George Russell took pole for the Spanish Grand Prix in Formula 1 with a lap of 1:14.679, just 64 thousandths faster than Lewis Hamilton. Kimi Antonelli, the championship leader, will start third for the first time this season, and Charles Leclerc was knocked out of Q3 after crashing without setting a time, so he will start tenth.

Russell arrived with the immediate antecedent of a Monaco GP to forget: a drive‑through penalty dropped him out of the points and fuelled doubts about his consistency. In Barcelona he regained the pace he had shown in practice, where he was fastest in two of the three sessions, and completed the job with a 1:14.679 that no one could match. He has three poles in 2026 and reignites the internal battle at Mercedes just when Antonelli seemed to be heading for total control of the grids.

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Antonelli, who arrived at Barcelona with a 25‑point advantage in the championship, will start third. He had never started outside the front row in the eight qualifying sessions he has contested in the category, so on Sunday he faces a comeback race to protect the margin he built with his victory in Monaco. His 1:14.998 was three thousandths behind Norris, who will start fourth in the McLaren.

Q3 was interrupted by Leclerc's crash. The Monegasque lost the rear of the Ferrari at Turn 4, went through the gravel and hit the wall, bringing out a red flag. With no time set, he will start tenth, a scenario that forces Ferrari to revise its race plan for Sunday.

Verstappen and Hadjar placed the Red Bulls in fifth and sixth positions, ahead of Piastri, who was seventh. Lawson put the Racing Bulls eighth, and Hülkenberg placed the Audi ninth, a performance better than what the Ingolstadt car had shown in previous rounds.

Clasificación GP Barcelona 

Pos.	No.	driver	team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:15.717	1:15.228	1:14.679
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:15.625	1:15.418	1:14.743
3	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:15.977	1:15.295	1:14.998
4	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:16.287	1:15.361	1:15.001
5	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:16.352	1:15.484	1:15.021
6	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	1:16.427	1:15.754	1:15.077
7	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:16.138	1:15.518	1:15.090
8	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:16.673	1:15.585	1:16.542
9	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	1:16.066	1:15.768	1:16.657
10	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:15.964	1:15.281
11	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:16.425	1:15.840
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:16.616	1:16.001
13	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:16.590	1:16.191
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:16.599	1:16.261
15	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:16.571	1:16.389
16	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:16.881	1:17.827
17	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:17.073
18	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:17.424
19	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	1:17.545
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:17.757
21	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:18.758
22	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:18.815