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1 Spanish GP 2026: Norris Denies Antonelli Pole by the Narrowest of Margins Lando Norris found a lap from nowhere to beat championship leader Kimi Antonelli to pole by eleven thousandths of a second, and left Ferrari, Red Bull and his own teammate wondering what they left on the table. Qualifying Spain 12 Sep 2026 4 MIN 2 Q1, Q2 and Q3 in F1 qualifying, explained Three sessions, three different jobs: survive, choose, and then risk it all on one lap. 7 Sep 2026 5 MIN 3 How F1 qualifying works: Q1, Q2 and Q3 explained Three timed sessions, three shrinking grids, and one clock that turns a Saturday afternoon into the tensest hour of the weekend. 7 Sep 2026 5 MIN 4 Antonelli Takes Miami Pole With Four Teams Inside Four Tenths Antonelli topped the timesheet again in Miami, but the real story is that Verstappen, Leclerc and Norris all had a puncher's chance at pole, and Alpine wasn't far behind them either. Qualifying United States 2 May 2026 4 MIN 5 Japanese GP 2026: Antonelli Takes Pole, Verstappen Out in Q2 Kimi Antonelli beat George Russell to a Mercedes front-row lockout at Suzuka, but the hour will be remembered for the other end of the timesheet, where Max Verstappen's own best lap wasn't even fast enough to count. Qualifying Japan 28 Mar 2026 4 MIN 6 China GP 2026: Antonelli Takes Pole in the Hairpin Sector Antonelli beat Russell by two tenths for pole in Shanghai, and the sector sheets say it was a hairpin, not the long back straight, that settled it. Qualifying China 14 Mar 2026 4 MIN 7 Australian GP 2026: Russell Leads a Mercedes Front-Row Lockout George Russell put nearly three tenths between himself and his own teammate, and the rest of the grid never got a look at either of them. Qualifying Australia 7 Mar 2026 4 MIN 8 Bottas Beats Hamilton to Baku 2019 Pole After Leclerc Crash Valtteri Bottas found all his advantage in one corner of one lap, and it was enough to deny Lewis Hamilton pole in a Baku qualifying hour that stopped, twice, for red flags. Qualifying Azerbaijan 27 Apr 2019 4 MIN 9 Chinese GP 2019: Bottas Beats Hamilton to Pole by 0.023s Valtteri Bottas found two hundredths of a second more than his own teammate when it mattered, and that was the whole story of a Shanghai qualifying hour Ferrari could not touch. Qualifying China 13 Apr 2019 4 MIN 10 Leclerc Beats Vettel and Both Mercedes to Bahrain 2019 Pole Charles Leclerc beat a four-time champion team-mate and both Mercedes to his first pole, and the lap sheet says he did it in the last five corners, not the long straights. Qualifying Bahrain 30 Mar 2019 4 MIN 11 Australian GP 2019: Hamilton Pole, Ferrari 0.7s Off the Pace Lewis Hamilton edged Valtteri Bottas by a tenth for pole at Albert Park, but the real story of Saturday was how far Ferrari fell and how far a teenager in a McLaren rose. Qualifying Australia 16 Mar 2019 5 MIN 12 Abu Dhabi GP 2018: Hamilton Takes Pole by 0.04s From Bottas Lewis Hamilton banked another pole under the Yas Marina lights, but it was the final sector, not the straights, that separated the front row from the rest. Qualifying 24 Nov 2018 4 MIN 13 Brazilian GP 2018: Hamilton Takes Pole by 0.09s From Vettel Hamilton needed every one of his final laps to keep Vettel off pole at Interlagos, and Sauber gate-crashed the top ten with both cars for the first time in over a decade. Qualifying 10 Nov 2018 4 MIN 14 US GP 2018: Hamilton Pips Vettel to Austin Pole by 0.061s Lewis Hamilton needed every one of his final laps to hold off a two-car Ferrari charge at the Circuit of the Americas, while Max Verstappen's afternoon ended in the gravel before Q1 was even over. Qualifying 21 Oct 2018 4 MIN 15 