• Vettel to start second as Rosberg is third fastest
Lewis Hamilton clinched pole position for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, the first time he will start from the very front of the grid here, his fourth consecutive top spot this season and, crucially in Hamilton’s fight with his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel put his Ferrari through an exemplary lap to knock Rosberg into third.
Hamilton set a time of 1min 32.571sec, four tenths clear of Vettel and six tenths ahead from Rosberg and importantly at a race where Ferrari’s form is very strong with Vettel in second and Kimi Raikkonen in fourth, it puts him the perfect position to dictate team strategy in response to their potential threat, especially given the Ferraris can work their rear tyres better and have shown even better race-pace potential.
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