Qualifying Results 2019 Spanish F1 Grand Prix

Top 3 qualifiers 2019 Spain: 1. Bottas, 2. Hamilton, 3. Vettel

Event: Spanish Grand Prix
Track: Catalunya Circuit

Weather: 20.8-21.6°C sunny & dry
Tarmac: 33.5-36.2°C dry
Humidity: 61.4%
Wind: 3.0 m//s
Pressure: 1004.6 bar

Valtteri Bottas scored pole position during qualifying for the 2019 Spanish F1 GP. The Mercedes driver scored his 9th Formula 1 pole position and his third pole of this season. It was the 105th pole position for Mercedes.

Q1 session
Polish driver Robert Kubica drove te first lap and clocked a 1:21.860 in the Williams. Nico Hulkenberg had a bad moment when he ran wide in turn 4 and broke his front wing hitting the barrier. He could drive on by his own to drive to the pits for damage repairs. With 5 minutes to go Hulkenberg went out again to try it again.

After the fist stint Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was quickest on the soft tyres that all driver used. On P2 it was Max Verstappen in the Red Bull with only 0.069 sec. gap. 3rd fastest was Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.

Lando Norris again showed his talent by driving the 6th quickest lap time in the McLaren. Unfortunately Hulkenberg didn't make it to Q2.

Q2 session
In the second qualifying session it we saw Bottas coming out as first to put a lap time on the board. He was followed by his team mate Hamilton who was quicker. After the first stint the order was P1 Hamilton, P2 Bottas and on P3 Sebastian Vettel. Charles Leclerc didn't drive very quick lap and was 7th quickest.

In the second stint Bottas took P1 and Leclerc who had a technical problem fixed by his mechanics drove the 4th fastest lap time. The other Renault driver, Daniel Ricciardo did a much better job than Hulkenberg and made it to Q3 with a P10.

Both Alfa Romeo Racing, Racing Point and McLaren drivers didn't make it to Q3.

Q3 session
The battle for pole was in hands of both Mercedes drivers.Hamilton was very eager to score his 85th pole and went out as first, followed by Bottas in the 2nd Mercedes. The Ferrari mechanics were still working on the car of Leclerc when Q3 began. Bottas was the fastest after the first stint with Hamilton on P2, Vettel on P3, Verstappen on P4, while Leclerc didn't drove a lap yet.

Qualifying Results 2019 Spanish GP

Notes:

• Daniel Ricciardo (Renault) drops 3 grid places as penalty for causing a collision during the Azerbaijan GP.
• George Russell (Willaims) drops 5 grid places for an unscheduled gearbox change.

Below you can see the footage of this epic qualifying session with a flawless lap of Valtteri Bottas:

Valtteri Bottas now has more poles in 2019 than he managed in the whole of last season

Watch how he made it a hat-trick in Spain#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/stMa5ESQdx

— Formula 1 (@F1) May 11, 2019

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