Hamilton Suzuka 2018: Pole by 0.3s, Vettel 4.4s Back in P9 Hamilton's pole was clean and untroubled, but Suzuka's Saturday will be remembered for the two-second cliff that swallowed Vettel the moment Ferrari guessed wrong about the rain. Qualifying 6 Oct 2018 4 MIN 16 Italian GP 2018: Raikkonen Beats Vettel to Pole by 0.161s Vettel led every session all weekend and looked to have delivered Ferrari's home pole with his final lap, but it was Kimi Raikkonen, running in his slipstream, who stole it from him in the last seconds. Qualifying 1 Sep 2018 5 MIN 17 Belgian GP 2018: Hamilton Takes Pole by 0.7s in Q3 Rain Ferrari had the faster car through two dry segments at Spa, yet it was Hamilton who read the sky correctly when it mattered and walked away with pole. Qualifying 25 Aug 2018 4 MIN 18 Hamilton Beats Bottas to Wet Hungarian GP 2018 Pole Ferrari had spent all weekend quicker in the dry, but the rain arrived precisely when Hungaroring qualifying began and Lewis Hamilton read it best of all, beating teammate Valtteri Bottas to pole by a quarter of a second. Qualifying 28 Jul 2018 5 MIN 19 German GP 2018: Vettel Takes Record Pole, Hamilton 14th Sebastian Vettel tore up his own history at Hockenheim with a track-record pole in front of a flag-waving home crowd, but the number that will actually shape Sunday is the P14 next to his title rival's name. Qualifying 21 Jul 2018 5 MIN 20 British GP 2018: Hamilton Takes Pole by 0.044s From Vettel Kimi Raikkonen was quicker through two of the lap's three sectors, yet Lewis Hamilton's speed through Aintree and Wellington was worth more than both of them combined. Qualifying 7 Jul 2018 5 MIN 21 Bottas Beats Hamilton to Austrian GP 2018 Pole by 0.019s Valtteri Bottas out-nudged his own team-mate for pole at the Red Bull Ring, but the bigger story down the order was a Red Bull garage that spent Saturday fighting itself as much as Mercedes and Ferrari. Qualifying 30 Jun 2018 4 MIN 22 Hamilton Takes 2018 French GP Pole, Mercedes Lock Out Row 1 Hamilton beat Bottas by barely a blink to take pole on Formula 1's return to Paul Ricard, but the real story was the gulf that opened up two seconds behind the top six. Qualifying 23 Jun 2018 4 MIN 23 Canadian GP 2018: Vettel Takes Pole by Under a Tenth Vettel beat Bottas to pole by well under a tenth of a second at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, breaking Hamilton's grip on Montreal pole that had lasted three straight years, even as the top six were separated by barely a third of a second. Qualifying 9 Jun 2018 5 MIN 24 Monaco GP 2018: Ricciardo Takes Record Pole, Verstappen Last Daniel Ricciardo lapped Monaco quicker than anyone in history had gone around it, yet the loudest story of the hour was the Red Bull that never left the garage. Qualifying 26 May 2018 4 MIN 25 Hamilton Takes Spanish GP 2018 Pole by 0.04s From Bottas Ferrari looked like the team to beat through two segments at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but Mercedes found the final tenths exactly when it mattered and shut the door in Q3. Qualifying 12 May 2018 4 MIN 26 Azerbaijan GP 2018: Vettel Takes Pole by 0.179s in Baku Vettel claimed a third straight pole in Baku by less than two tenths over Hamilton, yet the closest call of the hour belonged to his own teammate, who had the lap for pole before sliding off the ideal line. Qualifying 28 Apr 2018 4 MIN 27 Hamilton Takes Australian GP 2018 Pole as Bottas Hits Wall Lewis Hamilton was the quickest through every sector at Albert Park to take pole by six tenths, but a Turn 2 shunt for teammate Valtteri Bottas turned a possible Mercedes lockout into a fight fronted by both Ferraris. Qualifying 24 Mar 2018 3 MIN