World champion Max Verstappen claimed his maiden pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix after leading qualifying Saturday on the Montmelo circuit outside Barcelona.The championship leader took his fifth pole of a season already dominated by Red Bull to start ahead of Ferrari's Spanish driver Carlos Sainz with Britain's Lando Norris of McLaren in third.

Live updates from FP3 at the Spanish Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton and George Russell look to improve with their revamped Mercedes

Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix tomorrow. Following the Dutch driver tomorrow will be Fernando Alonso and Charles Leclerc who will be starting from second and third, respectively.

Max Verstappen is rewriting the record books, ready to overtake some of Formula One's all-time greats in what looks ominously like becoming the most one-sided of seasons.

Mercedes has come out of Formula One’s Spanish Grand Prix with increased confidence after showing significant progress and finishing ahead of Aston Martin and Ferrari

The seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton was encouraged by second place in Barcelona and said: ‘I’m focused on having the car to challenge next year’

Verstappen has won five of the opening seven rounds to establish a commanding 53-point title lead over team-mate Sergio Perez