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How Leclerc recovered from a spin to earn pole position for F1 Spanish GP
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc sealed pole position at the F1 Spanish Grand Prix, while Mercedes' George Russell is fourth. As it happened...
That concludes our qualifying coverage. We will be back tomorrow for the race!
It's pole position for Leclerc ahead of Verstappen, Sainz, Russell, Perez, Hamilton, Bottas, Magnussen, Ricciardo and Schumacher.
What a lap! It's a 1m18.750s for Leclerc. Stunning.
Leclerc 0.2s up on Verstappen in the middle sector split.
Leclerc is the first man out on track with no lap time currently on the board.
Order after the first runs: Verstappen, Sainz, Perez, Russell, Hamilton, Bottas, Ricciardo, Magnussen, Schumacher and Leclerc.
It's provisional pole position for Verstappen with a 1m19.073s, 0.3s ahead of Sainz.
Leclerc has spun on his first flying lap!
Will it be a three-team fight for pole? Hopefully.
All drivers except Ricciardo out on track.
Q3 is now underway - who will claim pole?
Norris has his lap time deleted - he's out of Q2, promoting Schumacher to P10.
Verstappen goes quickest with a 1m19.219s as Magnussen moves up to fifth.
Both AlphaTauris are out - 12th and 13th, Tsunoda ahead of Gasly.
Sainz improves to top spot, 0.017s ahead of Russell.
Chequered flag out - A lot of drivers are improving out there.
Everyone out on track except Russell, Hamilton and Leclerc.
Order after the first runs: Russell, Hamilton, Perez, Leclerc, Bottas, Verstappen, Sainz, Magnussen, Schumacher and Norris.
Merc quickest after the first Q2 runs but they were on fresh tyres.
It's a 1m19.470s for Russell, just over 0.3s ahead of Hamilton.
No one on track just yet.
Q2 is now underway.