Max Verstappen took pole place as Red Bull locked out the entrance row of the grid for Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.
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The race will begin at 17:00 (SA time).
The 25-year-old Dutchman, who has by no means received in Bahrain or at a championship-opening race, secured the twenty first pole place of his profession with a blinding pair of laps in the third and remaining qualifying session (Q3) after combating stability and type in follow.
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It was Red Bull’s first entrance row lockout in Bahrain, a monitor the place they haven’t received since 2013, when the recently-retired Sebastian Vettel was triumphant on his solution to his fourth title.
Last yr’s pole-sitter and race winner Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari forward of team-mate Carlos Sainz, the Monegasque driver selecting to avoid wasting a set of tyres relatively than make a second remaining flying run.
Two-time champion world Fernando Alonso, who was quickest in second and third follow, was unable to repeat that type, however took fifth on the grid for Aston Martin in his first outing for the crew since shifting from Alpine to exchange Vettel.
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The 41-year-old Spaniard, who had crushed Verstappen to prime the occasions in remaining follow earlier on Saturday, stated he had all the time felt pole place was an unrealistic ambition for Aston Martin.
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The Mercedes of George Russell and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton had been sixth and seventh forward of Lance Stroll in the second Aston Martin, Esteban Ocon of Alpine and Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg.
Starting grid for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir:
Front row
Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)
Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull)
2nd row
Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari)
Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari)
third row
Fernando Alonso (ESP/Aston Martin-Mercedes)
George Russell (GBR/Mercedes)
4th row
Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes)
fifth row
Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault)
Nico Hulkenberg (GER/Haas-Ferrari)
sixth row
Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes)
Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Alfa Romeo)
seventh row
Zhou Guanyu (CHN/Alfa Romeo)
Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri-Red Bull)
eighth row
Alexander Albon (THA/Williams-Mercedes)
Logan Sargeant (USA/Williams-Mercedes)
ninth row
Kevin Magnussen (DEN/Haas-Ferrari)
Oscar Piastri (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes)
tenth row
Nyck de Vries (NED/AlphaTauri-Red Bull)
Pierre Gasly (FRA/Alpine-Renault)
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