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2020 Spanish Grand Prix

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Here is the ranking for this session:

 

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Thanks to his first lap in Q3, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) secured a new pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix by setting a best time of 1'15"584. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) fails 59 thousandths behind his teammate.

Max Verstappen (Red Bull) will start for the first time in his career in the top 3 in Spain, taking 3rd place ahead of the two Racing Points of Sergio Pérez and Lance Stroll. Followed by Alex Albon (Red Bull), Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris (McLaren), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri).  

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Stroll remains 5th, Pérez 4th. Sainz, for his part, moved up to 7th position ahead of Norris.

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Bottas fails 75 thousandths behind Hamilton.

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Bottas begins his turn. Neither the Finn nor Hamilton improved the first sector.

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Launch of the second round of attempts in this Q3. Will Bottas be able to pick up Hamilton? The Briton clearly makes the difference in the last sector.

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Followed by Pérez and Stroll (Racing Point), Norris (McLaren), Leclerc (Ferrari), Albon (Red Bull), Sainz (McLaren) and Gasly (AlphaTauri).

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59 thousandths between the two Mercedes drivers. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) sets the third time, seven tenths behind Hamilton.

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1’15”584 for Hamilton who takes provisional pole.

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1’16”568 for his teammate Pérez, but Bottas improved to 1’15”643, with all the purple sectors.

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1’16″589 for Stroll

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The two Racing Points appear to have saved a set of tires in Q1, which could play a role for both drivers.

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Soft tires for the Q3 drivers, with Lance Stroll first to chase the time with his RP20.

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Stroll and Pérez (Racing Point) have already gone out on the track. Bottas and Hamilton follow.

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Q3 is launched: who will take pole position for this 2020 Spanish Grand Prix?

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Here is the Q2 ranking, where Vettel fails by two thousandths against Norris for the 10th qualifying place for Q3.

 

 

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Lewis Hamilton continues his domination in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix by setting the best time in Q2 in 1'16"013, 139 thousandths ahead of Valtteri Bottas, and 0"505 ahead of Max Verstappen (Red Bull).

Followed by Lance Stroll (Racing Point), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Carlos Sainz (McLaren), Sergio Pérez (Racing Point), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Alex Albon (Red Bull) and Lando Norris (McLaren). Elimination, however, of Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), taken out by Pierre Gasly, as well as Daniil Kvyat (AlphaTauri), Daniel Ricciardo (Renault), Kimi Räikkönen (Alfa Romeo) and Esteban Ocon (Renault).

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Kvyat eliminates the two Renaults of Ricciardo and Ocon, before Vettel takes out the AlphaTauri driver, but Gasly signs the 5th fastest time which takes Vettel out of Q3.

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Leclerc does not improve his Q2 reference and is overtaken by Pérez. Albon and Norris are no better than Leclerc.

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