F1 News: Red Bull and Mercedes Surprise Results At Bahrain Qualifying
Charles Leclerc of the Ferrari team has bagged himself pole position at the 2022 season opener Bahrain Grand Prix tomorrow with a time of 1:30.558s.
Despite Red Bull looking strong in practicing, Ferrari had great performance during the final session of qualifying, beating Verstappen to pole position.
That’s 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗘! 😱
Number 10 for @Charles_Leclerc in #F1 💪#essereFerrari 🔴 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/Lvai6tqUPh
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) March 19, 2022
Following Leclerc, starting second tomorrow is Max Verstappen, whose lap time was only 0.123 seconds off of the Monaco-born driver. Carlos Sainz will sit third on the grid meaning two Ferraris in the top three. Perez sits fourth with Hamilton following him. George Russell sits in 9th after a huge mistake.
Top 10 grid lineup for 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix:
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.123
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) +0.129
- Sergio Perez (Red Bull) +0.363
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) +0.68
- Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) +1.002
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas) +1.250
- Fernando Alonso (Alpine) +1.637
- George Russell (Mercedes) +1.658
- Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri) +1.78
