2019 Spanish Grand Prix
| 2019 Spanish Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 21 in the 2019 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 12 May 2019 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio de España 2019 | ||||
| Location |
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya Montmeló, Spain | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.655 km (2.892 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 66 laps, 307.104 km (190.825 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Attendance | 160,428 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:15.406 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:18.492 on lap 54 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2019 Spanish Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Emirates Gran Premio de España 2019) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 12 May 2019 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Spain. The race was the 5th round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship and marked the 49th running of the Spanish Grand Prix as a World Championship event since the inaugural season in 1950, and the 29th time that a World Championship round had been held at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit.
Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the race, ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton would take the lead on lap one, and would remain there to win the Grand Prix ahead of Bottas, and Max Verstappen. It was Hamilton's third Spanish Grand Prix victory, and the fifth consecutive Mercedes 1-2 finish.