El Monegasque
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), leader of the Formula One World Championship
will start from pole position at the Spanish Grand Prix, the sixth of the championship, which will be held this Sunday at the Montmeló circuit (Barcelona).
Leclerc signed this Saturday his thirteenth ‘pole’ in F1, the fourth of the season, by covering the 4,675 meters of the Catalan track in one minute, 18 seconds and 750 thousandths, 323 less than the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), last world champion; and with a 416 advantage over his partner, the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), who will start third.
Sainz will start from the second row alongside Englishman George Russell (Mercedes), who finished fourth in qualifying; and from the third they will do it the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull), who was fifth; Y the other Brit from Mercedes, the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Finn Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) He will do it from the fourth row, next to the Danish Kevin Magnussen (Haas), which will start eighth this Sunday.
Australian Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), bninth in the main timed, he will do it from the fifth; row in which the German Mick Schumacher (Haas) will accompany him.
The race, scheduled for 66 laps to complete a journey of 308.5 km.
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