Marc Priestley spotted something ‘really encouraging’ from Mercedes in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton delivered his best session of the season. The Silver Arrows will lock out the second row of the grid in Sunday’s race around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Hamilton smashed his previous best qualifying of 2024 to take third ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell, with just 0.002 seconds also splitting the pair. Another Briton will line up on pole position, too, after McLaren ace Lando Norris pipped Red Bull driver Max Verstappen by 0.020 seconds. Ferrari wil…
