F1 Bahrain Grand Prix: Max Verstappen beats Sergio Perez to pole position
Verstappen claimed his 21st career pole by 0.138s to edge out Perez to underline that ♎Red Bull remain the team to beat after winning both world championships last season.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc only completed a single Q3 run and ended up 0.292s behind 🌠in third, ahead of teammate Carlos Sainz.&💫nbsp;
There was no fairytale first pole in a൩ decade for Fernando Alonso but the Spaniard put his Aston Martin an impressive fifth on the grid, six-tenths off Verstappen’s po🅠le time.
Mercedes pair George Russell and Lewis Hamilton were split by just 0.044s i🐷n sixth and seventh, over six-tenths 💧adrift.
Lance Stroll, nur🎉sing his injured wrist, managed the ei🧸ghth-quickest time in his Aston Martin, ahead of Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg, who qualified 10th on his F1 comeback.
It was a difficult qualifying session for McLaren with Lando Norris missing out on Q3 in 11th, while his rooki♒e teammate Oscar Piastri was only 18th, ahead of fellow F1 newcomer Nyck de Vries.
Pierre Gasly wil💝l start last on his Alpine debut after having his lap time deleted for track limi🦹ts.
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