The pilot of the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas became the winner of the qualifying heats at the Grand Prix of Bahrain.
Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), Stoffel Vandorn (McLaren), Sergio Perez (“Force India), Marcus Ericsson (“Zauber”) and Kevin Magnussen (“Haas”) ended the fight after the start of the segment. Particularly annoying is Perez, after all, the last round of the Mexican spoiled Sainz, technical problems which annulled the decisive attempts of the other riders.
Not reached the top 10 Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso), lance Stroll (“Williams”), Pascal Wehrlein (“Zauber”), Esteban (“Force India”) and Fernando Alonso (McLaren), and two-time world champion due to technical problems in the second segment not passed a single circle.
In full force to fight for the pole moved “Mercedes”, “Ferrari”, “Red bull” and “Reno” and “Williams” and “Haas” was delegated to one rider.
During the decisive segment of the pilots of “Mercedes” a few times managed to beat the absolute record – with the result 1:28,769 pole from the hands of Lewis Hamilton snatched Valtteri Bottas who scored his debut qualifying win in his career. In Bahrain the qualifying pace of the Mercedes was half a second faster than the Ferrari.
Grand Prix of Bahrain. Qualifying results:
1. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 1,28,769
2. Lewis Hamilton (“Mercedes”) 1,28,792
3. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 1,29,247
4. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1,29,545
5. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 1,29,567
6. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1,29,687
7. Nico Hulkenberg (“Reno”) 1,29,842
8. Felipe Massa (“Williams”) 1,30,074
9. Romain Grosjean (“Haas”) 1,30,763
10. Jolyon Palmer (Renault) 1,31,074
11. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1,30,923
12. Lance Stroll (“Williams”) 1,31,168
13. Pascal Wehrlein (“Zauber”) 1,31,414
14. Esteban Windows (“Force India”) 1,31,684
15. Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
16. Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso) 1,32,118
17. Stoffel Vandorn (“McLaren”) 1,32,313
18. Sergio Perez (“Force India”) 1,32,318
19. Marcus Ericsson (“Zauber”) 1,32,543
20. Kevin Magnussen (“Haas”) 1,32,900
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