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He didn't even need the last bullet to secure another milestone in his legend.

Lewis Hamilton

signed his hundredth

pole

in Montmeló

(1: 16.741) ahead of

Max Verstappen

and

Valtteri Bottas

, again powerless against the great sovereign of F1. The euphoria of the seven-time champion in front of

Pedro de la Rosa's

microphone

was totally justified. Those 36 thousandths of a margin over the Red Bull leader propels him further to a fifth consecutive win in Barcelona. Sunday is also presented with enough incentives for

Carlos Sainz

and

Fernando Alonso

, sixth and tenth on the grid.

The Spaniards do not finish finding the point to the qualifications of Saturdays, because one more week they were surpassed by their garage companions. Sainz handed a tenth against

Charles Leclerc

, fourth classified, while Alonso lost six tenths in his

heads up

with

Esteban Ocon

, fifth. Alpine and Ferrari were at least favored by the slip of

Sergio Pérez

, author of another mistake when stepping on the gravel at Turn 13.

A lot of pressure still needs to be taken off the Mexican, aboard a capable RB16 he must fight on Sunday in the hands of

Mad Max

.

However, the one who seems shot to victory the most is Hamilton, who smashes the records with offensive naturalness.

14 years have passed since that first 'pole' in Canada 2007 until this sunny Barcelona Saturday, but the seven-time champion has yet to find an opponent worthy of the name within one lap.

Doubts with the medium

In these struggles, with no time to lose, Alonso is improving. Very little by little. Because in his first attempt in Q3 he already delivered a second against Ocon's superb time (1: 17.580). At the last minute he could polish it four tenths, although they did not help him to leave the tenth place. Sainz, meanwhile, could not improve his initial time (1: 18.526). Leclerc, on the edge with premiere footwear, turned a classification that until then seemed to smile at the Madrid.

On Sunday many questions will be elucidated, including what is the real difference between the soft compound and the medium.

Or how the latter will really perform on the asphalt of Montmeló, at a temperature of almost 42ºC.

If it's track, the reverse of what is usually its norm, Mercedes fitted the red tires in Q2.

If they needed an inducement, Verstappen quickly served them up with an intimidating chrono (1: 16.922).

In the raffle for the ticket for Q3, with eight involved in a margin of two tenths, Sainz and Alonso seemed well profiled.

The SF21 performed best in the fast corners of the second sector, right where the Alpine suffered the most.

In fact, while Ocon cleared his way, the Asturian faced a critical situation.

Eight thousandths against Vettel

Daniel Ricciardo

, although limping, beat his time when Fernando lagged behind in the second sector. Davide Brivio's wall only breathed easy when

Antonio Giovinazzi

passed the goal, but the advantage over

Sebastian Vettel

was encrypted in eight thousandths. The flapping of a hummingbird.

Initially,

Lando Norris

had run into too heavy traffic at the chicane, forcing him to try too hard.

However, the track improved so exponentially that the Briton was able to certify his pass with the best time (1: 17.821).

The great victim of that Q1 was

Yuki Tsunoda

, very upset all weekend, perhaps because he did not get the accounts in his comparison against

Pierre Gasly

.

Not to mention

Nikita Mazepin

, seven tenths slower than teammate

Mick Schumacher

.

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