Charles Leclerc takes F1 pole for Ferrari, Daniel Ricciardo struggles in Bahrain
Ferrari is on pole for the first race of the 2022 Formula 1 season while Australia's Daniel Ricciardo will start a lowly 18th.
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F1 Bahrain Grand Prix – Start time, how to watch, & more
At the start of F1’s new era with the ground-effect cars, Ferrari claimed the first honours with Leclerc’s pole for the Bahrain GP, secured on his final Q3 run by beating Max Verstappen by 0.123 seconds.
George Russell has explained why he finished P9 in Bahrain qualifying
Mercedes driver George Russell has revealed that pushing too hard on his outlap led to a lock-up in turn one for his final qualifying run, and that is why he will start from P9 for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
Team principal Toto Wolff: Mercedes could lap half a second slower than Red Bull and Ferrari
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.
Lewis Hamilton ‘proud’ of Mercedes efforts at Bahrain qualifying despite ‘nightmare’ new car
Lewis Hamilton appeared less downbeat having secured fifth place on the grid for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Earlier in the week the Mercedes driver had said the German team were facing, ‘much, much bigger problems,’ with the performance of their car than in recent years, and the former world champion and teammate George Russell had appeared well off the pace in testing and then Free Practice in recent days.
Bottas: "Pretty cool" starting side-by-side with Hamilton on Alfa Romeo F1 debut
Bottas was one of the stars of qualifying on Saturday evening as he charged to sixth place on the grid, making him the top qualifier outside the ‘big three’ teams.
George Russell reveals reason behind P9 finish in Bahrain qualifying
Mercedes driver George Russell has revealed that pushing too hard on his outlap led to a lock-up in turn one for his final qualifying run, and that is why he will start from P9 for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton has said that Red Bull & Ferrari are 'in another league' to Mercedes
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton says that he is happy with achieving fifth place in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix and that the Red Bulls and Ferraris are in another league to his car as things stand at the start of the new Formula 1 season.