Bahrain GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING

    After many rumours and false reports that Qualifying would be revised and go back to how it was in the previous years, it was then decided that Bahrain would indeed use the elimination style qualifying that was used in the Australian GP two weeks ago. It was also said that it will stay that way thoughout the rest of the season after and agreement could not be reached to do something else with it.

Q1 RESULTS:

1st Eliminated: Felipe Nasr

2nd Eliminated: Rio Haryanto

3rd Eliminated: Jolyon Palmer

4th Eliminated: Kevin Magnussen

5th Eliminated: Sergio Perez

6th Eliminated: Marcus Ericsson

7th Eliminated: Pascal Wehrlein

Q2 RESULTS:

1st Eliminated: Daniil Kvyat

2nd Eliminated: Jenson Button

3rd Eliminated: Esteban Gutierrez

4th Eliminated: Stoffel Vandoorne

5th Eliminated: Carlos Sainz

6th Eliminated: Max Verstappen

7th Eliminated: Romain Grosjean

Q3 RESULTS:

1st Eliminated: Nico Hulkenberg

2nd Eliminated: Felipe Massa

3rd Eliminated: Valtteri Bottas

4th Eliminated: Daniel Ricciardo

5th Eliminated: Kimi Raikkonen

6th Eliminated: Sebastian Vettel

7th Eliminated: Nico Rosberg

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton

---- Kevin Magnussen was given a Pit-Lane Start punishment after failing to complete a mandatory weight check during FP2. Here is the revised grid.

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Nico Rosberg / Mercedes-Mercedes / Germany

3. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Australia

6. Valtteri Bottas / Williams-Mercedes / Finland

7. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

8. Nico Hulkenberg / Force India-Mercedes / Germany

9. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

10. Max Verstappen / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Netherlands

11. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Ferrari / Spain

12. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Honda / Belgium

13. Esteban Gutierrez / Haas-Ferrari / Mexico

14. Jenson Button / McLaren-Honda / Great Britain

15. Daniil Kvyat / Red Bull-TAG-HEUER / Russia

16. Pascal Wehrlein / Manor-Mercedes / Germany

17. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

18. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

19. Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain

20. Rio Haryanto / Manor-Mercedes / Indonesia

21. Felipe Nasr / Sauber-Ferrari / Brazil

PIT-LANE: Kevin Magnussen / Renault-Renault / Denmark

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Article Written By: Amy Hawk

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