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Vettel beats Raikkonen to Bahrain pole – Qualifying Report

Bahrain Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel beat his Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen to pole position ahead of the two Mercedes. Vettel was second to Raikkonen, who had set the pace in Friday practice, after the first runs in Q3 as he ran wide on the exit of the final corner. But he kept it clean for his final run to set a new lap record of 1:27.958. Raikkonen could not improve on his second run, and was second by 0.143s. Valtteri Bottas bettered team mate Lewis Hamilton to third by a tenth of a second. Hamilton will start in ninth after taking a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change, promoting Daniel Ricciardo to the second row of the grid. Hamilton will start the race on the soft...
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