F1 2024 Spain Grand Prix LIVE: FP3 results, qualifying start time ...
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Formula One heads back to Europe for round ten of the 2024 season as Barcelona hosts the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend.
Max Verstappen returned to winning ways last time out in Canada, victorious after an entertaining wet-dry race on the streets of Montreal. Charles Leclerc, winner in Monaco previous to that, retired from the race and the gap from the Ferrari driver to the Red Bull out in front is 56 points.
Mercedes were much improved in Canada, with George Russell picking up a podium and Lewis Hamilton finishing a season-best fourth, while McLaren’s Lando Norris came home second.
Verstappen won last year’s race at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with Russell and Hamilton on the podium.
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“In qualifying, it was all coming together a bit nicer. I was quite happy, even in Q3 I got a nice tow to turn 1 - unfortunately it’s not quite enough. We can still be very happy.
“Overall, a good performance again in qualifying. You’re always in a battle with yourself, now it’s with more teams - that’s good for Formula 1 in general.”
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 16:26
“It was pretty much a perfect lap. Super happy. My best pole position, I’ve not had many! Needed a perfect lap so that’s what I did today!
“We’ve been quick the last two months, since Miami very strong. Today was the perfect lap, Max and Red Bull seemed a bit stronger all weekend, I had places to improve so happy to be on pole.
“It’s going to be tough against Max and Lewis, we’re here to win now so that’s my plan.”
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 16:17
1. Lando Norris
2. Max Verstappen
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. George Russell
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Oscar Piastri
10. Sergio Perez*
*Three-place grid penalty
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 16:09
Unbelievable - Lando pulls it out right at the end!!
Max Verstappen went even quicker but Lando Norris pulls out a sensational lap to beat Verstappen by 0.020 seconds!
Lewis Hamilton improves too to go P3, with Russell in P4!
5-10: Leclerc, Sainz, Gasly, Perez, Ocon, Piastri
Norris: “Let’s f****** go baby!”
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 16:03
Russell: “What the f*** was Lewis doing on the prep lap!”
Russell told to keep his “head in the game”, as all the remaining cars head out for their final runs.
Can anyone beat Max?!
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 15:58
Nobody can beat the Red Bull’s time so far! Verstappen sets a 1:11:673, 0.123 secs quicker than Lando Norris in second!
Lewis Hamilton is third, 0.143 secs off Verstappen, with Russell a bit further back in fourth.
Sainz and Leclerc in fifth and sixth, both within three-tenths of Verstappen - it’s very tight!
7-10: Gasly, Ocon, Perez, Piastri (no time)
Not too sure what’s happened with Piastri...
5 minutes to go...
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 15:56
This is the moment we’ve been waiting for! 12 minutes, 10 drivers, 1 pole position!
10 drivers involved: Verstappen, Perez, Leclerc, Sainz, Hamilton, Russell, Norris, Piastri, Ocon, Gasly
Alpine joining the front-four party!
Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen the first cars out there...
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 15:44
The six-time winner here is comfortable in the end, going P2 with his final lap!
But Fernando Alonso is out! The home favourite P11!
Out of Q2 (11-15): Alonso, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Stroll, Zhou
Top-3: Verstappen, Hamilton, Russell
Time for Q3!
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 15:41
Two minutes left and the bottom-five is currently: Ocon, Bottas, Alonso, Hamilton, Zhou
Leclerc, in P5, not coming back out for a second lap. Risky?!
Here we go then...
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 15:39
Mercedes struggling out of nowhere!
Lewis Hamilton (on used softs) down in 13th, a second behind Max Verstappen on top.
“This tyre was bad,” says Hamilton. Time for the new tyres..
Current bottom-five (11-15): Bottas, Alonso, Hamilton, Stroll, Zhou
6:00 to go in Q2...
Kieran Jackson22 June 2024 15:35
