Lewis Hamilton claimed the 100th pole position of his career with a brilliant lap in qualifying for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. Mercedes’ seven-time world champion edged out the Red Bull of Max Verstappen by just 0.036 seconds at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya to reach the landmark. Hamilton now has two more poles than the combined efforts of double world champion Jim Clark, four-time world champion Alain Prost and 1992 title winner Nigel Mansell. I am humble and I am ecstatic, like it is my first.”Verstappen, eight points behind Hamilton in the standings, said: “It was a good lap. Esteban Ocon qualified fifth for Alpine, with McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo seventh and Sergio Perez eighth, one second slower than Red Bull team-mate Verstappen.

Source: The Irish Times May 08, 2021 14:26 UTC