How they finished<\/p>\n
1 Lando Norris \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 McLaren 1:31.824
2 Kimi Antonelli \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Mercedes 1:31.835
3 Max Verstappen \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Red Bull 1:31.964
4 Lewis Hamilton \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Ferrari 1:32.013
5 Charles Leclerc \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde8 Ferrari 1:32.019
6 George Russell \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Mercedes 1:32.149
7 Oscar Piastri \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa McLaren 1:32.294
8 Liam Lawson \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff Red Bull 1:32.316
9 Franco Colapinto \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine 1:32.903
10 Arvid Lindblad \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Racing Bulls 1:33.041<\/p>\n
Eliminated in Q2
11 Nico H\u00fclkenberg \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Audi 1:33.223
12 Gabriel Bortoleto \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Audi 1:33.388
13 Esteban Ocon \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Haas 1:33.667
14 Pierre Gasly \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine 1:33.753
15 Yuki Tsunoda \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 Racing Bulls 1:34.084
16 Alexander Albon \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Williams 1:35.532<\/p>\n
Eliminated in Q1
\u202017 Carlos Sainz \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Williams 1:35.312
18 Fernando Alonso \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Aston Martin 1:35.388
19 Sergio P\u00e9rez \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd Cadillac 1:35.913
20 Valtteri Bottas \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Cadillac 1:38.011<\/p>\n
No time
Oliver Bearman \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Haas
Lance Stroll \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Aston Martin
\u2020Three-place penalty for impeding Bottas<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.36 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Giles Richards’ qualifying report<\/p>\n Right, Giles Richards has filed from the Madring:<\/p>\n double quotation markOn an unforgiving track, McLaren had not appeared to have the car where they wanted right until the final lap of the final session when Norris put it on top for the first time, one-hundredth of a second clear of Antonelli. \u201cI\u2019m shocked and a bit surprised,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n McLaren have now denied Mercedes the top spot three times this season, with Norris taking pole and wins in Hungary and Zandvoort. It is Norris\u2019s second pole at the Spanish GP, having taken the top spot for the race in Barcelona in 2024, but it is a race he has yet to win. It is the 19th of his career.<\/p>\n And that\u2019s it from me. Join John Brewin tomorrow for the race, which starts at 2pm BST. And restarts at 2.39, 3.16, 4.03 \u2026?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Russell speaks: \u201cWhen I tried to push that bit more the tyres couldn\u2019t take it \u2026 It\u2019s a track where you have to drive a little below the limit.\u201d He thinks tyre degradation will be decisive: if it\u2019s low, there will be a processsion; if it\u2019s high, it could be carnage.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Russell also had a disappointing day, four places behind Antonelli. Anthony Davidson suggests that he and Piastri share a problem Russell was alluding to with Brundle pre-race, that his driving style is harder on the rear tyres and that is an issue this year.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Andrea Stella, the McLaren principal, hails a Norris \u201cmasterpiece\u201d \u2013 but a flawed one. \u201cIn the final corner he made a mistake of three tenths.\u201d It could have been even better.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Piastri, 0.470 down on his pole-sitting teammate, understandably downbeat. \u201cOne of those sessions when you wish you could have it again.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Norris has converted his two previous poles, at the Hungaroring and Zandvoort, into wins.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Correction: I mangled the Mercedes pole statistics. They had been beaten to pole as a team by Norris, twice, but that is still a Mercedes engine. As is Alpine, so Gasly\u2019s Monza pole is still Mercedes powered. Only if Hamilton or Verstappen had taken pole would their 100% engine record have fallen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Will that last into tomorrow\u2019s race? Norris said he had a couple of quick drivers behind him, when Coulthard put to him that he would have the clear run down to the first corner, but it would be no surprise if there were restarts.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Though the top two talked about the difficulties of the track, the fact is bar a brief flash of yellows and a few kisses of the walls, that was a clean qualifying session, no mad-ring.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Norris again: \u201cI\u2019ve given myself the best chance for tomorrow. It\u2019s not going to be the easiest track to overtake on.\u201d<\/p>\n McLaren’s Lando Norris celebrates with McLaren chief executive Zak Brown. Photograph: Albert Gea\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.23 EDT<\/p>\n Verstappen: \u201cFor me to be third is a great result.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now Antonelli: \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to put things together on a track like this.