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Mercedes on Twitter: YES! 1:32.571 for Lewis and it's POLE! P3 for Nico in 1:33.129. What a lap from Lewis Hamilton!
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Hamilton on pole, Vettel 2nd, Rosberg 3rd, Raikkonen 4th
Hamilton dominant in Q1 & Q2
Alonso through to Q2 for first time this season
Button breaks down in Q1, will start last
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Image source, MercedesFinal timespublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Image source, Lotus F1Qualifying- top 10published at 17:05 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
1 Hamilton, 2 Vettel, 3 Rosberg, 4 Raikkonen, 5 Bottas, 6 Massa, 7 Ricciardo, 8 Hulkenberg, 9 Sainz, 10 Grosjean
Hamilton takes polepublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
It was never really in doubt from the moment he punched in that 1:32.6 in Q2, was it?
Moments after Vettel went quickest and Rosberg failed to displace the Ferrari, Hamilton swept across the line to post a time of 1:32.571 and with it take pole.
The Briton takes top spot by 0.411s from Vettel, and 0.558s ahead of Rosberg. That's Hamilton's first pole in Bahrain.
Pole positionpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
LEWIS HAMILTON TAKES POLE POSITION FOR THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX.
Rosberg can only take secondpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Rosberg cannot beat the Ferrari man and has to settle for second for now... but here comes Hamilton.
Vettel fastestpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
The Ferrari of Vettel takes pole as the flag comes out. A 1:32.982.
Chequered flagpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Ricciardo still secondpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Ricciardo, in second place at the start of these final runs, does a 1:33.8. He's still second.
Vettel has done a purple first sector on his lap though.
Top eight all in pitspublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Right, we're shaping up for final runs. Three minutes to go.
Ricciardo is the first man to go out for his final flyer.
Hamilton will be the last man across the line after the chequered flag falls.
Five minutes leftpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Order is:
Hamilton, Ricciardo, Rosberg, Bottas, Vettel, Raikkonen, Massa, Grosjean.
Hulkenberg and Sainzo still to break cover.
Hamilton back on toppublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
Hamilton is now on top with a 1:33.522.
Of course that is not even in the same league as the 1:32.6 he did in Q2 so more to come that Mercedes.
Ricciardo displaces Ferrarispublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
A good time from Daniel Ricciardo. He's on provisional pole for Red Bull on a 1:33.850.
Vettel sets early benchmarkpublished at 16:52 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
A 1:34.522 puts Vettel top of the early standings.
His team-mate Raikkonen, also on the scrubbed softs, goes fractions slower.
Ricciardo among first men outpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
His team-mate went out in Q1, so Daniel Ricciardo has already won the Red Bull battle today.
What can he do in the top-10 shootout?
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Toro Rosso on Twitter: And this is how focused Carlo Sainz looks right now. Q3 about to start!! Let us see some more of that magic, Carlos!
Image source, Toro RossoGreen lightpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
The top-10 shootout is under way.
Your protagonists are: Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Vettel, Rosberg, Bottas, Grosjean, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Sainz.
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Sauber on Twitter: Good effort by our guys. P12 for Felipe, P13 for Marcus.
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Force India on Twitter: P9 for Nico with 1:34.613 - he moves on to Q3! Checo will start in P11 tomorrow, he's given himself a big chance for points.
OUTpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 18 April 2015
11 Perez, 12 Nasr, 13 Ericsson, 14 Alonso, 15 Verstappen
