Vettel on pole for dominant Ferrari, Raikkonen 2nd
Hamilton starts ninth after penalty, Verstappen crashes in Q1
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Image source, Getty ImagesSebastian Vettel will head an all-Ferrari front row at the Bahrain Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton will start ninth after a grid penalty.
Hamilton qualified fourth behind Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and his team-mate Valtteri Bottas but has a five-pace drop for an unauthorised gearbox change.
The star of qualifying was arguably Pierre Gasly in the Toro Rosso, who qualified sixth behind Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo.
Gasly's performance was embarrassing for McLaren, who are down in 13th and 14th.
Fair to say Ferrari are a bit happier with this weekend so far than Mercedes.
Image source, ReutersFernando Alonso, who starts 13th and only just squeaked his way out of Q1, has posted a message on Instagram., external
He writes: "We didn’t had the pace in qualy as in Australia, Q2 was the maximum, now let’s hope to repeat the result on Sunday like two weeks ago."
Nico Hulkenberg finished seventh at the end of the Australian Grand Prix a couple of weeks ago and that is where he will be at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Not only did Sebastian Vettel snatch pole position, he did it with the fastest lap at the circuit.
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Some quotes from the top three.
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Nick Allflatt: Quali round-up: 1. Vettel spoiled the greatness that would have been Kimi on pole 2. Gasly is a god. 3. Hamilton is actually human and makes mistakes. 4. Merc and Ferrari are very close on single lap pace.
Darren Sheppard: Huge efforts from Bottas and especially Gasly, starting 5th in a Honda powered car. Look away now McLaren.
Rachel T: Lewis Hamilton will be engaging rocket-ship mode tomorrow. Guaranteed.
Feli: Bottas didn't do a whole lot in the last run except knock Hamilton down another place on the grid... Pretty sure Toto will want a few words with him later?
Max Verstappen, who will start 15th after crashing at the end of Q1, tells Sky Sports. "It was a bit unfortunate. It spun quite aggressively, I didn't anticipate it. A little bit of luck with the safety car would be good tomorrow."
Daniel Ricciardo tells Sky Sports: "It was closer than expected so that is encouraging but still frustrating to be at the tail end."
"Top five within four tenths is pretty cool for F1. Yesterday our race pace did not look bad and I believe our car will be better than it was yesterday.
What a performance from Pierre Gasly. Sixth fastest, he starts on the third row (in fifth) alongside Kevin Magnussen of Haas.
Then comes Nico Hulkenberg of Renault and Esteban Ocon of Force India.
Lewis Hamilton starts ninth next to Carlos Sainz in his Renault.
Image source, Getty ImagesValtteri Bottas will start third, world champion Lewis Hamilton had the fourth fastest time in Q3 but that five-place grid penalty for a gearbox issue relegates him down to ninth in the grid, with Daniel Ricciardo moving up to the second row.
Image source, Reuters"Yes, P1, that was a lion lap," Sebastian Vettel is told.
Image source, ReutersIt is pole for the leader in the world championship. Sebastian Vettel bangs down the time when it mattered.
It is an all-Ferrari front row with Kimi Raikkonen in second.
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It is either Vettel or Raikkonen for pole.
Image source, ReutersVettel goes fastest.
Bottas second, faster than Vettel and Hamilton.
Bottas with a fast first sector.