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F1 Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc takes Spanish GP pole

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, the sixth round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship, bouncing back from an early Q3 spin.

Charles Bradley

Edited: May 21, 2022, 9:27 PM

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Leclerc will start ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.

Spanish Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc on pole from Verstappen

Cla Nº Driver Car Time Delay 1 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1'18.750 2 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1'19.073 0.323 3 55 Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1'19.166 0.416 4 63 George Russell Mercedes 1'19.393 0.643 5 11 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1'19.420 0.670 6 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1'19.512 0.762 7 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1'19.608 0.858 8 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas/Ferrari 1'19.682 0.932 9 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren/Mercedes 1'20.297 1.547 10 47 Mick Schumacher Haas/Ferrari 1'20.368 1.618 11 4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1'20.471 1.721 12 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine/Renault 1'20.638 1.888 13 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri/Red Bull 1'20.639 1.889 14 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri/Red Bull 1'20.861 2.111 15 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo/Ferrari 1'21.094 2.344 16 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin/Mercedes 1'20.954 2.204 17 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine/Renault 1'21.043 2.293 18 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1'21.418 2.668 19 23 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1'21.645 2.895 20 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams/Mercedes 1'21.915 3.165

What happened in Spanish Grand Prix Q1?

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the early pace at 1m20.447s and then gave a slipstream to Verstappen as he opened his lap, the world champion producing a 1m20.091s.

Sainz took P1 with 1m19.892s but was quickly beaten by Leclerc on 1m19.861s. Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton took fourth and fifth respectively.

Kevin Magnussen jumped up to an impressive fifth on his final lap for Haas, ahead of Hamilton. Perez dropped to eighth, behind Valtteri Bottas’s Alfa Romeo, and then went off at Turn 7 on an attempted second push lap.

Falling at the first hurdle were Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin – missing the cut by 0.074s), Fernando Alonso (who suffered a disastrous out lap that mired his Alpine in traffic), Lance Stroll (Aston) and the Williams duo of Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi.

Spanish Grand Prix Q1 results: Leclerc fastest from Sainz

Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval 1 Monaco Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'19.861 2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'19.892 0.031 0.031 3 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'20.091 0.230 0.199 4 United Kingdom George Russell
Mercedes 1'20.218 0.357 0.127 5 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'20.227 0.366 0.009 6 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'20.252 0.391 0.025 7 Finland Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'20.355 0.494 0.103 8 Mexico Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'20.447 0.586 0.092 9 China Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'20.476 0.615 0.029 10 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'20.549 0.688 0.073 11 Germany Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'20.683 0.822 0.134 12 Japan Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'20.707 0.846 0.024 13 France Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'20.719 0.858 0.012 14 United Kingdom Lando Norris
McLaren 1'20.838 0.977 0.119 15 France Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'20.880 1.019 0.042 16 Germany Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 1'20.954 1.093 0.074 17 Spain Fernando Alonso
Alpine 1'21.043 1.182 0.089 18 Canada Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 1'21.418 1.557 0.375 19 Thailand Alex Albon
Williams 1'21.645 1.784 0.227 20 Canada Nicholas Latifi
Williams 1'21.915 2.054 0.270 View full results

What happened in Spanish Grand Prix Q2?

Hamilton set the bar at 1m19.794s but was quickly topped by Russell’s 1m19.470s, while their rivals ran used tyres early on.

On his final lap, Sainz took P1 with 1m19.453s, 0.017s faster than Russell who, like Hamilton and Leclerc (who slipped to seventh), didn’t run again.

Verstappen wasn’t to be denied, however, and unleashed 1m19.291s on his new-tyre run, 0.234s clear of the pack. Magnussen took fifth again, ahead of Perez.

Knocked out at this point were McLaren’s Lando Norris, who had his fastest time deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 12, Esteban Ocon (Alpine), the AlphaTauris of Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly and Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo).

Spanish Grand Prix Q2 results: Verstappen fastest from Sainz

Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'19.219 2 Spain Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'19.453 0.234 0.234 3 United Kingdom George Russell
Mercedes 1'19.470 0.251 0.017 4 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'19.794 0.575 0.324 5 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'19.810 0.591 0.016 6 Mexico Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'19.830 0.611 0.020 7 Monaco Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'19.969 0.750 0.139 8 Finland Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'20.053 0.834 0.084 9 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'20.287 1.068 0.234 10 Germany Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'20.436 1.217 0.149 11 United Kingdom Lando Norris
McLaren 1'20.471 1.252 0.035 12 France Esteban Ocon
Alpine 1'20.638 1.419 0.167 13 Japan Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 1'20.639 1.420 0.001 14 France Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 1'20.861 1.642 0.222 15 China Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 1'21.094 1.875 0.233 View full results

What happened in Spanish Grand Prix Q3?

On the first runs, Hamilton set the early pace at 1m19.664s, which was beaten by Sainz at 1m19.423s and then Verstappen on an impressive 1m19.073s. Meantime, Leclerc spun on his first lap at the final chicane.

Perez took P3, four tenths off the pace, ahead of Russell, Hamilton and Bottas – with practice dominator Leclerc failing to set a time at this point.

On the final runs, Leclerc leapt to pole on a sensational 1m18.750s as Verstappen reported “no power” and was forced to abort his last attempt. After the session, team boss Christian Horner said it was a DRS issue that affected Verstappen.

Sainz took third behind Verstappen on 1m19.166s, despite a poor first sector. Russell took fourth with 1m19.393s, ahead of Perez, Hamilton, Bottas, Magnussen, Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) and Mick Schumacher (Haas).

Spanish Grand Prix Q3 results: Leclerc takes pole

Cla Driver Chassis Time Gap Interval 1 Monaco Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 1'18.750 2 Netherlands Max Verstappen
Red Bull 1'19.073 0.323 0.323 3 Spain Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 1'19.166 0.416 0.093 4 United Kingdom George Russell
Mercedes 1'19.393 0.643 0.227 5 Mexico Sergio Perez
Red Bull 1'19.420 0.670 0.027 6 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 1'19.512 0.762 0.092 7 Finland Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 1'19.608 0.858 0.096 8 Denmark Kevin Magnussen
Haas 1'19.682 0.932 0.074 9 Australia Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 1'20.297 1.547 0.615 10 Germany Mick Schumacher
Haas 1'20.368 1.618 0.071 View full results

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