WATCH: Ride onboard with Charles Leclerc for his stunning pole lap in Barcelona
Charles Leclerc shook off a spin in Q3 to seal his fourth pole position of the season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya ahead of tomorrow’s Spanish Grand Prix.
Under intense pressure to deliver and with championship rival Max Verstappen on provisional pole, Leclerc set a time of 1m 18.750s to achieve the 13th pole position of his career and eclipse Verstappen’s time by 0.323s. It was a good day for Ferrari, with Carlos Sainz in P3, a further 0.416s behind his team mate.
Click on the video player above to ride onboard with Leclerc on his way to a first ever pole position in Spain.
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