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Summary
Vettel on pole for dominant Ferrari, Raikkonen 2nd
Hamilton starts ninth after penalty, Verstappen crashes in Q1
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Goodbyepublished at 17:46 BST 7 April 2018
Vettel on pole as Hamilton starts ninth - read the reportpublished at 17:45 BST 7 April 2018
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Bahrain
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.
Postpublished at 17:42 BST 7 April 2018
Fair to say Ferrari are a bit happier with this weekend so far than Mercedes.
Image source, ReutersWe didn't have the pace - Alonsopublished at 17:40 BST 7 April 2018
Fernando 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."
'Qualifying finished'published at 17:38 BST 7 April 2018
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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End of X postVettel fastest ever in Bahrainpublished at 17:34 BST 7 April 2018
Not only did Sebastian Vettel snatch pole position, he did it with the fastest lap at the circuit.
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End of X post'I'm looking forward to tomorrow'published at 17:28 BST 7 April 2018
Some quotes from the top three.
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End of X post 3get involved Get Involved #bbcf1published at 17:27 BST 7 April 2018
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?
'It spun quite aggressively'published at 17:23 BST 7 April 2018
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."
Encouraging but frustratingpublished at 17:22 BST 7 April 2018
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.
At the back - provisional gridpublished at 17:20 BST 7 April 2018
- 11th Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso)
- 12th Sergio Perez (Force India)
- 13th Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
- 14th Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren)
- 15th Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- 16th Romain Grosjean (Haas)
- 17th Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
- 18th Sergey Sirotkin (Williams)
- 19th Charles Leclerc (Sauber)
- 20th Lance Stroll (Williams)
At the front - provisional gridpublished at 17:17 BST 7 April 2018
- Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
- Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
- Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
- Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso)
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
- Nico Hulkenberg (Renault)
- Esteban Ocon (Force India)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Carlos Sainz (Renault)
Postpublished at 17:13 BST 7 April 2018
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 ImagesBottas third, Hamilton to start ninthpublished at 17:12 BST 7 April 2018
Valtteri 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'A lion lap'published at 17:11 BST 7 April 2018
"Yes, P1, that was a lion lap," Sebastian Vettel is told.
Image source, ReutersSebastian Vettel takes pole positionpublished at 17:09 BST 7 April 2018
BreakingIt 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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End of X postPostpublished at 17:09 BST 7 April 2018
It is either Vettel or Raikkonen for pole.
Image source, ReutersPostpublished at 17:09 BST 7 April 2018
Vettel goes fastest.
Postpublished at 17:08 BST 7 April 2018
Bottas second, faster than Vettel and Hamilton.
Postpublished at 17:07 BST 7 April 2018
Bottas with a fast first sector.