Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton will start the Spanish Grand Prix from pole position as Mercedes dominated qualifying in Barcelona. The reigning world champion claimed his 74th career pole with an impressive 1:16.173 effort set on his final run in Q3. Hamilton had put down a marker after the first run but went on to shave another three tenths from his benchmark to claim pole from team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Bottas pushed Hamilton hard ending up just 0.040s shy of his opposite number. “I need this pole, I have not had one for a while,” said Hamilton. Ferrari locked out the second row with Sebastian Vettel third ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, having opted to fit softs instead of the...
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