Max Verstappen has steered his Red Bull to pole position at Formula One’s Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz

World champion Max Verstappen claimed his maiden pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix after leading qualifying Saturday on the Montmelo circuit outside Barcelona.The championship leader took his fifth pole of a season already dominated by Red Bull to start ahead of Ferrari's Spanish driver Carlos Sainz with Britain's Lando Norris of McLaren in third.

Live updates from FP3 at the Spanish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton and George Russell look to improve with their revamped Mercedes

Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix tomorrow. Following the Dutch driver tomorrow will be Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc who will be starting from second and third, respectively.

Max Verstappen has steered his Red Bull to pole position at Formula One's Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Carlos Sainz. The two-time defending champion and points leader has secured pole for four of seven races this season.

The Red Bull driver finished 24 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton, with George Russell third and Sergio Pérez fourth in Barcelona

Max Verstappen recorded a dominant victory at the Spanish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton and George Russell finished second and third for Mercedes. Verstappen led all 66 laps at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya to record his fifth win from the opening seven rounds and extend his championship lead.