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Out from that crash: Hulkenberg, Gasly, Grosjean
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Order under safety car: 1 Hamilton; 2 Vettel; 3 Bottas; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Verstappen; 6 Ricciardo; 7 Magnussen; 8 Sainz; 9 Leclerc; 10 Ocon; 11 Alonso; 12 Stroll; 13 Perez; 14 Vandoorne; 15 Ericsson; 16 Hartley; 17 Sirotkin
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Brendon Hartley and Sergey Sirotkin have pitted and taken softs during this caution.
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The frontrunners are all in grid order apart from Vettel and Bottas who have switched places.
The safety car picks up the field for the start of lap two.
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Grosjean explains that crash on team radio: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm OK. I tried the outside, Kevin lost it a bit, then I got dirty air and that's it."
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"Big crash. Massive crash. A Haas spun. I cannot believe it," said Gasly on the radio.
There was already congestion through the first complex as Fernando Alonso appeared to have a wobble and Carlos Sainz Jr went into the gravel briefly, then Grosjean lost it at Turn 3 and slewed across the track.
Hamilton holds the lead as Vettel sweeps past Bottas at Turn 1.
Pierre Gasly also hit Grosjean's car in that really nasty accident.
It looks like Grosjean spun the Haas at Turn 3 and was collected heavily by Nico Hulkenberg.
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Trouble in the middle of the pack - Romain Grosjean has heavy damage.
All the cars are away safely as Hamilton leads the pack around.
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The formation lap is underway at Barcelona.
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Starting tyres: Used softs - Hamilton, Bottas, Vettel, Raikkonen, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Magnussen, Sainz, Grosjean. Used ultrasofts - Alonso. New softs - Gasly, Ocon, Leclerc, Perez, Stroll, Sirotkin, Hartley. New mediums - Hulkenberg, Ericsson.
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Red Bull has laid down the law to its drivers after their Baku mutual annihilation act, so let's see if they can behave themselves starting alongside each other on row three.
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National anthem time on the grid. Looks like the anticipated rain is holding off - for now at least.
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Full starting grid for the Spanish GP: 1 Hamilton; 2 Bottas; 3 Vettel; 4 Raikkonen; 5 Verstapppen; 6 Ricciardo; 7 Magnussen; 8 Alonso; 9 Sainz; 10 Grosjean; 11 Vandoorne; 12 Gasly; 13 Ocon; 14 Leclerc; 15 Perez; 16 Hulkenberg; 17 Ericsson; 18 Stroll; 19 Sirotkin; 20 Hartley.
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More from Hartley: “Where are the vibrations? Worst places?” the team asks. "Middle of 3 and 9. Also left-hand corners, even the kinks, so high speeds".
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Hartley from his out lap to the grid: “Still feel something strange in the cockpit, like a burning, I can feel it on my arse”. “We know what it is, we will fix it on the grid” comes the reply.
Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley missed qualifying after a monster crash in final practice. He will start at the back after a car repair and engine change job.
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The upgraded Red Bull RB14 was way off the pace - almost seven tenths of a second - leaving Daniel Ricciardo feeling "hurt". 
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Ferrari struggled to get its car working on the softest tyre compound and had to settle for the second row. 
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will start from the first all-Mercedes front row of the grid after setting the pace in qualifying yesterday.
Welcome back to our live coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix. It's race day!
By: Geoff Creighton
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