Valtteri Bottas secured his third consecutive pole position as he swept to a record lap time in Barcelona – a time nobody could even get close to – which will see him start ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton in an all-Mercedes front-row.
A couple of penalties sees the lower positions shuffled with Renault's Daniel Ricciardo dropping to 13th from tenth after he was handed a three-place penalty for reversing into Daniil Kvyat in Azerbaijan. That promotes Lando Norris to the top ten and Alexander Albon and Carlos Sainz a place each.
Nico Hulkenberg was disqualified for changing to a different specification front-wing during qualifying after he crashed and therefore starts from the pitlane, which effectively cancels out George Russell's five-place grid drop as he was due to start at the back having qualified 19th, but keeps that position.
Lance Stroll and Antonio Giovinazzi both rise a place and Robert Kubica rises two.
| Pos | Driver | Team | +/- | |
| 1 |  Valtteri Bottas |
Mercedes |  |
– |
| 2 |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | |
– |
| 3 |  Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |  |
– |
| 4 |  Max Verstappen |
Red Bull |  |
– |
| 5 |  Charles Leclerc |
Ferrari | |
– |
| 6 |  Pierre Gasly |
Red Bull | |
– |
| 7 | Romain Grosjean |
Haas |  |
– |
| 8 |  Kevin Magnussen |
Haas | |
– |
| 9 |  Daniil Kvyat |
Toro Rosso |  |
– |
| 10 | Lando Norris |
McLaren |  |
↑1 |
| 11 |  Alexander Albon |
Toro Rosso | |
↑1 |
| 12 |  Carlos Sainz |
McLaren | |
↑1 |
| 13 |  Daniel Ricciardo |
Renault |  |
↓3 |
| 14 | Kimi Raikkonen |
Alfa Romeo |  |
– |
| 15 |  Sergio Perez |
Racing Point |  |
– |
| 16 |  Lance Stroll |
Racing Point | |
↑1 |
| 17 |  Antonio Giovinazzi |
Alfa Romeo | |
↑1 |
| 18 |  Robert Kubica |
Williams |  |
↑2 |
| 19 | George Russell |
Williams | |
– |
| 20 | Nico Hulkenberg |
Renault | |
↓4 |
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