Summary

  • Verstappen beats Hamilton to Bahrain pole, Bottas 3rd

  • Perez out in Q2, Vettel out in Q1, Verstappen fastest in final practice

  • Get involved #bbcf1

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. Verstappen going quicker.

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  3. The cars are jostling for position, trying to sneak a slipstream.

  4. Verstappen? Hamilton? Other?

    Two minutes to find out.

  5. Leclerc and Alonso have not set a time yet, so it's a late charge for glory.

  6. Jack Nicholls
    BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator

    Can Pierre Gasly hold onto that third spot?

    Can he make it onto the first two rows of the grid?

  7. Get Involved

    #bbcf1

    Ben: Watch Leclerc turn up and snatch a front row spot.

    My old RE teacher: When I look at the struggles Red Bull have season after season to get a second driver close to Max, it makes me realise just how good Bottas is.

    Jeremiah: Pole is all about Verstappen and Hamilton. Game on.

  8. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    This weekend has been a two horse show between Verstappen in the Red Bull and Hamilton in the Mercedes.

    First...blood...Verstappen!

  9. Alonso, after two years out of F1, is in Q3. That's a superb effort from the F1 legend.

  10. While everyone struggles as Max Verstappen's team-mate Pierre Gasly's career is now thriving after being demoted from them to Alpha Tauri.

  11. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Max Verstappen keeps the form up! He goes top of the times but it is only two hundredths of a second now.

  12. Verstappen on provisional pole (six mins to go)

    Hamilton with a 1:29.549 to be an early leader, but Max Verstappen beats that and is on provisional pole!

    There is only 0.023 seconds between Verstappen and Hamilton.

    Pierre Gasly is third, with Valtteri Bottas fourth and Carlos Sainz fifth.

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  14. The final 10

    Here we go to see who will get on pole for the first race of the season it will be one of these...

    • Sainz
    • Leclerc
    • Hamilton
    • Norris
    • Bottas
    • Ricciardo
    • Verstappen
    • Gasly
    • Alonso
    • Stroll

  15. 'We have to run slow for the tyres'

    Aston Martin's Sebastian Vettel, who was eliminated in Q1: "I did get caught out [by the yellow flags]. I had a lot of margin after the first lap. I had a mistake in Turn 11 but the second lap had a few yellows.

    "In the end I think the trouble is we have to run so slow to get the tyres where we want them to be and with the amount of cars on track, it's going to be a mess."

  16. Williams edges out McLaren to move into the final

    Which is the best looking F1 car on the grid in 2021?

    We've been asking for the best looking car on the grid in 2021 and tomorrow's final will be between Aston Martin and Williams.

    The Williams has just gained a (shock) win by beating McLaren 1,838 to 1,700.

    Result 8.

    Round 1

    • Williams (10) beat Alpha Tauri (7) (2,075-1,119)
    • Alfa Romeo (8) beat Haas (9) (3,664-417)

    Quarter-finals

    1. Aston Martin (4) beat Alpine (5) (2,758-2,318)
    2. McLaren (3) beat Ferrari (6) (5,005-1,121)
    3. Alfa Romeo beat Red Bull (2) (1,340-840)
    4. Williams beat Mercedes (1) (3,835-2,598)

    Semi-finals

    • Aston Martin beat Alfa Romeo (2,401-1,108)
    • Williams beat McLaren (1,838-1,700)

    Final

    • Sunday, 14:45 BST - Aston Martin v Williams

  17. Jolyon Palmer
    Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

    Can Red Bull not run two cars? Or is Max Verstappen an absolute joke at the wheel!

    It's a bit like Michael Schumacher in the 1990s.

  18. Out in Q2

    • 11th Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
    • 12th Antonio Giovinazzi (Alfa Romeo)
    • 13th Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
    • 14th Kimi Raikkonen (Alfa Romeo)
    • 15th George Russell (Williams)

  19. Raikkonen and Russell are the last two to drop out in Q2.

  20. Tsunoda impressed in Q1, but he can't repeat that in Q2 and he falls.