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Charles Leclerc has secured his first pole position in Formula 1, beating teammate Sebastian Vettel to the top spot in Bahrain.
The Monegasque driver set a 1:27.866, which is a new track record for the Bahrain International Circuit.
He beat Vettel to glory by just under three-tenths of a second, who could only set one lap in Q3 as he was forced to go again in the second stage after his Q2 lap was compromised.
After Mercedes struggled throughout the weekend, it managed to claw some time back during the session, however Lewis Hamilton ended up over three-tenths of a second down on Leclerc.
Valtteri Bottas followed Hamilton to make it an all-Mercedes second row. The gap between the pair was less than Melbourne, however both will be determined to beat Ferrari once again as it did two weeks ago.
Red Bull had a tough session, with Pierre Gasly shockingly failing to make it into Q3 for the second consecutive qualifying session. The Frenchman was eliminated after Q3, as he finished in 13th.
Max Verstappen was sixth, but was eight-tenths down on Leclerc.
Haas got both of its cars into the final stage of qualifying. Kevin Magnussen's fastest time was just marginally slower than Verstappen's and won the intra-team battle, beating Romain Grosjean who qualified eighth.
However, Grosjean is under investigation as he blocked Lano Norris at the final corner in Q1, as the Briton was ending a fast lap.
Romain Grosjean is under investigation for blocking Lando Norris at the final corner while the Briton was on a fast lap. #F1 #BahrainGP
— Fergal Walsh (@fergalf1) March 30, 2019
Nevertheless, Norris progressed all the way to Q3 along with teammate Carlos Sainz. The latter split the two Haas', while Norris had to settle for 10th, behind the Alfa Romeo of Kimi Raikkonen.
Daniel Ricciardo once again failed to make it to Q3 for Renault, but this time out-qualified teammate Nico Hulkenberg who was a surprise dropout from Q1.
As he did in Melbourne, Alexander Albon got the better of his teammate Daniil Kvyat, with the Thai-British driver set to share the sixth row with Ricciardo.
Sergio Perez confirmed on Friday that reaching Q3 would be tough for Racing Point, and so it proved as the Mexican could only manage 14th. The second Racing Point of Lance Stroll was only 18th, ahead of the two Williams'.
Bahrain International Circuit - 30 March 2019
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Also, Ricciardo outqualied the Hulk today.