Lewis Hamilton is back on top of the world championship as Formula One returns to Europe but the Mercedes driver faces a big battle to stay ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix. Vettel is going for his fourth pole position in a row, and at a circuit that should be a proper benchmark of performance after a thrilling and sometimes chaotic first four races of the season. The German has never before started from the top slot in Barcelona, however, whereas Hamilton — with more poles than anyone in the history of the sport (73) — has done so in three of the last four years and won twice. Pole matters because only three of the last 17 races at the Circuit de...
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