Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

Lewis Hamilton knew he had made a huge error on that first run and this is when the world champion comes into his own. He channels whatever he is feeling into something constructive and he put in the perfect lap.

Tom Clarkson
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

All you need are two competitive cars. You don't need gimmicks.

11) Carlos Sainz 12) Vandoorne 13) Gutierrez 14) Button 15) Kvyuat 16)Wehrlein 17) Ericsson 18) Perez 19) Magnussen 20) Palmer 21) Haryanto 22) Nasr

1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Vettel 4) Raikkonen 5) Ricciardo 6) Bottas 7) Massa 8) Hulkenberg 9) Grosjean 10) Verstappen  

Twenty seconds left on the clock, all the drivers are out of the cars. The session hasn't officially finished yet.

Wait for it, wait for it...

There's nothing Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel  or Kimi Raikkonen can do about that.

It is going to be Lewis Hamilton from Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and then Kimi Raikkonen.

Oh, Lewis Hamilton is on a mission! He puts it together beautifully and he clocks 1:29.493, the fastest lap ever in Bahrain!

Daniel Ricciardo has been officially eliminated by the way, not that it matters. He was out of the Red Bull ages ago, content with fifth on the grid.

Lewis Hamilton fastest through sector one. Can he get it right this time? He needs to...

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Nico Hulkenberg is up and out of his car. He is eliminated and will start from eighth the grid.

Felipe Massa, Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo are also done for the day, they are saving tyres so that leaves a Mercedes-Ferrari shoot out for pole.

Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

Ferrari have really taken the fight to Mercedes here. Lewis Hamilton cracked under the pressure.

After the first runs it is:

1) Rosberg 2) Vettel 3) Raikkonen 4) Hamilton 5) Ricciardo 6) Bottas 7) Massa 8) Hulkenberg

Kimi Raikkonen is first across the line and is quickest with 1:30.244.

Here comes Sebastian Vettel, he is quicker and clocks a 1:30.065 but now Lewis Hamilton is approaching the final corner...he runs WIDE...that messes up his lap and he is only third quickest.

Now it is Nico Rosberg, and he is fastest! A 1:29.897.

First blood to Nico...

So, will we be seeing something similar to Australia? When we had no drivers on the track for the final couple of minutes? 

The final eight are on the track for the top eight shoot-out...

• Lasts for 14 minutes – top eight on track. 
• After five minutes, slowest driver eliminated 
• Then, slowest driver eliminated every 90 seconds until the chequered flag. Two drivers competing for pole in the final 90 seconds.

"It feels good. This morning i had similar pace to Jenson and I knew if improved a little bit I would beat him, It's a good feeling. FP3 was a little bit compromised but we more or less maximised everytihing this afternoon. If we gained one or two tenths we might have been in Q3."