World champion Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes has taken his 100th pole position at the qualifying session for the Spanish Grand Prix, beating out rival Max Verstappen's (Red Bull) fastest lap by just 0.036 seconds.
With his 100th pole, achieved with a fastest lap of one minute 16.741 seconds, Hamilton has become the only F1 driver ever to achieve a triple-digit number of career pole positions.
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In tomorrow's Grand Prix, behind Hamilton and Verstappen will be, in order, Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Sergio Perez (Red Bull), Lando Norris (McLaren) and Fernando Alonso (Alpine).
A tight Q3 in Barcelona, with a gap of just 1.406 seconds between the pole position fastest lap and P10 this year, has historically proven to be a predictor of final positions at a track that has minimal opportunities for overtaking.
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