Full results from qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, round five of the 2019 Formula 1 season.<doc-sep>Renault’s nightmare start to the 2019 Formula 1 season continued in Spain during the opening qualifying session. Nico Hulkenberg came off second best heading into the fourth corner when he locked up his front right tyre and skidded across the gravel before tapping the barrier. He was able to drive out of the sand trap and make his way around to the pits, but did drag his front wing underneath his car the entire way around the track. “Not great, not the smoothest yet, we need to do better,” Hulkenberg said after qualifying. “I’m quite disappointed with myself about that. I made a mistake on the first run, touched the wall slightly and we had to change the front wing and we also suffered bargeboard damage. If you make mistakes, you pay for them. “We could have made Q2 at a minimum today. We’re lacking a bit of pace and harmony in the car at the moment. We’ll give it our best tomorrow and aim for a better result.” Later in the first session Aussie teammate Daniel Ricciardo almost suffered a similar fate when he locked up his front tyre on the exact same corner. Thankfully he kept it on the track, but only just snuck through into the second qualifying session before making his way into the third and final session. Hulkenberg has broken his front wing after going off at Turn 4 and hitting the wall. Currently caught under the Renault car as he hobbles back to the pits #F1 #SpanishGP — Luke Smith (@LukeSmithF1) May 11, 2019 Ricciardo couldn’t match the pace of his rivals but the Australian once again beat out his teammate and will start from 10th on the grid. “We did a pretty good job to get into Q3 today. That was the target and I certainly felt after yesterday we had the potential to achieve that,” Ricciardo said. “We probably could have been slightly higher in the order for Q3 but I lost the rear out of Turn 13 on the second run and lost some time. That stopped it from being a really good session, but, in any case, it was a strong effort today. “We have the penalty to add, but we’ll get our heads down in the race and look for points.” Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton continued the 2019 trend by claiming another front row lockout. Bottas blitzed the field with a stunning qualifying lap and Hamilton gave it his all but simply couldn’t match the blistering speed of his teammate. Ferrari had mixed results in the final session of qualifying with Sebastian Vettel sitting more than half a second behind Hamilton. Charles Leclerc faced a delayed start to the session after the team worked on the damaged floor of his car. He managed to get out onto the track but couldn’t match Vettel’s speed and will start from fifth spot on the grid. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen will start in fourth, ahead of teammate Pierre Gasly who will start from sixth. Verstappen unleashed during the final practice session after a close encounter during a flying lap. After being held up by Lance Stroll, Verstappen was told to be careful of him starting a new lap by his pit crew. His response was rather blunt. “I know, f*** him. He also f***ed my lap so he can wait as well. D***,” Verstappen said. WARNING: Explicit language. Gezellig even de radio luisteren bij Max nadat Stroll in de weg reed tijdens VT3. Max had weinig zin om vervolgens Stroll weer voorbij te laten. Als je van veel fuckjes en getier houdt, here you go 😜 #F1 pic.twitter.com/UvtZaP1IkL — Rob van Gameren (@VanGamerenF1) May 11, 2019 F1 Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying results 1: Valterri Bottas 2: Lewis Hamilton 3: Sebastian Vettel 4: Max Verstappen 5: Chrles Leclerc 6: Pierre Gasly 7: Romain Grosjean 8: Kevin Magnussen 9: Dani Kvyat 10: Daniel Ricciardo 11: Lando Norris 12: Alex Albon 13: Carlos Sainz 14: Kimi Raikkonen 15: Sergio Perez 16: Nico Hulkenberg 17: Lance Stroll 18: Antonio Giovinazzi 19: George Russell 20: Robert Kubica<doc-sep>Bottas had the edge on Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton throughout qualifying, ending up a massive 0.634s quicker. None of the top four were able to improve their times on their second runs on soft Pirellis in Q3, ensuring Mercedes kept hold of the front-row lockout it had taken earlier in the final segment of qualifying. Sebastian Vettel was third and 0.866s off the pace, less than a tenth quicker than fourth-best Max Verstappen's Red Bull. Charles Leclerc only had one run in Q3 thanks to having to use two sets of soft Pirellis in Q2 after compromising his first run by running wide at Campsa – also picking up some minor floor damage. He put in two attempts on his one set of tyres, but ended up third and over two tenths slower than Verstappen – but ahead of the second Red Bull of Pierre Gasly. Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen made good on the promise the upgraded Haas showed in practice by taking seventh and eighth place, with Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat ninth. Daniel Ricciardo was slowest of those in Q3 in 10th, although he must serve a three-place grid penalty for reversing into Kvyat in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix two weeks ago. Lando Norris was the best of those who didn't reach Q3 in 11th place after being bumped down a position by Leclerc's late improvement in Q2. Toro Rosso driver Alex Albon, like his teammate, only had one run on fresh softs in Q2 and ended up 12th after running wide at Turn 5. Carlos Sainz made an error on what should have been his quickest lap and ended up 13th ahead of the lead Alfa Romeo of Kimi Raikkonen and Racing Point's Sergio Perez. Nico Hulkenberg was the fastest of those eliminated in Q1 in 16th place, 19 thousandths slower than teammate Ricciardo. Hulkenberg crashed at the Turn 4 right hander on his first run before he set a time, but was able to recover to the pits despite crunching his front wing. He returned to the track in the closing stages and briefly lifted himself out of the drop zone with his first flying lap on the second set of options – although his pace was hindered by having switched to an older-spec front wing. But Raikkonen then improved to push him down to 16th, with Hulkenberg finding two-tenths on his second flier but not quite enough to escape. Racing Point's Lance Stroll was eliminated for the fifth time in five 2019 races in 17th place, two tenths faster than 18th quickest Antonio Giovinazzi's Alfa Romeo. George Russell won the intra-Williams battle for 19th place despite a spin at the chicane on his first run, outpacing Robert Kubica by 1.2s after the Pole failed to improve on his second run.