What seemed would be a dull day for the Spanish fans after the Free Practice disaster with Fernando Alonso, Qualifying turned into a bundle of joy as the Spanish driver finished 7th in qualifying making it for the first time in Q3 in 2017.
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Lewis Hamilton took pole after beating Sebastian Vettel in second by a mere 0.051s and his team mate in third. It was a close battle between the three but Hamilton was able to edge out the two considering both of them made mistakes in their final lap. Kimi Raikkonen finished 4th ahead of the two Red Bulls.
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The top three after the Qualifying
Felipe Massa split up the two Force Indias with Perez in 8th and Occon in 10th while Massa’s team mate suffered an early Q1 loss.
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION: END OF FP3 Ferrari bounce back and leapfrog Mercedes in final practice 👀 ⬇️ #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #FP3
Happy Nando #SpanishGP
Alonso: “Maybe on the oval I learnt how to go quick on the straights as well. Q7 is a gift.” #F1 SkyF1 #SpanishGP
VET: "It was very close. Well done to Lewis. Big thank you to the team" #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #Quali #F1
Joy from the Spanish crowd and from within the McLaren garage as ALO forces himself into Q3 💪 #SpanishGP #Quali
i don't think it even matters what happens tomorrow, fernando alonso is the driver of the week, for what he did today #quali #spanishGP
WHAAAAAAAAAAT. ..? FERNANDO ALONSO QUALIFIED 7th 😲 Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! 🙌 @McLarenF1 @HondaRacingF1 #SpanishGP #Quali #F1
Ole!! @alo_oficial He's my hero. #F1
Alonso’s results come as a bit of a sigh of relief for Honda after the Spaniard has been seen being very vocally critic about the Honda team. Rumors pointed to McLaren’s owner Mansour Ojjeh having a conversation with Toto Wolff regarding Mercedes engines at the back of their car. It is too early to speculate about it though.
#Kimi7: "I felt I had more to get but I didn't put a very good lap together." #SpanishGP #F1
That was a #Superhuman effort from @alo_oficial to drag that #mclarenhonda car to 7th on the grid....💪💪💪🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏 #F1 #SpanishGP
#F1 Stroll finds qualifying ‘tough’ dlvr.it/P7gfjb
Wait. Are you kidding me? McLaren with Alonso made it to Q3? 😱😃 #F1
The fuck has McLaren done to their car?! #F1 #SpanishGP
Just how good is @alo_oficial?? Utterly brilliant effort to drag the car into Q3!
https://twitter.com/Grace_Wilko/status/863375267036844032
Proud to see how our car improvements have been able to deliver competitiveness. Great lap by @alo_oficial!