Max Verstappen will start from the pole for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The battle that the sport needs started to take form on Saturday when Verstappen beat Sir Lewis Hamilton at the end of qualifying by almost four-tenths (0.388s).
Hamilton will start second with his teammate Valtteri Bottas sitting in third. Mercedes had looked troubled through much of the weekend but again were able to either shed their issues or instead had been tinkering the whole time. Sending Hamilton and Bottas to the second and third slots shows they are already in recovery mode.
Charles Leclerc made Ferrari look good by qualifying his car fourth in what should be considered a small surprise. Pierre Gasly seemed to continue with where he left off last year by slotting his Alpha Tauri in fifth.
Daniel Ricciardo, in his maiden qualifying effort for McLaren, will start sixth. Ricciardo had looked off the pace compared to his teammate Lando Norris for much of the weekend but laid down the kind of lap he needed in Q3. Norris will start just behind Ricciardo in seventh.
Carlos Sainz, another driver qualifying for a new team, failed to match his teammate Leclerc’s outstanding effort and will start eighth.
Fernando Alonso took the ninth spot. Alonso has looked solid so far in his return to F1 and if ninth is how he is starting the year there is good reason to expect to see him higher up the charts as the season progresses.
In what must be considered a bit of a disappointment, Lance Stroll will start tenth. Aston Martin Racing, which had been Racing Point last year, should have put forth a better result but instead, the car looks like it has regressed from 2020.
Full results below.
Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying (Saturday, March 27)
|
POS |
NO |
DRIVER |
CAR |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
LAPS |
|
1 |
33 |
Max Verstappen |
RED BULL RACING HONDA |
1:30.499 |
1:30.318 |
1:28.997 |
15 |
|
2 |
44 |
Lewis Hamilton |
MERCEDES |
1:30.617 |
1:30.085 |
1:29.385 |
18 |
|
3 |
77 |
Valtteri Bottas |
MERCEDES |
1:31.200 |
1:30.186 |
1:29.586 |
17 |
|
4 |
16 |
Charles Leclerc |
FERRARI |
1:30.691 |
1:30.010 |
1:29.678 |
15 |
|
5 |
10 |
Pierre Gasly |
ALPHATAURI HONDA |
1:30.848 |
1:30.513 |
1:29.809 |
15 |
|
6 |
3 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
MCLAREN MERCEDES |
1:30.795 |
1:30.222 |
1:29.927 |
18 |
|
7 |
4 |
Lando Norris |
MCLAREN MERCEDES |
1:30.902 |
1:30.099 |
1:29.974 |
18 |
|
8 |
55 |
Carlos Sainz |
FERRARI |
1:31.653 |
1:30.009 |
1:30.215 |
17 |
|
9 |
14 |
Fernando Alonso |
ALPINE RENAULT |
1:30.863 |
1:30.595 |
1:30.249 |
15 |
|
10 |
18 |
Lance Stroll |
ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES |
1:31.261 |
1:30.624 |
1:30.601 |
15 |
|
11 |
11 |
Sergio Perez |
RED BULL RACING HONDA |
1:31.165 |
1:30.659 |
11 |
|
|
12 |
99 |
Antonio Giovinazzi |
ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI |
1:30.998 |
1:30.708 |
12 |
|
|
13 |
22 |
Yuki Tsunoda |
ALPHATAURI HONDA |
1:30.607 |
1:31.203 |
9 |
|
|
14 |
7 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI |
1:31.547 |
1:31.238 |
12 |
|
|
15 |
63 |
George Russell |
WILLIAMS MERCEDES |
1:31.316 |
1:33.430 |
11 |
|
|
16 |
31 |
Esteban Ocon |
ALPINE RENAULT |
1:31.724 |
6 |
||
|
17 |
6 |
Nicholas Latifi |
WILLIAMS MERCEDES |
1:31.936 |
8 |
||
|
18 |
5 |
Sebastian Vettel |
ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES |
1:32.056 |
6 |
||
|
19 |
47 |
Mick Schumacher |
HAAS FERRARI |
1:32.449 |
6 |
||
|
20 |
9 |
Nikita Mazepin |
HAAS FERRARI |
1:33.273 |
7 |
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