<doc-sep>Daniel Ricciardo has been hit with a three-place grid penalty for the Spanish Grand Prix. Welcome to FOX SPORTS’ live coverage of the Practice 3 and qualifying from the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Daniel Ricciardo faces an uphill task if he is to start in the top 10 for Sunday night’s (AEST) race after carrying over his three-place grid penalty from the incident involving Daniil Kvyat in Azerbaijan last time out. He does have a new power unit in order to fight that battle though which showed early signs of promise during Friday’s practice sessions despite him finishing in P11 and P15 respectively. Live stream the Formula 1® Spanish Grand Prix 2019 on KAYO SPORTS. Every practice, qualifying & race live & anytime in HD. Get your 14 day free trial > “There was a lot learned today,” he said after practice. “I felt the car was pretty good to start the day and better than what we showed on the timesheets. “There is more potential and we have some work to do to identify why we couldn’t demonstrate that pace over one lap. “That said, it seemed better on the high-fuel runs. Tomorrow, we’ll look to extract better qualifying pace.” Elsewhere, championship leader Valtteri Bottas continued his strong form and topped both practice sessions, the second ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton after the Brit struggled to get to grips with the car. The Ferrari duo, who moved forward their planned updates for what is seen as a crucial race for them in Spain, were just behind while Haas were the best of the rest. Track schedule (AEST): Practice 3: 20.00-21.00 Qualifying: 23.00-00.00 Follow all the action here or live and exclusive on FOX SPORTS 506. 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- Valtteri Bottas took the ninth pole position of his Formula 1 career on Saturday in Spain after topping qualifying for Mercedes, setting three laps good enough for P1. - His best effort of 1m15.406s comfortably marks a new track record at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, beating last year’s benchmark set by Lewis Hamilton in qualifying (1m16.173s). - It is the first time in Bottas’ F1 career that he has scored three consecutive pole positions, and also the first time he has beaten Hamilton in qualifying at three races in a row during their time together as teammates. - Hamilton had a battery charge issue at the end of Q2 which compromised his first Q3 run, before being told to back off during his final lap of the session due to track conditions worsening. - Both Bottas and Hamilton said they were surprised by the gap to Ferrari in qualifying as Sebastian Vettel finished eight-tenths of a second off the pole time. As the car update arms race rages on between the two front-running teams, it seems the pecking order has remained unchanged. - Max Verstappen was content with P4 on the grid for Red Bull as he split the Ferrari drivers, but felt Mercedes was out of reach at the front of the pack. Asked about his hopes for the race on Sunday, he said fighting for a podium would be the aim. - Teammate Pierre Gasly will start the race sixth on the grid, and took heart from a clean weekend up to now – something he has not entirely enjoyed so far this year. Gasly also said he felt the minor updates on the RB15 car were helping him grow more comfortable with the car after a tricky start to the year. - Charles Leclerc could only manage a single run in Q3 after damaging the underside of his car when running wide on a lap in Q2. While Ferrari repaired the car so he got out at the end of Q3, the Monegasque could only qualify fifth. - Haas comfortably finished as the leading midfield team on Saturday with Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen locking out the fourth row of the grid, half a second clear of Daniil Kvyat in P9. The team will be aiming to bounce back from a three-race run out of the points that has seen tyre woes blight its race pace. - Kvyat said he thought his Q2 lap was one of the best single laps of his F1 career. The effort got him through to Q3 where he finished ninth, lapping three-tenths of a second slower than his overall best effort. - Daniel Ricciardo made good on his hopes of getting into Q3 as he qualified P10 for Renault. He will drop to 13th on the grid as a result of a penalty for the collision with Kvyat in Azerbaijan. - Teammate Nico Hulkenberg dropped out in Q1 after a lock up sent him into the wall during his first run, damaging the front wing on his Renault. While Hulkenberg did get back out again after having a new front wing fitted, damage to the bargeboards limited him to P16 for the team. - Renault’s fast-tracked power unit update led to element changes for its drivers ahead of FP3. Hulkenberg took a new engine, turbocharger and MGU-H, matching Ricciardo’s changes from yesterday, while McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz updated the same parts on their customer engines. - Red Bull opted to change Pierre Gasly’s chassis ahead of FP3 on Saturday morning in order for the new parts to be fitted after the Frenchman did not run them during practice. The car re-passed scrutineering after checks by the stewards prior to the session. - George Russell was handed a five-place grid penalty as a result of a gearbox change following his FP3 crash, dropping him from P19 to P20 on the grid tomorrow behind teammate Robert Kubica.