Leclerc will start ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
Spanish Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc on pole from Verstappen
| Cla | Nº | Driver | Car | Time | Delay |
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’18.750 | |
| 2 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’19.073 | 0.323 |
| 3 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1’19.166 | 0.416 |
| 4 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’19.393 | 0.643 |
| 5 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1’19.420 | 0.670 |
| 6 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’19.512 | 0.762 |
| 7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’19.608 | 0.858 |
| 8 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1’19.682 | 0.932 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’20.297 | 1.547 |
| 10 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas/Ferrari | 1’20.368 | 1.618 |
| 11 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’20.471 | 1.721 |
| 12 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 1’20.638 | 1.888 |
| 13 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri/Red Bull | 1’20.639 | 1.889 |
| 14 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri/Red Bull | 1’20.861 | 2.111 |
| 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’21.094 | 2.344 |
| 16 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’20.954 | 2.204 |
| 17 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine/Renault | 1’21.043 | 2.293 |
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’21.418 | 2.668 |
| 19 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | 1’21.645 | 2.895 |
| 20 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams/Mercedes | 1’21.915 | 3.165 |
What happened in Spanish Grand Prix Q1?
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the early pace at 1m20.447s and then gave a slipstream to Verstappen as he opened his lap, the world champion producing a 1m20.091s.
Sainz took P1 with 1m19.892s but was quickly beaten by Leclerc on 1m19.861s. Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton took fourth and fifth respectively.
Kevin Magnussen jumped up to an impressive fifth on his final lap for Haas, ahead of Hamilton. Perez dropped to eighth, behind Valtteri Bottas’s Alfa…
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