Bojan Vrbnjak
Mercedes continues to dominate qualifications. They were again this time black silver arrows faster than competitors. Lewis Hamilton was for 6 hundredths of a second faster than Valtteria Bottas. He was more than half a second behind in third place Max Verstappen. Both racers were very good Racing Point, it is also McLaren showed better qualification form. Ferrari worse this time Leclerc ninth, Hag eleventh.
Q1 - Hamilton best, Racing Point is on display
After the first quick lap, it took time 1: 17.037 minutes put on top Lewis Hamilton in front of a surprising first pursuer Sergio Perez, which was only eight hundredths of a second behind. Lance stroll confirmed the good form of the pink race cars with third place. We only find it in fourth place Valtteria Bottas, which was only two thousandths of a second faster than Max Verstappen. Ferrari could not keep up with the best. Leclerc somehow got rid of seventh place, Hag however, it lagged behind almost standard ones three tenths seconds behind a teammate.
Pri Racing Point they were confident of their achievement and therefore did not go to the second quick lap. Hamilton has improved his time by a tenth and a half, Verstappen, Bottas in Leclerc they overtook Stroll, followed by them gasly, Albon, Sainz in Hag.
He was positively surprised Kimi Raikkonen, who finally advanced to the second part of the qualifiers - for the first time this season. Magnussen however, he complained about Quiet, which is supposed to be obstructed in a fast lap, this will also be examined in detail by the Commissioners.
Q1 racers dropped out: Magnussen, Grosjean, Russell, Latifi and Giovinazzi
Incidents: Commissioners' investigation against Kwiat for obstructing Magnussen in the second turn
Q2 - Fast Hamilton again, Vettel close out
Mercedes opened the second part of the qualifiers on a soft mix. Nothing special, because all the other racers were also wearing red tires the softest mixture. He drove the best time again Lewis Hamilton, which has been over time 1: 16.013 minutes a good tenth of a second faster than Bottas. Verstappen landed in third place with more than half a second behind. His teammate Alex Albon was seven tenths of a second slower, but that was enough to progress to Q3. They were strong again at Racing Point, both racers landed in sixth and seventh place despite mistakes.
In an experiment second fast lap there was a real crowd on the track. On 4,6 kilometers long lanes the racers were looking for a place to prepare for a fast lap. Except Raikkonen, which was on the middle mix, all the racers were on the red soft rubber mix again. Stroll improved to fourth place before Gaslya, followed by him Sainz, Perez, Leclerc, Albon in Norris. Sebastian Vettel missed the progression in Q3 by two thousandths seconds. Leclerc he was two tenths of a second faster than him this time.
Q2 racers dropped out: Vettel, Kwiat, Ricciardo, Raikkonen and Ocon
Q3 - Hamilton to 92nd pole position
With time 1: 15.584 minutes je Lewis Hamilton achieved his 92th pole position in his career and fifth in Spain and fourth this season. Valtteri Bottas lagged behind the British six hundredths seconds. Interesting that they are both Mercedesa set his fastest lap in Q3 on the first try. The same goes for Verstappen. It is also interesting that it is Bottas achieved the best time in the first and second sectors, and the third was the domain Hamilton. He was third with a gap of seven tenths of a second Verstappen, and behind it we find Laziness, Stroll, Norris, Leclerc, Albon, Sainz in Gaslya.
V second attempt they only improved Albon in Sainz. Young Thai iz Red Bullbut progressed to sixth place, Sainz but in front of a teammate Norris on the seventh. They finish the top ten Leclerc on the ninth and gasly in tenth place.
