Spanish Grand Prix: Formula One – live

Key events8m agoPreambleJose Mourinho and Rafa Nadal are in the garages, VIP access being enjoyed.Carlos Sainz speaks: “I don’t think we will have a car to score points or to have an amazing race unless something big happens … but I’ll still enjoy every lap I do. I will give it my best and we will make it this the last year that I don’t have a competitive car in Madrid.”Here’s Giles Richards’ report from qualifying. double quotation markOn a circuit that has proved punishingly unforgiving with some major crashes, keeping it clean was vital, but for the top spot, absolute commitment and inch-perfect execution was the differentiator in threading the needle inside the looming walls of this high-speed challenge. Drivers’ standings after Italian GP, won by Antonelli. 1 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹 Mercedes 267pts 2 George Russell 🇬🇧 Mercedes 201 3 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 Ferrari 191 4 Lando Norris 🇬🇧 McLaren 171 5 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨 Ferrari 155 6 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 Red Bull 127 7 Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺 McLaren 116 8 Isack Hadjar 🇫🇷 Red Bull 71 9 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿 Racing Bulls 51 10 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷 Alpine 41 11 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls 29 12 Franco Colapinto 🇦🇷 Alpine 21 13 Oliver Bearman 🇬🇧 Haas 18 14 Gabriel Bortoleto 🇧🇷 Audi 10 15 Nico Hülkenberg 🇩🇪 Audi 6 16 Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸 Williams 6 17 Alexander Albon 🇹🇭 Williams 5 18 Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷 Haas 319 Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸 Aston Martin 3 20 Yuki Tsunoda 🇯🇵 Racing Bulls 1Yet to score:Lance Stroll 🇨🇦 Aston Martin Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮 Cadillac Sergio Pérez 🇲🇽 CadillacSpanish GB qualifying1 Lando Norris 🇬🇧 McLaren 1:31.824 2 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹 Mercedes 1:31.835 3 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 Red Bull 1:31.964 4 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 Ferrari 1:32.013 5 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨 Ferrari 1:32.019 6 George Russell 🇬🇧 Mercedes 1:32.149 7 Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺 McLaren 1:32.294 8 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿 Red Bull 1:32.316 9 Franco Colapinto 🇦🇷 Alpine 1:32.903 10 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls 1:33.041Eliminated in Q2 11 Nico Hülkenberg 🇩🇪 Audi 1:33.22312 Gabriel Bortoleto 🇧🇷 Audi 1:33.38813 Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷 Haas 1:33.667 14 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷 Alpine 1:33.75315 Yuki Tsunoda 🇯🇵 Racing Bulls 1:34.08416 Alexander Albon 🇹🇭 Williams 1:35.532Eliminated in Q1†17 Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸 Williams 1:35.31218 Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸 Aston Martin 1:35.38819 Sergio Pérez 🇲🇽 Cadillac 1:35.91320 Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮 Cadillac 1:38.011No timeOliver Bearman 🇬🇧 Haas Lance Stroll 🇨🇦 Aston Martin †Three-place penalty for impeding BottasPreambleIt could barely have been closer in qualifying, with Lando Norris snatching pole by 0.011 seconds so what does Madring, the newest circuit in the championship, hold? A lot of unknowns to deal with.To quote Giles Richards: “Billed as a street circuit, it is in fact a hybrid of roads and purpose-built track; narrow, with fast corners and walls looming for much of the lap, there is going to be virtually no margin for error.”Kimi Antonelli, the drivers’ championship leader, is still at the front of the grid, so what does the race hold? We’ll start to find out at 2pm UK time.