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.
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.
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PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION: END OF FP3
Ferrari bounce back and leapfrog Mercedes in final practice 👀 ⬇️#SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #FP3 pic.twitter.com/MKNv9ngeJx
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 13, 2017
Happy Nando #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/hmV7cbb6FE
— Laura🇬🇧 (@andersonlaura12) May 13, 2017
Alonso: “Maybe on the oval I learnt how to go quick on the straights as well. Q7 is a gift.” #F1 SkyF1 #SpanishGP pic.twitter.com/Fhdny8ykjI
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 13, 2017
VET: "It was very close. Well done to Lewis. Big thank you to the team" #SpanishGP 🇪🇸 #Quali #F1 pic.twitter.com/uspjOAlXsj
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 13, 2017
Joy from the Spanish crowd and from within the McLaren garage as ALO forces himself into Q3 💪#SpanishGP #Quali pic.twitter.com/eD8dFtJQ2T
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 13, 2017
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
— maːdʒɜ-zo ti-zed (@magizotz) May 13, 2017
WHAAAAAAAAAAT. ..? FERNANDO ALONSO QUALIFIED 7th 😲 Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! 🙌@McLarenF1 @HondaRacingF1 #SpanishGP #Quali #F1
— Ian: Team McLaren 🏎️ (@f1mrfox) May 13, 2017
Ole!! @alo_oficial He's my hero. #F1
— Damon Hill (@HillF1) May 13, 2017
Seeing Alonso in P7 #SpanishGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/vJj83IoE3s
— WTF1 (@wtf1official) May 13, 2017
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 pic.twitter.com/idtL8HC5cr
— Kimi Räikkönen #7 (@FansOfKR) May 13, 2017
That was a #Superhuman effort from @alo_oficial to drag that #mclarenhonda car to 7th on the grid….💪💪💪🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏 #F1 #SpanishGP
— Bharath (@Bharath_Mahaan) May 13, 2017
#F1 Stroll finds qualifying ‘tough’ https://t.co/otJMFE8hyk pic.twitter.com/0HCmlBvs3f
— SonidoF1 (@SonidoF1) May 13, 2017
Wait. Are you kidding me? McLaren with Alonso made it to Q3? 😱😃 #F1
— Monika Pokludová (@Niikkaa90) May 13, 2017
The fuck has McLaren done to their car?! #F1 #SpanishGP
— Jordy van de Bunt (@buntjuh) May 13, 2017
Just how good is @alo_oficial?? Utterly brilliant effort to drag the car into Q3!
— Karun Chandhok (@karunchandhok) May 13, 2017
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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!
— Albert Illera (@illeralopez) May 13, 2017
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