12. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso / Russia ^

13. Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber / Mexico ^

14. Kevin Magnussen / McLaren / Denmark  ^ 

15. Sebastian Vettel / Redbull / Germany v

16. Adrian Sutil / Sauber / Germany

17. Max Chilton / Marussia / Great Britain

18. Jules Bianchi / Marussia / France

19. Marcus Ericsson / Caterham / Sweden

20. Kamui Kobayashi / Caterham / Japan

21. Jean-Eric Vergne / Toro Rosso / France  v

22. Pastor Maldonado / Lotus / Venezuela v

^ = Promotion of 1 space due to Vettel's Grid Penalty.

 v = The driver was demoted a certain number of spaces due to the according penalty. 

Article Written By: Amy Hawk.

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