Summary

  • Hamilton overtakes Vettel to win, Ricciardo 3rd, Wehrlein 8th

  • Hamilton unhappy with Vettel's earlier defence

  • Vettel performs double dummy overtake on Bottas

  • Vettel overtakes Hamilton at start

  • Raikkonen and Verstappen collide, both out

  • Vandoorne, Bottas out

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  3. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

    Red Bull, after a generally uncompetitive start to the season, have been targeting this race as a chance to make a big step forward towards Mercedes and Ferrari, and the upgrade package they introduced, while subtle in appearance, had a big effect. Or “massive” to use Max Verstappen’s word. From being a second or more off the pace in the first three races, the Dutchman was just 0.557secs off pole in Spain. 

    “The car has a better balance from entry to mid and mid to exit of the corner,” he said. “Now it's a much more stable balance and you can push a lot more, and I think it showed. For sure there's still a bit to unlock from the car and then the rest we need to get it from the engine side as well, because we know in qualifying specially Mercedes can just turn up the engine which we can't do.” 

    Team-mate Daniel Ricciardo was only a place behind but 0.469secs off, saying he was struggling in the low-speed corners at the end of the lap.

  4. 'We can still have a race with positives'

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    Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo: My lap was not that close to the front guys, but we can still have a race with positives. The long-run pace for the Mercedes and Ferraris were good so I expect it to be a race between Max and me behind. We hope to give the teams points to compare. Monaco should bring the pack back. That is a track that should suit this car better,

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  9. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

    Mercedes were highly impressed by Sebastian Vettel’s final lap in qualifying, seeing some evidence that Ferrari have found a highly potent final-qualifying engine mode, and relieved that it did not quite come together for the German to get pole. 

    Vettel has his eye on the start as one way to pass Lewis Hamilton and he believes there will be “some options” on strategy in what is generally expected to be a two-stop race, more on which later. 

    “I’m confident,” the world championship leader said.

  10. 'We should be strong'

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    Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel speaking on the drivers' parade: "It could have been a very different qualifying for me but fortunately we fixed the electronic issue. It has been a busy morning, we have had an engine change as well. 

    But we are where we want to be. Friday was not good, but we got the balance right for qualifying. In some ways we should have got pole. 

    We should be strong.

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  12. A significant splash of orange in the stands as Max Verstappen fans get in the mood for the race. 

    Verstappen won his first race in Formula 1 in Spain last year.

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  13. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

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    “Not good enough,” was Valterri Bottas’ verdict on his own work after he could manage only third place on the grid two weeks after his first pole in Russia. In truth, it was an excellent performance to be just 0.224secs off Lewis Hamilton after he missed three-quarters of final practice because of an engine change on Saturday morning, and therefore lost time to perfect the set-up of the car. 

    “Starting the day with the engine change, going back to the old engine, I was always going to be slightly on the back foot,” Bottas said, “and just really struggled through the qualifying with the rear stability – that was the main issue. It was difficult to find a good rhythm from one qually to another, like I normally do. Everything is still wide open and we feel our race pace is good and still upbeat for the race.”

  14. A different name?

    The last 10 Spanish GPs have been won by 10 different drivers. Could we see an 11th different driver clinch it today? 

    Valtteri Bottas has the best chance of doing just that, he starts from third.

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    Read more about the Spanish Grand Prix in our preview here.

  15. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

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    Kimi Raikkonen was in self-flagellation mode after qualifying only fourth, 0.29secs off the pace. The Finn had looked the quicker Ferrari driver for much of the weekend, but he admitted he had made a “mess” of qualifying, saying he made a series of “small mistakes”. Raikkonen said he needed to “drive better”, adding: "Without those [mistakes] there was, for sure, enough lap time to challenge for the first place.”

  16. 'If you go well here, you go well everywhere'

    Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen: "It is easier to start on the front, it is tricky to overtake wherever you are, but we will see where we are. 

    "The tradition is that if you go well here, you go well everywhere. It has been tricky with the wind this weekend, but we have lots of experience here."

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  19. Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Barcelona

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    Lewis Hamilton’s third pole position of the year came at exactly the right time. Thirteen points behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel after four races of the season, and facing a confident team-mate following Valtteri Bottas’ maiden win in Russia, Hamilton needed both to get a result and make a statement. And he has certainly done that this weekend. 

    Fastest in the first two practice sessions, and in all three qualifying segments. He might have lost pole to Sebastian Vettel had the Ferrari driver not locked up into the last chicane on his final lap. Vettel was left cursing, missing out by 0.051 seconds; Hamilton was happy, but very much aware that much still needs to be done in what he says will be a “very, very long, hard race, both physically and mentally and for the car and the tyres”.  

  20. 'We are in a fight with the Ferraris'

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    Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton speaking during the drivers' parade: The team have done an amazing job, bringing the updates to keep us in the fight with the Ferraris. We are equally good in some areas, others they are better and others we are. 

    It is hot, summers here, the weathers fantastic and I am excited to try and put on a show for these fans..