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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

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“Lewis Hamilton was not the only starring performer in qualifying this weekend. At Red Bull, there were two. 

"Max Verstappen, impressing hugely on his debut for the senior team after his promotion from Toro Rosso, looked to have the edge on Ricciardo all session. He had been 0.2secs up in final practice, a similar margin clear in Q1 and 0.4secs ahead in Q2. Ricciardo had had to use up an extra set of tyres to get into Q3, which meant he had only one shot at it, but boy did he make it count. At the death, with the pressure on, knowing how it would not look good if he was beaten first time out by an 18-year-old on his first weekend in the car, Ricciardo produced an absolute stonker to beat Verstappen by 0.4secs, and Red Bull had locked out the second row ahead of Ferrari. 

"The whoops of joy in the car told their own story. Verstappen said he wasn’t disappointed, but insiders allowed that, yes, of course he was. Still, it had been a great effort from the Dutchman. The battle between the two looks set to be tasty indeed.”

A reminder of the grid. The big eyebrow-raising moment from yesterday was the performance of the Red Bulls as they out qualified Ferrari. 

Max Verstappen was arguably the star of the show as he qualified fourth in just his second full day in the RB12. He's well placed for a shot at a place on the podium. Achieve that, and he'll be the youngest ever driver to finish in the top three.

1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Ricciardo 4) Verstappen 5) Raikkonen 6) Vettel 7) Bottas 8) Sainz 9) Perez 10) Alonso

11) Hulkenberg 12) Button 13) Kvyat 14) Grosjean 15) Magnussen 16) Gutierrez 17) Palmer 18) Massa 19) Ericsson 20) Nasr 21) Wehrlein 22) Haryanto

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First after qualifying, will he be first come the end of the race and more importantly, does he still have a chance to win the World Championship. With team mate Nico Rosberg next to him on the grid, today's race is certainly going to be an interesting and hopefully highly entertaining. 

All the drivers have just clambered aboard the truck to be wheeled around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the drivers parade, with lights out at 13:00 BST.

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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

“Lewis Hamilton has produced some sensational qualifying performances in his career, and this weekend has seen one that was right up there with the very best. Hamilton had been struggling with his car for much of the weekend, but then out of nowhere in the second part of qualifying he produced a lap that reset the boundaries of the possible. One minute 22.159 seconds was 0.6secs than team-mate Nico Rosberg did at the same time, and suddenly it became obvious pole was his.

“He added extra pressure on to himself with his first lap in Q3, locking up and ruining what would have been an even faster lap but by now his confidence was so high that he said he was ‘just giggling, just thinking: ‘It was such a good lap.’ Sure enough, he went out and did it again, ending with a 1:22.000. And in the paddock ex-drivers and observers a like were aghast. Stunning.”

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Lewis Hamilton has been here before. 

On pole for the first two races of the season in Australia and Bahrain, terrible starts ultimately cost him victory.

Back then, it was probably easy for him to brush those defeats off because 'there is always next time'.

Next time has yet to come. Nico Rosberg now has a 43-point lead, he can ill afford too many more slip-ups.

Today, Hamilton is back at the front of the grid for the first time since Bahrain, and he will more determined than ever before to ensure he stays right where he is.