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Norris continues: \u201cI thought I would put it in the wall on the last corner \u2026 I thought the boys would be repairing the car tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n David Coulthard talks to Norris: \u201cMy God, one of the best laps I\u2019ve done ever \u2026 Pretty much everything worked perfectly.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.07 EDT<\/p>\n How they finished<\/p>\n 1 Lando Norris \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 McLaren 1:31.824 Eliminated in Q2 Eliminated in Q1 No time Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a012.36 EDT<\/p>\n The world champion, who had a poor Monza to follow his two wins, went round in 1:31.824.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Lando Norris takes pole!<\/p>\n Where did that come from? Norris goes 0.011 faster than Antonelli.<\/p>\n Lando Norris speeds his way to top of the pile at the end of qualifying. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki\/ReutersShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.15 EDT<\/p>\n Norris goes fastest!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hamilton 0.178 behind Antonelli.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Antonelli going for it and by 0.244 goes fastest, Russell third.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n This would be a great track to land that pole, and a great response to last week\u2019s Ferrari farrago.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton has not had a pole since 2023, David Croft points out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 0.254 covers the top five: Ham, Ant, Rus, Lec, Ver.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Verstappen can only make fifth. Bernie Collins was pointing out that Ferrari have an extra set of new softs, too.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hamilton goes fastest in 1:32.079, ahead of Antonelli and Russell!<\/p>\n Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton during qualifying. Photograph: David Davies\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.07 EDT<\/p>\n Norris gets a black and white flag for improper driving. Ouch.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Lando Norris gets a \u20ac900 fine for pit lane speeding.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The Mercedes duo are at the front of the Q3 queue.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Anthony Davidson shows that Gasly kissed a wall, while Bortoleto went airborne.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n A morose Gasly says the car feels completely different to FP3. A big contrast from his Monza joy.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Q2 eliminations<\/p>\n Hulkenberg, Bortoleto, Ocon, Gasly, Tsunoda and Albon, with Colapinto pulling one out to make it to Q3 again for Alpine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Antonelli still second but only 0.034 slower than Verstappen now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Piastri, down in eighth, has to use a new set of tyres to make sure of Q3.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Hamilton and Leclerc into the 1:32s, third and fourth.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Drop zone shaping up as Bortoleto, Tsunoda (in Lawson\u2019s Racing Bulls), Ocon, Albon, Colapinto and Gasly.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Big escape for Franco Colapinto: he hits the ground on the showpiece La Monumental corner but keeps it together.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Verstappen goes 0.046 ahead of Antonelli, while Lawson is fourth, ahead of Norris and the Ferraris.<\/p>\n Max Verstappen negotiates RB22 around a bend during qualifying. Photograph: Clive Rose\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.43 EDT<\/p>\n Antonelli leading, 1:32.603 with Russell second +0.247.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Q2 is go. Ted Kravitz reports that Lance Stroll had a water pressure problem, while Carlos Sainz will be done for blocking Bottas.<\/p>\n
2 Kimi Antonelli \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Mercedes 1:31.835
3 Max Verstappen \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Red Bull 1:31.964
4 Lewis Hamilton \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Ferrari 1:32.013
5 Charles Leclerc \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde8 Ferrari 1:32.019
6 George Russell \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Mercedes 1:32.149
7 Oscar Piastri \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa McLaren 1:32.294
8 Liam Lawson \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff Red Bull 1:32.316
9 Franco Colapinto \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine 1:32.903
10 Arvid Lindblad \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Racing Bulls 1:33.041<\/p>\n
11 Nico H\u00fclkenberg \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Audi 1:33.223
12 Gabriel Bortoleto \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Audi 1:33.388
13 Esteban Ocon \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Haas 1:33.667
14 Pierre Gasly \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine 1:33.753
15 Yuki Tsunoda \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 Racing Bulls 1:34.084
16 Alexander Albon \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Williams 1:35.532<\/p>\n
\u202017 Carlos Sainz \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Williams 1:35.312
18 Fernando Alonso \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Aston Martin 1:35.388
19 Sergio P\u00e9rez \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd Cadillac 1:35.913
20 Valtteri Bottas \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Cadillac 1:38.011<\/p>\n
Oliver Bearman \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Haas
Lance Stroll \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Aston Martin
\u2020Three-place penalty for impeding Bottas<\/p>\n