100 POLES!
Lewis Hamilton achieves another career milestone at Spanish GP
0.036sec to Hamilton's fastest lap on Saturday to join him at the head of the Montmelo circuit grid, with Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes and Charles Leclerc for Ferrari on the second row. Hamilton has a superb record in Catalonia, winning the race in each of the last four years with five wins altogether. Alpine's Esteban Ocon was fifth while Ferrari's Carlos Sainz was sixth.
In the all-time polesetter's league, Hamilton's childhood hero, the late Ayrton Senna, is in third place with 65, then comes Sebastian Vettel on 57 with Jim Clark and Alain Prost on 33 apiece.
Hamilton's record would have seem unthinkable until he started his run of success with Mercedes - and it is a remarkable achievement. He stands 32 poles clear of the next most successful qualifier in F1 history, Michael Schumacher.
He said, "I can't believe we are at 100. It's down to the men and women back at the factory who are just continuing to raise the bar and never giving up. It has been a dream to work these guys. Who would have thought when I made the move at the end of 2012 that we would get to 100? I am ecstatic, like it's my first.