Everything was looking pretty good for Ferrari after final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel was third fastest, within a tenth and a half of Nico Rosberg's Mercedes and just 0.021 seconds adrift of Lewis Hamilton's.
Then came qualifying.
Ben Anderson is GP Racing's Editor, Autosport track tester and tame racing driver. He holds an undergraduate degree in journalism studies from the University of Sheffield and joined the title in March 2008, after eight months working in local newspaper journalism for award-winning weekly the Surrey Mirror. He worked on Autosport's national desk before moving up to F1 in '14. He has raced karts and cars since the age of 11 and has tested or raced more than 100 different examples during his career so far.
Formula 1's great Lotus landmarks - Lotus 79 As Formula 1 turns 70, Autosport is marking the occasion with a series of track test features in Lotus machinery that dominated the world championship in the '60s and '70s. In the final instalment of the series, Ben Anderson tries the Lotus 79 F1
Formula 1's great Lotus landmarks - Lotus 72 As Formula 1 turns 70, Autosport is marking the occasion with a series of track test features in Lotus machinery that dominated the world championship in the '60s and '70s. In the latest instalment of the series, Ben Anderson tried the Lotus 72 F1
Formula 1's great Lotus landmarks - Lotus 49 As Formula 1 turns 70, Autosport is marking the occasion with a series of track test features in Lotus machinery that dominated the world championship in the '60s and '70s. Following hot on the heels of the Lotus 25, Ben Anderson tried the Lotus 49 F1
Formula 1's great Lotus landmarks - Lotus 25 As Formula 1 turns 70, Autosport is marking the occasion with a series of track test features in Lotus machinery that dominated the world championship in the '60s and '70s. To start off, here's Ben Anderson's experience of the Lotus 25 F1
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