Spanish Grand Prix: Piastri on pole as Stroll withdraws from race
Update:
Date: 13:06 BST
Title: Listen: Spanish GP qualifying review
Content: Harry Benjamin and former Alpine F1 development driver Olli Caldwell reflect on yesterday's qualifying in Barcelona.
The team hear from pole-sitter Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, plus Lewis Hamilton, who qualified fifth for Ferrari.
They also discuss George Russell's performance for Mercedes.
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Harry Benjamin & Olli Caldwell reflect on qualifying at the Spanish GP.
Update:
Date: 13:04 BST
Title: Post
Content: Hello!
Welcome to our coverage of the Spanish Grand Prix.
It is a McLaren front-row lockout today as Oscar Piastri starts on pole looking to secure his fifth win of the season and extend his lead at the top of the drivers' championship.
But alongside him is team-mate Lando Norris, who perhaps could have taken pole himself but for appearing to push too much in the final stages of yesterday's qualifying.
Lurking just behind is Max Verstappen, who hasn't quite put up the fight some might have anticipated this weekend, but maybe that will change today.
Update:
Date: 13:01 BST
Title: Title battle intensifying?
Content: It was an all-McLaren battle for pole position yesterday with Oscar Piastri beating Lando Norris to it.
Both are looking in a different league to the rest of the field and, with just three points separating the pair in the drivers' championship, there could be an interesting battle between the two team-mates at today's Spanish Grand Prix.
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