Summary

  • Hamilton on pole, Vettel 2nd, Bottas 3rd, Raikkonen 4th

  • Alonso 7th for McLaren

  • Sunday's race coverage from 11:30 BST

Live Reporting

  2. Final qualifying starts

    Here we go, then.

    The battle for pole position is under way.

  3. Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    Wasn't it Horner who said Red Bull were bringing some new upgrades to Barcelona but we have not seen anything yet. 

    Christian Horner and Max VerstappenGetty Images

  4. Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    Fernando Alonso was only a tenth of a second off being in seventh place.

  5. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

    Not that it needed emphasising, but that's a good example of why McLaren are so desperate to hold on to Alonso.   

  6. Fernando Alonso celebrated getting into the top 10 shootout like it was a race win, driving past the cheering fans waggling his finger, Sebastian Vettel-style. 

  7. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    Grosjean made a similar mistake a little bit earlier in the session at the same turning but we have seen two outstanding performances from Ocon and Perez.  

  8. IN

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

  9. OUT

    11) Magnussen 12) Sainz 13) Hulkenberg 14) Grosjean 15) Wehrlein

  10. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    Lewis Hamilton finishes fastest in the second part of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix.

  11. Excellent Alonso into Q3

    Fernando AlonsoGetty Images

    Well how about this! Fernando Alonso improves with 1:21.251 and he is into the top 10 shootout for the first time this year! Brilliant!

    Maybe he should sack off first practice and play tennis more often?

  12. Romain Grosjean looks to be done. He's off the track at the final corner and decides to pull into the pits.

  14. Everyone pits, the top six are done for Q2 and Lewis Hamilton is out of his car for a stretch of the legs.

    Seventh downwards are heading back out for one last crack at getting into the final part of qualifying.

  15. Fernando AlonsoGetty Images

    Pleasing stuff for McLaren fans as Fernando Alonso's first timed lap in Q2 is a 1:21.510, putting him 10th for now.

    Alonso in the top 10 shootout? Might be a push but what a job he has done so far today after a shocking start to the weekend. As ever, getting the maximum out of what's at his disposal.

  16. Tom Clarkson
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator

    Vettel is clearly more happier with his car than yesterday when he said he was not always the captain of the ship, and you can see the way he is turning into the corners how confident he is today and will be expecting to have a good race tomorrow. 

  17. First timed laps all done and the drivers who need to improve at the moment are:

    11) Grosjean 12) Massa 13) Hulkenberg 14) Perez 15) Wehrlein

  18. Sebastien VettelAFP

    Sebastian Vettel splits the Mercedes as a 1:20.295, just 0.08s down on Lewis Hamilton and 0.005s quicker than Valtteri Bottas. Ferrari reckon Kimi Raikkonen could have gone even quicker after making a mistake on his lap, so very, very close between Ferrari and Mercedes.

  19. Times coming in and now and both Red Bulls show good pace as Max Verstappen goes P4, within half a second of Lewis Hamilton, while Daniel Ricciardo is fifth, a tenth down on his team-mate.

  20. Nevertheless, Valtteri Bottas' first timed lap in Q2 puts him second, just 0.09s down on Lewis Hamilton.