Start of the Formula One Grand Prix Season.

[SteveB]

Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying.
Race tomorrow at 4.00PM

1. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes - 1m 28.769s
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes - 1m 28.792s
3. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari - 1m 29.247s
4. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull - 1m 29.545s
5. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari - 1m 29.567s
6. Max Verstappen Red Bull - 1m 29.687s
7. Nico Hulkenberg Renault - 1m 29.842s
8. Felipe Massa Williams - 1m 30.074s
9. Romain Grosjean Haas- 1m 30.763s
10. Jolyon Palmer Renault - 1m 31.074s

11. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso- 1m 30.923s
12. Lance Stroll Williams - 1m 31.168s
13. Pascal Wehrlein Sauber - 1m 31.414s
14. Esteban Ocon Force India- 1m 31.874s
15. Fernando Alonso McLaren- No Time

16. Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso- 1m 32.118s
17. Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren- 1m 32.313s
18. Sergio Perez Force India- 1m 32.318s
19. Marcus Ericsson Sauber - 1m 32.543s

20. Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1m 32.900s

[SteveB]

McLaren’s reliably problems continue.
Stoffel Vandoorne will not even start the race. Engine problems.
Wonder how far Fernando Alonso will get?

[SteveB]

Fernando Alonso retires two laps from the end of the race.

[SteveB]

Sebastian Vettel wins.
Lewis Hamilton second
Valtteri Bottas is third.

[SteveB]

Bahrain Grand Prix - Race results

1. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari - 57 laps
2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes - +6.660ss
3. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes - +20.397s
4. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari - +22.475s
5. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull - +39.346s
6. Felipe Massa Williams - +54.326s
7. Sergio Perez Force India- +1m 02.606s
8. Romain Grosjean Haas- +1m 14.865s
9. Nico Hulkenberg Renault - +1m 20.188s
10. Esteban Ocon Force India- +1m 22.252s

11. Pascal Wehrlein Sauber - +1 lap
12. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso- +1 lap
13. Jolyon Palmer Renault - +1 lap
14. Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda +3 laps


Did not finish

15. Marcus Ericsson Sauber - 50 laps completed
16. Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso- 12 laps completed
17. Lance Stroll Williams - 12 laps completed
18. Max Verstappen Red Bull - 11 laps completed
19. Kevin Magnussen Haas- 8 laps completed
20. Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren- 0 laps completed

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Hate the new liverys this season

[SteveB]

Russian Grand Prix - Qualifying results

First Ferrari front-row since 2008

1. Sebastian Vettel Ferrari - 1m 33.194s
2. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari - 1m 33.253s
3. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes - 1m 33.289s
4. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes - 1m 33.767s
5. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull - 1m 34.905s
6. Felipe Massa Williams - 1m 35.110s
7. Max Verstappen Red Bull - 1m 35.161s
8. Nico Hulkenberg Renault - 1m 35.285s
9. Sergio Perez Force India- 1m 35.337s
10. Esteban Ocon Force India- 1m 35.430s

11. Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso- 1m 37.164s [+3 place grid penalty]
12. Lance Stroll Williams - 1m 36.649s
13. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso- 1m 36.846s
14. Kevin Magnussen Haas- 1m 36.619s
15. Fernando Alonso McLaren- 1m 36.869s

16. Jolyon Palmer Renault - 1m 36.462s
17. Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren- 1m 37.070s [+15 place grid penalty]
18. Marcus Ericsson Sauber - 1m 37.332s
19. Pascal Wehrlein Sauber - 1m 37.507s
20. Romain Grosjean Haas- 1m 37.620s

Race tomorrow (Sunday) at 13:00.

[SteveB]

Fernando Alonso breaks down at start of formation lap.
Valtteri Bottas gets good start and gets ahead of the two Ferraris.
Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer collide on the first lap and both are out.
Daniel Ricciardo goes out on lap seven when his brakes overheat and catch fire.
Lewis Hamilton is still fourth.

[SteveB]

Lewis Hamilton in fourth, is fourteen seconds behind Kimi Raikkonen in third. Lewis will struggle to even get on the podium.

[SteveB]

Sebastian Vettel is closing on Valtteri Bottas. Two laps to go!