Max Verstappen has taken pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix for Red Bull ahead of Charles Leclerc and George Russell.
| Row 1 | 1. (1) Max Verstappen 1’29.179 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB20 |
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| 2. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’29.407 Ferrari SF-24 |
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| Row 2 | 3. (63) George Russell 1’29.485 Mercedes W15 |
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| 4. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’29.507 Ferrari SF-24 |
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| Row 3 | 5. (11) Sergio Perez 1’29.537 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB20 |
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| 6. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’29.542 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR24 |
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| Row 4 | 7. (4) Lando Norris 1’29.614 McLaren-Mercedes MCL38 |
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| 8. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’29.683 McLaren-Mercedes MCL38 |
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| Row 5 | 9. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’29.710 Mercedes W15 |
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| 10. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’30.502 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 |
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| Row 6 | 11. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’30.129 RB-Honda RBPT 01 |
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| 12. (18) Lance Stroll 1’30.200 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR24 |
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| Row 7 | 13. (23) Alexander Albon 1’30.221 Williams-Mercedes FW46 |
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| 14. (3) Daniel Ricciardo 1’30.278 RB-Honda RBPT 01 |
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| Row 8 | 15. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’30.529 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 |
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| 16. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’30.756 Sauber-Ferrari C44 |
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| Row 9 | 17. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’30.757 Sauber-Ferrari C44 |
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| 18. (2) Logan Sargeant 1’30.770 Williams-Mercedes FW46 |
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| Row 10 | 19. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’30.793 Alpine-Renault A524 |
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| 20. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’30.948 Alpine-Renault A524 |
Penaltiesr
No penalties announced.
Investigations
Russell was investigated for failing to observe the race director’s instruction regarding the delta time between the Safety Car lines, but the stewards chose to take no action.
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Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
1st March 2024, 17:05
The championship is over !
sato113 (@sato113)
1st March 2024, 17:08
Top 9 covered by 0.5 secs… I don’t think so…
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
1st March 2024, 17:16
RBR two tenths clear off Ferrari’s time in qualifying on a circuit friendly to Ferrari. Combine this with their superior race pace, their usual development rate. You can see the disappointment in Leclerc’s face. I’m tuning in for 2026.
Moi
1st March 2024, 17:20
Max got a tow from Piastri. Tow is worth 2-3 tenths?
Yellow Baron
1st March 2024, 18:24
This is qualifying yknow, the race is tomorrow. Race pace is a while different story
ryanoceros (@ryanoceros)
1st March 2024, 17:12
It looks to me that Ferrari has a good chance at the WCC even if the Max -> Ferrari gap stays like this.
Yellow Baron
1st March 2024, 18:25
Not with their deficit in tyre wear
MadMax (@madmax)
1st March 2024, 17:16
+1 another year of RBR boredom
Nulla Pax (@nullapax)
1st March 2024, 17:16
Haas should be delighted.
Did no one tell Nico that the car rubbish?
Craig
1st March 2024, 17:44
He certainly deserves credit
Jere (@jerejj)
1st March 2024, 17:17
An unsurprising pole position driver & both Alpines out in Q1 is also unsurprising, although Hulkenberg in Q3 is something I didn’t see coming at all.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
2nd March 2024, 2:27
He’s a good qualifier, I think both he and albon have an outside chance to get into q3 on many races, showing sargeant is still doing terribly.
Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
1st March 2024, 17:31
Get him with DRS on lap 2. Or maybe not.
Friday qualifying takes me back… there used to be another session on Saturday, best lap from either decided your grid position.
Esploratore (@esploratore1)
2nd March 2024, 2:27
Mmm, I guess that was around back when schumacher was at benetton, wasn’t watching at the time yet.
MichaelN
1st March 2024, 20:16
This almost reads like a 2023 result… hopefully the race shows some indication that it’s a bit closer this year.
And – which brave journalist asked what Alpine and Sauber are contributing to F1?
Mark (@blueruck)
1st March 2024, 20:50
Anyone see this? https://www.instagram.com/p/C3-kS9lozR0/
Does he not have PR folks who would note you may not want to be proud of a photo with a man who has paid to make allegations of crimes against children go away and a closet nazi?