Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix after edging out Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas by just four hundredths of a second. Hamilton, who holds a four-point championship lead over Sebastian Vettel, delivered a record-breaking lap of Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya to claim his first pole since the opening round in Australia. Vettel has been the one-lap master this year following a hat-trick of poles, but the Ferrari man had no answer for an inspired Hamilton here on Saturday. Vettel will line up in third after qualifying 0.132 seconds slower than Hamilton. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, centre, pole position, is flanked by his teammate Valtteri Bottas, second fastest time, and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel, right, third fastest time at the Barcelona Catalunya racetrack.

Source: Evening echo May 12, 2018 15:45 UTC