OFFICIAL GRID: Who’s where in Spain as Bearman starts from pit lane

A spectacular Qualifying session around the equally spectacular Madring circuit will see the Spanish Grand Prix start with reigning World Champion Lando Norris on pole for McLaren, and the Mercedes of championship leader Kimi Antonelli alongside.

Firmly in the mix as always when the lights go out will be Max Verstappen, the Dutchman starting third in the Red Bull ahead of the Ferraris of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. Then come the second Mercedes and McLaren cars of George Russell and Oscar Piastri.

Red Bull stand-in Liam Lawson is a creditable eighth on the grid, while arguably the biggest surprise in the top 10 is Franco Colapinto, the Argentine driver having out-qualified Alpine team mate – and polesitter last time out – Pierre Gasly by a full five places.

Racing Bulls’ Arvid Lindblad recovered well from his Friday crash to make Q3 and lines up tenth. Less fortunate was fellow Briton Ollie Bearman, whose heavy contact with the Madrid barriers in FP3 meant his Haas was not ready for Qualifying. He will start from the pit lane with a new chassis and power unit elements.

Like Bearman, Lance Stroll did not set a lap time – and following several new power unit elements being fitted to his Aston Martin, the Canadian will start from the back of the grid.

The only man to take a driving-related grid penalty is Williams' Carlos Sainz, who's dropped three places from his original P17 qualifying position for impeding Cadillac's Valtteri Bottas during the Saturday session.

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