F1 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying results: Lewis Hamilton on pole ahead of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas

Fastest: Lewis Hamilton secured his 92nd pole position in Barcelona
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Joe Krishnan15 August 2020

Lewis Hamilton will start on pole for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas.

The championship leader locked in a lap time of 1:15.584, which was only six-hundredths of a second quicker than Bottas.

It is the fifth time the 35-year-old has started on pole at the Circuit de Catalunya and it came as no surprise after he dominated all three practice sessions.

Mercedes have now secured pole position at all six races so far this year, and after Bottas took the qualifying spoils at Silverstone a week ago, Hamilton struck back to see off his team-mate in Barcelona.

Red Bull star Max Verstappen, who claimed his first win of the season at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix last weekend, will start in third.

Sergio Perez qualified in fourth ahead of Racing Point colleague Lance Stroll on his return to the track after missing the last two races following a positive Covid-19 test.

Red Bull's Alex Albon took sixth, while Lando Norris was pipped to seventh spot by his McLaren team-mate Carlos Sainz.

Sebastian Vettel's troubled season continued as he failed to make it into Q3. The four-time world champion, who is a lowly 13th in the drivers' standings, finished only 11th and remains behind Charles Leclerc, who qualified ninth.

Pierre Gasly rounded off the top 10, while George Russell continued his unbeaten qualifying streak over his team-mate by finishing 18th, one place above Nicholas Latifi in the other Williams.

Additional reporting by the Press Association.