Red Bull looked to hold the edge over Mercedes after Verstappen ended up half a second clear of the field in Q2, but Hamilton pulled out anothe༺r special qualifying lap to pip his title rival to pole by just 0.036s and become F1’s first pol⛦e centurion.

Hamilton produced a 1m16.741s on his first run i꧅n Q3 and that lap proved to be good enough to land his second pole of the season with none of the front-runners able to improve on their final effor🐻ts.

Valtteri Bottasജ will start from third on the grid after he ended up 0.13𓄧2s down on his Mercedes teammate.

Behind the leading teams, Charles Leclerc claimed ‘best of the rest’ for Ferrari in fourth with a lap ♒that was ovไer 0.7s adrift of Hamilton’s benchmark.

Alpine’s Esteban Ocon turned in another standout qualify🥂ing d🔴isplay as he finished a brilliant fifth, ahead of Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari and McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo.

Sergio Perez could only qualify a disappointing eighth in the second ൩Red Bull after spinning on his first lap of Q3.

Lando Norris and Fernando ꧒Alonso completed the rest oಞf the top-10 for McLaren and Alpine.

In an incredibly tight qualifying, 0.008s was all that separated Lance Stroll from a place in the top-10 shootout, as theꩵ Aston Martin driver finished 11th ahead of AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly.

Sebastian Vettel recorded his joint-best qualifying result for As💎ton Martin in 13th, a few tenths clear of Antonio Giovinazzi who was the highest-placed Alfa Romeo in 1💃4th.

George Russell was 15th-fastesღt on his fourth Q2 appearance of the season for Willia🍃ms.

A small error on his finalꦗ run resulted in Yuki Tsunoda suffering a surprise elimination in Q1 as the AlphaTauᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚri driver missed out on a spot in Q2 by just 0.007s.

He was joined in the bottom five by Al♌fa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen, who record🌄ed his worst qualifying result in Spain since 2003 and Haas rookie Mick Schumacher, who outpaced Nicholas Latifi’s Williams by a tenth to take 18th.

In the second Haas, Nikita Maz♔epin once again found himself anchored🐻 to the bottom of the qualifying timesheets, almost 0.7s down on his teammate.

Click here for full qualifying results for the 2021 F1 Spanish GP.