Charles Leclerc, demonstrating exemplary control under pressure, delivered with a mighty lap for pole at the Spanish Grand Prix. Behind him, under an equally intense weight of expectation that has been building race by race this season, Mercedes finally made their first steps to joining the championship fight as George Russell and Lewis Hamilton put in their best combined qualifying of the season.
Ferrari’s Leclerc took the top spot at the Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya in a highly competitive session and did so with just one lap after he pushed too hard on his first run and spun out. “I tried to do too much and lost it,” he said matter of factly of the moment that could have cost him pole until he regrouped and delivered with a clinical piece of execution, beating Red Bull’s Max Verstappen into second.
