150th Pole For McLaren

Lewis Hamilton secures McLaren's 150th Pole position in the qualifying for the Spanish GP in Catalunya. It's Frank Williams' 70th birthday this weekend and to celebrate, Pastor Maldonado was fastest in Q2 and followed that up by amazingly qualifying in second.

With four winners from four constructors this season, it was no surprise to see four constructors in the top four on the grid. Fernando Alonso will start third for his home race with Romain Grosjean in fourth, Kimi Raikkonen will start fifth in the second Lotus car.

Sauber have set up a new deal with Chelsea and Sergio Perez managed to qualify in sixth. Kamui Kobayashi also managed to get into Q3 but a mechanical failure in Q2 meant he couldn't do a lap in the final session was therefore delegated tenth place.

Sebastian Vettel didn't set a time in Q3 and becomes the meat in a Mercedes sandwich, Nico Rosberg will begin the race ahead of the Red Bull whereas Michael Schumacher, who also didn't set a time, starts the race in ninth.

Q2 was settled in dramatic fashion as places 5-12 were separated by a tenth. This meant that Jenson Button, starting 11th, and the Pole sitter for the last two Spanish GPs, Mark Webber in 12th, both missed out on the final part of qualifying.

The two Force Indias line-up side by side in 13th and 14th with Paul Di Resta out-qualifying Nico Hulkenberg. The Toro Rossos also line-up side by side behind the Force Indias with Jean-Eric Vergne beating Daniel Ricciardo for the first time this season. Felipe Massa makes up the top 17 with yet another miserable qualifying session.

The big name to fall from Q1 was Bruno Senna, in a stark contrast to Maldonado. The Brazilian was pushing to get through and the ultimately cost him as he took too much kerb and span out on his final lap. Vitaly Petrov managed to out-qualify his Caterham team-mate Heikki Kovalainen in 19th and 20th.

Charles Pic beats Timo Glock in qualifying for the first time this season in the Marussia battle. HRT unsurprisingly start on the back row with Narain Karthikeyan failing to secure the 107% time, this could mean he his unable to race tomorrow,  but he should be okay.