Spanish GP final practice and qualifying

16:24 Thanks for joining us for coverage of qualifying day for the Spanish GP. We will be back tomorrow with full coverage of the race. Don't forget to check out autosport.com in the coming hours for all of the news and reaction from qualifying. In the meantime, here's our full report on how Hamilton took pole position.

Spanish GP: Hamilton beats Vettel to F1 pole by 0.051 seconds

Lewis Hamilton beat Formula 1 title rival Sebastian Vettel to pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix by less than one tenth of a second after a thrilling qualifying battle

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16:16 Ocon matches the best starting position of his F1 career in 10th place.

16:14 Alonso has matched the highest starting position of his 'second' McLaren career. He started seventh in Hungary last year.

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16:11 Vettel and Hamilton are asked who will get down to the first corner first. Vettel takes the opportunity to remind Hamilton to watch out for Bottas. Hamilton responds with a comment about Ferrari having changed their start sequence. Good knockabout stuff between the pair to entertain the fans.

16:10 Alonso: "Running in the ovals maybe I learned to go quick on the straights as well. "

16:09

16:09 Bottas: "It wasn't the best lap of mine this weekend, and also we had to go back to the old engine this morning, so that didn't help."

16:08 Vettel thanks his mechanics, and those who helped from Raikkonen's car, with the engine change between FP3 and the start of qualifying.

16:07 Vettel: "The second lap was really good up to that final chicane."

16:07 Vettel is asked if the tiny lockup at the chicane made the difference: "I'm afraid it was," he says.

16:07 Hamilton: "The first Q3 lap was very, very good. The last lap was so-so."

16:06 The drivers are going to be interviewed in front of the main grandstand on the start/finish straight.

16:05

16:04 It's the 77th pole position for Mercedes as a works team in F1.

16:03 Hamilton has jumped out of the car in parc ferme and celebrates with members of his team.

16:03 This is Hamilton's 64th pole position in F1. He's one behind Senna (65) and only four behind record-holder Michael Schumacher (68).

16:02 Q3 TIMES:1 Hamilton 1m19.149s2 Vettel 1m19.200s3 Bottas 1m19.373s4 Raikkonen 1m19.439s5 Verstappen 1m19.706s6 Ricciardo 1m20.175s7 Alonso 1m21.048s8 Perez 1m21.070s9 Massa 1m21.232s10 Ocon 1m21.272s

16:01 Replays show Vettel had a small lock-up into the final chicane, surely that was the defining moment in this battle for pole.

16:01 Raikkonen was looking good to improve, but a slow final sector leaves him fourth.

16:01 Vettel can't sustain his pace in the middle sector, taking second with a 1m19.200s.

16:00 Hamilton improves to a 1m19.149s.

16:00 Bottas holds second with a 1m19.373s.

16:00 Massa and Ocon slot into ninth and 10th.

16:00 Hamilton pulling away from Bottas in the middle sector. But Vettel is faster than both. Can he nail sector three?

16:00 Alonso takes seventh ahead of Ocon.

16:00 The two Mercedes drivers are on their fliers too, separated by just 0.022s in sector one. But Vettel is faster than both of them.

15:59 Bottas has to catch a couple of moments in Turn 5 - will that cost him?

15:59

15:59 The battle for seventh through to 10th places is on. Ocon, Alonso, Perez and Massa are all on their fliers.

15:57 Ricciardo also heads out.

15:57 Ocon, Massa, Perez and Alonso all head out, followed by the two Mercedes drivers.

15:57

15:54 With just over five minutes remaining, everyone is in the pits.

15:54 Q3 TIMES SO FAR:1 Hamilton 1m19.149s2 Bottas 1m19.390s3 Raikkonen 1m19.439s4 Vettel 1m19.661s5 Verstappen 1m19.767s6 Ricciardo 1m20.265sNo time - Ocon, Massa, Perez, Alonso.

15:54 Vettel reports he had "ERS de-rating onto the main straight", so that could explain why he is half a second adrift in fourth at the moment.