The McLaren pilot, pole-post in MP of Bahrain »How Max Verstappen was handled, Formula 1 champion

The McLaren pilot was the only one who managed to descend under 90 seconds on the “Sakhir” circuit tour, winning the pole position with a time of 1: 29,841. With this tour, the plateau is 0.168 seconds on George Russell, who for the second time this year will leave the front line.

Charles Leclerc and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who were 0.334, respectively 0.372 slower seconds than Piastri, will leave on the third places. Behind them, on the third, will be Pierre Gasly and the leader of the general ranking in Formula 1, Lando Norriswhich made a very weak decisive tour and was 0.426 seconds after his teammate, Piastri.

Oscar Piastri leaves first, Max Verstappen 7th in the Bahrain Grand Prize

The winner of the Japan race last week, Max Verstappen, failed to repeat the magic from “Suzuka” and will leave the seventh place, dividing the fourth with his former teammate, Carlos Sainz, according to Sportal.bg.

Fifth, Lewis Hamilton and Yuki Tsunoda, who were the slowest in the decisive segment of qualifications, will be aligned.

The first outside the top 10 on the start grid tomorrow will be Jack Doohan, who missed his first participation in Q3 at just 0.017 seconds, as long as the difference from Tsunoda.

This assured Red Bull the first participation with both cars in the 12 decisive minutes of pole position since the beginning of the season.

Esteban Ocon has hit the parapet

Near Doohan, on the sixth, will leave Isack Hadjar, and eliminated after the second phase of qualifications were Nico Hülkenberg, Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon. The French pilot of Alpine struck the parapet at the exit of turn 3 in his first launched round, which led to the temporary stop of the session so that the commissioners could remove the car from the safety area.

Alex Albon was unable to qualify for the second phase of qualifications, after at the end of the first 18 minutes of the pole position fight was 0.042 seconds slower than Hülkenberg in the fight for the last place in the top 15. Together with the Thai, eliminated after the first qualifying segment were Liam Lawson, Gabriel Bortleto, Lance Stroll They will occupy the last two lines on the “Sakhir” starting grid.

Together with the Thai, eliminated after the first segment of the qualifications were Liam Lawson, Gabriel Bortleto, Lance Stroll and Oliver Bearman, who will occupy the last two lines on the “Sakhir” starting grid.

After the session, it was found that Lawson had a problem with his DRS system in the decisive tour, which affected her performance and held in 17th in qualifications.

Start grid of the Grand Prize in Formula 1

What does the pilot ranking look before the Bahrain race:

1. Lando Norris – 62 points
2. Max Verstappen – 61
3. Oscar Piastri – 49
4. George Russell – 45
5. Kimi Antonelli – 30
6. Charles Leclerc – 20
7. Alex Albon – 18
8. Lewis Hamilton – 15
9. Esteban Ocon – 10
10. Lance Stroll – 10
11. Nico Hulkenberg – 6
12. Oliver Bearman – 5
13. Isack Hadjar – 4
14. Yuki Tsunoda – 3
15. Carlos Sainz – 1
16. Pierre Gasly – 0
17. Fernando Alonso – 0
18. Liam Lawson -0
19. Jack Doohan – 0
20. Gabriel Bortleto – 0

The hierarchy of builders:

1. McLaren – 111 points
2. Mercedes – 75
3. Red Bull – 61
4. Ferrari – 35
5. Williams – 19
6. Haas – 15
7. Aston Martin – 10
8. RB – 7
9. Kick Sauber – 6
10. Alpine – 0