Formula 1: 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix – Full starting lineup
By Asher Fair
The stage is set for the 2021 Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit following today’s qualifying session.
There was much anticipation leading up to today’s qualifying session for the 2021 Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit, and that session did not disappoint.
The much-hyped battle between Red Bull and Mercedes lived up to its billing, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen taking the pole position for tomorrow’s 57-lap race around the 15-turn, 3.363-mile (5.412-kilometer) road course in Sakhir, Bahrain ahead of the Silver Arrows duo.
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His best lap time of the third and final round of qualifying clocked in at 88.997 seconds, which was a sizable 0.388 seconds quicker than that of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in second place. Valtteri Bottas ended up a further 0.201 seconds behind Hamilton in third.
Charles Leclerc impressed in what he hopes will be a bounce-back year for Ferrari and is set to start in fourth place alongside Bottas.
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There were five teams represented inside the top six, as Pierre Gasly drove his AlphaTauri to a fifth place starting position alongside McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo in sixth. Ricciardo’s teammate, Lando Norris, qualified in seventh alongside Leclerc’s teammate, Carlos Sainz Jr., in eighth.
The other two teams represented in the third and final round of qualifying were Alpine and Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso qualified in ninth place for the former while Lance Stroll qualified in 10th for the latter.
Here is the full starting lineup for the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit.
Starting Lineup
1st – Max Verstappen
2nd – Lewis Hamilton
3rd – Valtteri Bottas
4th – Charles Leclerc
5th – Pierre Gasly
6th – Daniel Ricciardo
7th – Lando Norris
8th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
9th – Fernando Alonso
10th – Lance Stroll
11th – Sergio Perez
12th – Antonio Giovinazzi
13th – Yuki Tsunoda
14th – Kimi Raikkonen
15th – George Russell
16th – Esteban Ocon
17th – Nicholas Latifi
18th – Sebastian Vettel
19th – Mick Schumacher
20th – Nikita Mazepin
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Tune in to ESPN at 11:00 a.m. ET tomorrow morning for the live broadcast of the 2021 Formula 1 season opener.