Another bad day at the office for Williams's Lance Stroll, coming in 1.9 seconds slower than the leader, and Daniil Kvyat finished right at the bottom of the pile, 2.235 seconds off the pace.
Hamilton will start Sunday's race at the Circuit de Catalunya from the 64th pole position of his career as he bids to reduce his 13 point gap to Vettel in the drivers championship.
The two Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, respectively, occupy the third rowyin.
MONTMELO, Spain (AP) - Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of Sebastian Vettel at the Spanish Grand Prix, restoring Mercedes' dominance in Formula One qualifying on Saturday.
However, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who leads the World Championship, produced a brilliant lap in the dying seconds to snatch second, ending up just 0.051seconds off the pace.
Ferrari was a surprise in the Saturday morning free practice session but Hamilton returned to the front when it mattered, taking his third pole of the season.
"I think it's going to be a tough race tomorrow for sure", he said. "I thought I had a lot of speed but I never really managed to make a good lap out of it".
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Team-mate Valtteri Bottas recovered from an overnight engine change, and a water leak which restricted his FP3 running, to finish third.
After slipping off the top of the timesheets in Practice Three, the Briton was fastest in every qualifying session and his lap of 1:19.149 on his first run in Q3 was nine tenths quicker than his pole time past year.
Valtteri said: "For most of the weekend we've had the edge on Ferrari but in Q3 they raised their game".
Fernando Alonso will start in seventh despite missing most of first practice on Friday after his Honda engine blew up on first lap.
Instead of working on repairing the water leak problem, the team made a decision to fit a new power unit immediately, the German's third of the year's permitted supply of four. All 10 were in the pits with just over four minutes remaining in the session. But the problem solved itself and Vettel continued on the track.
"I'm super proud that we can get back up there. Always a bit of hiccups that in the end didn't allow me to get into my own rhythm". "Much better in terms of feel today". "It was really close, well done to Lewis".
"The fans here are fantastic every year and I feel like I've really been grown a lot in Spain in the last ten years so I really appreciate all of the support I get here", said Hamilton after taking his 64th Formula 1 pole.
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