'Sexy lap' sees Lewis Hamilton beat Nico Rosberg to Bahrain pole position
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Updated 02/04/2016 at 16:55 GMT
Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix with a scorching lap record to edge out Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton after qualifying
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The world champion clocked 1:29.493, seven hundredths of a second faster than Rosberg.
Ferrari locked out the second row of the grid, but despite the Italian team looking competitive for much of the weekend so far, both Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were half a second slower than the Mercedes.
Hamilton made a mess of his first hot lap in Q3, but delivered when it counted, bettering his team-mate by the tiniest of margins to claim his 51st career pole.
McLaren debutant Stoffel Vandoorne will start from 11th on the grid after outqualifying veteran team-mate Jenson Button, who was a disappointing 14th.
Hamilton was clearly delighted with the result, yelping over the team radio: "That was a sexy lap!"
Q3 RESULTS
- 1-Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 2-Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
- 3-Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
- 4-Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
- 5-Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
- 6-Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
- 7-Felipe Massa (Williams)
- 8-Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)
ELIMINATED IN Q2
- 9-Romain Grosjean (Haas)
- 10-Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso)
- 11-Carlos Sainz Jr (Toro Rosso)
- 12-Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren)
- 13-Esteban Gutierrez (Haas)
- 14-Jenson Button (McLaren)
- 15-Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull)
ELIMINATED IN Q1
- 16-Pascal Wehrlein (Manor)
- 17-Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
- 18-Sergio Perez (Force India)
- 19-Kevin Magnusssen (Renault) - starting from pit lane
- 20-Jolyon Palmer (Renault)
- 21-Rio Haryanto (Manor)
- 22-Felipe Nasr (Sauber)
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Lewis Hamilton
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