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Lando Norris beats Verstappen to pole with thrilling lap
Lewis Hamilton third and George Russell fourth
Ferraris of Leclerc and Sainz line up fifth and sixth
Out in Q2: Alonso, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Stroll, Zhou
Out in Q1: Magnussen, Tsunoda, Ricciardo, Albon, Sergeant
McLaren staff safely evacuated following fire at team's hospitality unit
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Norris snatches Spanish GP pole from Verstappenpublished at 16:38 22 June
16:38 22 June
Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent
Image source, Getty ImagesMcLaren’s Lando Norris pipped Max Verstappen’s Red Bull to pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix in a gripping qualifying session.
Verstappen had appeared out of reach when he improved his own time, which was already fastest, by more than 0.2 seconds on his final run.
But Norris crossed the line a few seconds later to beat Verstappen and take his first pole of the year.
And Lewis Hamilton out-qualified team-mate George Russell for only the second time this season as the Mercedes drivers took third and fourth.
Back on Sunday at 13:00 BSTpublished at 16:37 22 June
16:37 22 June
Image source, Getty ImagesMax Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton have won the previous eight Spanish Grands Prix between them (three for Verstappen; five for Hamilton) but can Lando Norris break the Red Bull-Mercedes streak and take his second race victory of the 2024 season?
Great to have you with us again, folks. Enjoy your Saturday night and then come back refreshed tomorrow for what we hope will be a fantastic battle at the front.
We'll be going live at 13:00 BST for race build-up.
See you on Sunday!
Postpublished at 16:35 22 June
16:35 22 June
The top three are in the press conference now and Lando Norris is excitedly talking about his two career pole positions, before adding (with a cheeky smile): "I've two sprint race poles, but I don't regard them as pole position."
Guess what's coming next week in Austria, Lando...
Postpublished at 16:33 22 June
16:33 22 June
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has been chatting to Sky Sports and says one member of staff did have to go to hospital after a fire broke out in their hospitality unit before third practice but they have now been released. "Happy to report everyone is fine," he adds, before joking: "Other than our motorhome."
'Slowly the car is crafting into a racing machine' - Hamiltonpublished at 16:29 22 June
16:29 22 June
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton will start on the second row inthird for tomorrow’s grand prix, he said: “I’m really happy, thank you everyoneI’m super happy to be here in the top three, it’s been a difficult year and ahuge amount of work from everyone back at the factory, and finally we arestarting to see those incremental steps moving closer to the guys ahead.
“I didn’t expect us to be fighting for pole necessarily, butthere were bits there where I thought maybe we will be close and so to be there I’m just grateful.”
On the team making steps forward, he added: “We’ve made hugesteps forward and it’s really just down to every single individual back at thefactory who is pushing and designing and making the new parts that we get tobring as early as possible to these races. Slowly the car is crafting into a racingmachine that we can hopefully fight the guys at the front.
“George did a great job today so hopefully tomorrow we canapply pressure to the two cars ahead.”
Image source, Getty Images'Overall happy with qualifying' - Verstappenpublished at 16:25 22 June
16:25 22 June
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who will start second on the grid: "I think in qualifying it was all coming together a bit nicer. We have been trying to find the balance because the practice sessions have been difficult.
So I was quite happy in qualifying - I even got a nice little tow from Checo to Turn One to really extract everything we could. But unfortunately, it was just not enough. that is how it goes sometimes and overall we can still be very happy with this performance in qualifying and definitely all to play for tomorrow.
"Even throughout qualifying, the wind started to pick up a little bit, maybe that made it a bit more difficult fir us. Overall, a good performance again in qualifying.
"They are never easy qualis because you're always in a battle with yourself. of course now, there's more teams. And when it's that close for pole position, it's always great."
'The whole thing went perfectly' - Norrispublished at 16:22 22 June
16:22 22 June
Lando Norris, who secures his second pole position in his Formula1 career, said afterwards: “It was pretty much a perfect lap, when you are ona good lap and getting excited but the whole thing went perfectly in the end. Itwas close but super happy, it was my best pole position, I’ve not had many. We’vebeen close all weekend but really this was about a perfect lap and that is whatI did today.
“It was cool, the fans and my supporters here are amazing soa big thanks to everyone cheering me on.”
On the pace of the car, he said: “It’s not just thisweekend, we’ve been quick the last two months since Miami we’ve been verystrong. We probably missed out on pole by not doing a perfect lap but today wasthe perfect lap.”
Ahead of tomorrow, he added: “It’s going to be tough againstMax and Lewis and anyone behind but we are here to win now so that’s my plan.”
Postpublished at 16:19 22 June
16:19 22 June
The weather forecast for Sunday's 66-lap Spanish Grand Prix is for rain to hit the circuit in the morning. It should be clear before the lights go out but the track could be slippery...
Postpublished at 16:15 22 June
16:15 22 June
That's Lando Norris' second career pole position in Formula 1.
The driver alongside him for tomorrow's race has 39.
The guy behind in third has 104.
Image source, Getty ImagesPostpublished at 16:10 22 June
16:10 22 June
There are plenty of McLaren fans in the crowd loving this latest result for Lando Norris. The Briton says the target for tomorrow's race is to secure that race win, but adds he knows it will be hard with the likes of Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton behind him.
And the restpublished at 16:07 22 June
16:07 22 June
11. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
12. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)
13. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
14. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
15. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)
16. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
17. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)
18. Daniel Ricciardo (RB)
19. Alex Albon (Williams)
20. Logan Sargeant (Williams)
Top 10published at 16:05 22 June
16:05 22 June
1. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 1:11.383
2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
4. George Russell (Mercedes)
5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
6. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
7. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
8. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
9. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
10. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
Postpublished at 16:03 22 June
16:03 22 June
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 LiveThat is unbelievable, what a lap from Lando Norris!
Chequered flagpublished at 16:02 22 June
16:02 22 June
Sensational from the McLaren driver.
Lando Norris will start on pole, Max Verstappen takes second place and Lewis Hamilton beats team-mate George Russell to line up P3 on the grid.
Norris on provisional polepublished at 16:01 22 June
16:01 22 June
Lando Norris jumps above Max Verstappen! The McLaren clocks a 1:11.383!
Postpublished at 16:01 22 June
16:01 22 June
Oscar Piastri is trying to lift his McLaren from 10th place but the end of the lap falls apart and the Australian stays put at the bottom of the board.
Carlos Sainz goes up into to P2 before Charles Leclerc pushes him down! Max Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz the top three. Here comes Lando Norris...
Postpublished at 15:59 22 June
15:59 22 June
Any time better than a 1:11.673 will hand you pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix. Who can snatch it from Max Verstappen's grasp?
Two minutes to gopublished at 15:58 22 June
15:58 22 June
Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 LiveWho would have said we would have two Mercedes in front of two Ferraris a couple of races ago? I mean, this is a real change in form and really encouraging for everyone at Mercedes.
Postpublished at 15:58 22 June
15:58 22 June
Harry Benjamin
BBC F1 CommentatorA little trouble in paradise, George Russell not happy with the way Lewis Hamilton was prepping his lap.
Team radio - Russellpublished at 15:58 22 June
15:58 22 June
"What the **** was Lewis doing prepping that lap."
