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George Russell pipped Lewis Hamilton to claim a much-needed pole position to start a championship fightback at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
Kimi Antonelli, the championship leader, was third in the second Mercedes but Charles Leclerc, the other pole contender, crashed in another Ferrari at the start of Q3 and qualified 10th.
68 points behind his Mercedes team-mate after failing to score points in the last two grands prix, Russell needed a big weekend and so far has delivered with an edge over his title-leading team-mate around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
But in a Q3 shootout compromised by Leclerc’s crash at turn four, Russell was pushed all the way for it and set a superb final lap of 1:14.679 to initially outscore Antonelli by an impressive 0.3s.
But Hamilton, carrying Ferrari’s hopes after his team-mate’s crash, nearly beat both Mercedes in a brilliant final lap of his own, just 0.064s short of his pursuit of his first Grand Prix pole since 2023.
Lando Norris was fourth for McLaren ahead of Max Verstappen in fifth for Red Bull.
More to follow…
Sky Sports F1’s Barcelona-Catalunya GP schedule
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Ahead of this weekend’s Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, we look back at some of the most dramatic moments from previous races at the circuit.
Sunday 14 June
7.35am: F3 Feature Race
9.05am: Porsche Supercup
10.20am: F2 Feature Race
12.30pm: Barcelona-Catalunya GP Build-up: Grand Prix Sunday*
2pm: Barcelona-Catalonia Grand Prix*
4pm: Barcelona-Catalunya GP Reaction: Checkered flag
5pm: Ted’s Notebook
*Also on Sky Sports main events
Formula 1 is in Spain for the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix with live coverage on Sky Sports F1. Sunday’s race starts at 2pm. Stream Sky Sports now – no contract, cancel anytime
