Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. His Mercedes group-mate, Valtteri Bottas will commence along-side for one more Mercedes front-row lockout.
With a lap-record of 1:27.264, Lewis Hamilton has bagged however one more pole position of his Formula One profession at the Bahrain International Circuit. For the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Hamilton will commence from the front with his Mercedes group-mate Valtteri Bottas in second. Max Verstappen was unable to upset Mercedes in qualifying and will commence from third on the grid for an all-Red Bull second row. Alex Albon was fourth quickest of the day so eyes will be on him to see if Red bull can lastly take the fight to Mercedes in the race this time about. This is how qualifying went for the 2020 Bahrain GP.
F1 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix Q1 outcome
In Q1, Hamilton set the pace. But down at the tail finish, the two Alfa Romeos of Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen discovered themselves in the bottom-5 in 16th and 17th respectively. Behind the pair, Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean in the Haas vehicles have been 18th and 19th whilst Nicolas Latifi in the Williams was slowest in the session in 20th spot. The 5 drivers will commence in that order on the grid for the race on Sunday.
F1 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix Q2 outcome
The second session of qualifying stopped as quickly as it began. Carlos Sainz in the McLaren had began his hot lap. As he reaches turn 1, he all of a sudden spun beneath braking reporting one thing in the drivetrain locked up. With the McLaren stranded in the middle of the corner, the session was red-flagged with 9:10 remaining in the session. As Sainz no longer taking aspect in qualifying, it was down to 14 drivers in Q2.
The session resumed following the McLaren was moved from the track. The favourite tyre in the session was the medium compounds. Among the bottom 5 in the session, each Ferraris, who had struggled all weekend, discovered themselves out of qualifying with Sebastian Vettel in 11th ahead of Charles Leclerc in 12th. Lance Stroll who was second quickest in Q1, was surprisingly slower and was only 13th quickest and that is exactly where he shall commence the race from. It turned out that due to miscommunication, Stroll was on a set of utilised medium tyres, whilst other folks have been on a set of fresh footwear. George Russell in the Williams was 14th quickest with Sainz becoming classified 15th following not setting a time in the session.
F1 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix Q3 outcome
When it went down to the fight for pole, it was involving the two Mercedes and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Hamilton had the upper hand with the quickest time on his initial run. Verstappen failed to far better Hamilton’s set pace and Bottas couldn’t far better Verstappen. Come the second run, Hamilton set a new track record to make it even far more complicated for his group-mate. Bottas enhanced on his earlier time but was practically 3-tenths slower. However, he managed to get ahead of Verstappen. Verstappen claimed that he was lacking rear grip, but becoming third quickest in the session and set to commence from third on the grid, his consolation is becoming on the clean side of the track.
Behind the 3 major vehicles, it was Alex Albon who will commence alongside his Red Bull group-mate Verstappen from fourth on the grid. On the third-row, Sergio Perez in the Racing point will commence from fifth with Daniel Ricciardo alongside in the Renault. His group-mate Esteban Ocon will commence from seventh with Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris and Daniil Kvyat set to commence from eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.
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