Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas has recorded his third successive Formula 1 pole position after setting a time more than half a second faster than Lewis Hamilton in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. The championship leader topped Qualifying 2 before a scintillating lap laid booked his place at the front of the grid ahead of his team-mate in Qualifying 3. It was a dominant performance from Bottas who, like the rest of the field, was unable to improve on his initial effort in the closing moments of the session. The nearest non-Mercedes entry was almost a full second behind the pole man, Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari third quickest and only narrowly ahead of Max Verstappen's fourth placed...
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