Qualifying results 2016 Spanish F1 Grand Prix
2016 Spanish top 3 qualifiers, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg & Daniel Ricciardo
Event: Spanish Grand Prix
Track: Catalunya Circuit
Weather: Dry & Sunny
Tarmac: Dry
Lewis Hamilton took the 52nd pole position of his F1 career and the 58th for Mercedes today at the Catalunya circuit in Spain.
His teammate Nico Rosberg got 2nd and Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo got 3rd after a sensational quali.
18 years old Dutch F1 driver Max Verstappen who switched from Toro Rosso to Red Bull since last Russian GP has put up a sensational session. He was able to put immense pressure on Ferrari, Hamilton and Ricciardo throughout the whole session.
Because of this pressure Hamilton and Ricciardo where able to out perform them self for the first time this season. Hamilton was able to beat his rival Rosberg for the first time this weekend and Ricciardo was able to put in a magic lap that was almost a second faster then his time in Q2.
Sensational Max Verstappen was writing history while driving and will get a lot more respect from the paddock for his exceptional performance today. He will start from 4th place on the grid.
Qualifying results 2016 Spanish F1 GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:23.214 | 01:22.159 | 01:22.000 |
| 2 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 01:23.002 | 01:22.759 | 01:22.280 |
| 3 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 01:23.749 | 01:23.585 | 01:22.680 |
| 4 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 01:23.578 | 01:23.178 | 01:23.087 |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 01:23.796 | 01:23.504 | 01:23.113 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 01:24.124 | 01:23.688 | 01:23.334 |
| 7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 01:24.251 | 01:24.023 | 01:23.522 |
| 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso | 01:24.496 | 01:24.077 | 01:23.643 |
| 9 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 01:24.698 | 01:24.192 | 01:23.782 |
| 10 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 01:24.578 | 01:24.192 | no time |
| 11 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 01:24.463 | 01:24.203 | |
| 12 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 01:24.583 | 01:24.348 | |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 01:24.696 | 01:24.445 | |
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 01:24.716 | 01:24.480 | |
| 15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Renault | 01:24.669 | 01:24.625 | |
| 16 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Haas | 01:24.406 | 01:24.778 | |
| 17 | 30 | Jolyon Palmer | Renault | 01:24.903 | ||
| 18 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 01:24.941 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 01:25.202 | ||
| 20 | 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber | 01:25.579 | ||
| 21 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Manor | 01:25.745 | ||
| 22 | 88 | Rio Haryanto | Manor | 01:25.939 |
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