Spanish GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

SPANISH GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton will start the Spanish Grand Prix from Pole Position after Sebastian Vettel narrowly missed out after making a small error during his quick lap. Vettel will start second while Valtteri Bottas completed the Qualifying Top 3.

    A surprise in the top 10 after McLaren's Fernando Alonso made it into Q3 and finished the session in 7th. Team-mate, Vandoorne, missed out after being unable to make it out of Q1. He will start from 19th.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

6. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia

7. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain

8. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

9. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

10. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France

11. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

12. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain

13. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany

14. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

15. Pascal Wehrlein / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

16. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

17. Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain

18. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

19. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia
20. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Honda / Belgium*

* - (Vandoorne) 10-Place-Grid-Penalty for multiple engine component changes 

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