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Kimi Raikkonen is hoping to claim pole position for the first time since last year's Monaco Grand Prix. However, his previous pole before that came in France in 2008.
Summary
Vettel on pole for dominant Ferrari, Raikkonen 2nd
Hamilton starts ninth after penalty, Verstappen crashes in Q1
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Postpublished at 16:39 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
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Sebastian Vettel leads, with Kimi Raikkonen in second.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
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Alex Withington: Very lucky to get into Q2 there... where has the pace gone?
Kayleigh: Is this some kind of joke? Oh my god. McLaren know better than to mess around and just scrape through. Seriously.
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Lewis Hamilton, who can't start any higher than sixth, comes back out on the yellow soft tyres, while most of the others will probably be out on the red super-soft tyres.
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On to Q2. We have 15 minutes, 15 cars (well, 14 as Verstappen is not going to be seen again) and the top 10 cars move into Q3.
Image source, ReutersAt the frontpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
The top six did not get back out there after that Verstappen crash so after Q1 it is...
- Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
- Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
- Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
But remember Max Verstappen crashed and will play no part in Q2 and Lewis Hamilton has a five-place grid penalty coming his way.
Image source, Getty Images'The skin of his teeth'published at 16:31 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in BahrainPhew. Alonso survives the Q1 cut by the skin of his teeth - Grosjean sets the exact same time, but after him, messing up the last corner. Alonso 15th; Grosjean 16th. Pressure building on McLaren at what is effectively their home race.
Meanwhile, Williams are in all sorts of trouble - Sirotkin and Stroll 18th and 20th.
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End of twitter postGoodbye to...published at 16:29 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
- Romain Grosjean (Haas)
- Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
- Sergey Sirotkin (Williams)
- Charles Leclerc (Sauber)
- Lance Stroll (Williams)
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End of twitter post'I am so stupid'published at 16:28 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
"My bad, I am so stupid," says a saddened Charles Leclerc after that last lap spin. He is done for the day.
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Fernando Alonso survives. Charles Leclerc spins on his last lap and he is out. As is team-mate Marcus Ericsson, both Williams cars and the Haas of Romain Grosjean.
Haas had a good start to the race in Australia before faulty pit stops saw both drivers retire with wheels not attached properly. But today Grosjean is not advancing out of Q1.
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Alonso down to 15th, he is next in line.
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Alonso up to 13th, Vandoorne 12th. McLaren fans sweating on this.
'Missed opportunity'published at 16:24 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in BahrainVerstappen a bit ragged so far this year. Over-drove in the early laps in Oz, then spun, now an error and crash in Q1 in Bahrain. Missed opportunity.
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We are back under way. One lap for each driver in trouble to save themselves. The top six stay in the pits, everyone else is on the track.
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What will frustrate Max Verstappen and Red Bull is the fact he has the fourth best time, safely into Q2 and could have easily just gone back to the pits and relax.
Instead he stayed out there, pranged into the wall and that could be a costly error, and one that sees him start in 15th.
The men in troublepublished at 16:20 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
When we start again, these are the five men that are heading for early elimination unless they can sort themselves out...
- Romain Grosjean (Haas)
- Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
- Sergey Sirotkin (Williams)
- Charles Leclerc (Sauber)
- Lance Stroll (Williams)
Brendon Hartley, who had been last, jumped up to 10th before Verstappen's accident. Marcus Ericsson is the man in the most danger in 15th.
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Kayleigh: Oh golly, Max! Silly sausage.
Emma Faulkner: It wasn't actually that hard an impact from Max, the hoardings falling over made it look more spectacular than it was!
Alison: Urgh! Silly mistake!
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We have a red flag situation as Max Verstappen's Red Bull is recovered. We have just under five minutes left of Q1 when we get going again.
'Poor mistake'published at 16:15 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extraIt is a poor mistake to make from Max to be honest.
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End of twitter postVerstappen crashespublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 7 April 2018
Just when the top three teams looked to be safely through without any incident, disaster for Max Verstappen. He spins on turn two and goes hard into the barrier.
He is a bit sweary to say the least when he gets on the team radio.
He won't be in the bottom five, but that could well mean he has to start in 15th place tomorrow. He trudges back to the pits, head down, looking distraught.
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