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MANAMA: Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton put a positive spin on his Mercedes team's underwhelming display in Saturday's (Mar 19) qualifying for the season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix.
JEDDAH: More than 200 women and girls on Friday took part in an outreach females’ event organized by Golf Saudi at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in King Abdullah Economic City, near Jeddah. Titled Ladies’ Day, the event took place on the sidelines of the Aramco Saudi Ladies International, and was aimed at celebrating International Women’s Day which takes place on March 8 every year. The event also aimed to provide Saudi women the opportunity to learn how to play golf for the first time. Activities on offer included private shuttles, free ice cream, drinks and food, and introductory lessons. Three golf clinics led by professional players took place, with each group given the chance to enjoy introductory lessons on how to stand, hold a golf club, and where to position the ball properly.
Ferrari is on pole for the first race of the 2022 Formula 1 season while Australia's Daniel Ricciardo will start a lowly 18th.
MANAMA: Charles Leclerc heralded a return to form for Ferrari at the start of Formula One’s new era by handing the Italian glamor team their first pole position in over two years on Saturday at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Monegasque lit up the timing screens with a lap of one minute 30.558 seconds to beat world champion Max Verstappen by 0.123 seconds. Spaniard Carlos Sainz missed out on handing Ferrari their first front-row lockout since the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix by 0.006 seconds and had to settle for third. That was also the last time a Ferrari started a race from the front. “It feels good. The last two years have been incredibly difficult for the team and we knew this year’s rules would be an opportunity for us,” said Leclerc after taking his 10th career pole and second in Bahrain. “I am very happy today in a tricky qualifying session; I wasn’t happy with my driving,” he added. Ferrari have not won a race since the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix but have been hyped by rivals as early favorites in Formula One’s new era, featuring cars designed to radically new rules aimed at improving the racing spectacle. Verstappen, who clinched his first title at last year’s finale in Abu Dhabi, had gone fastest in the final practice session earlier on Saturday. He could not hit the sweet spot with the balance when it mattered, however, but is confident he has a strong car for Sunday’s race. “It was a bit of hit and miss, Q2 seemed quite good, Q3 was a struggle with the balance and to get it together,” said the Dutchman. “But we have a good race car and it is a good start for tomorrow.”
The season-opening Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix will be taking place on Sunday, at the Bahrain International Circuit. Max Verstappen clocked the fastest lap in the third and final practice session to top the practice session on Saturday and Lewis Hamilton was in sixth place. Verstappen clocked 1 minute 32.544 seconds, 0.096 seconds quicker than Charles Leclerc's Ferrari, while Sergio Perez finished third in the second Red Bull. Meanwhile, the Mercedes duo of George Russell and Hamilton ended at fourth and sixth, with Carlos Sainz in-between.
Charles Leclerc has already won two Grand Prix, but this could be the season he becomes a credible Formula 1 title challenger after years in the wilderness. It is, of course, early. This is one qualifying session, and there is plenty more to come.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes that his team could lose half a second every lap to Red Bull and Ferrari. The Austrian and Italian teams have grown into the circuit and new season regulations since they arrived in Bahrain, first for last weekend’s testing sessions, and now at Free Practice and qualifying.
Leclerc beat Red Bull driver Max Verstappen to the top spot in qualifying for this year’s season opener, while Ferrari-powered Alfa and Haas – the teams that finished second-to-last and last in the 2021 constructors’ standings – finished sixth and seventh with Valtteri Bottas and Kevin Magnussen.