2024 Bahrain qualifying results and report: Charles Leclerc P2, Carlos Sainz P4 in Sakhir

2024 Bahrain qualifying results and report: Charles Leclerc P2, Carlos Sainz P4 in Sakhir. Results and report from the qualifying session for the 2024 F1 Bahrain GP.

Let’s discover the starting grid of the Bahrain GP 2024: Verstappen is the poleman, Leclerc follows.

With the starting grid, the Bahrain GP 2024 can officially begin. The inaugural race of the Formula 1 season will reserve many surprises, judging by the qualifications we have just witnessed.

Recall that the Grand Prix will take place on Saturday this year, as will the next one in Saudi Arabia, for the reasons explained in this article.

Let’s find out what happened, session by session, in this first qualifying session of the 2024 Formula 1 championship. The first two sessions did not offer excessive twists. Perhaps the most unexpected is to see both VCRB cars out in Q2; however, Tsunoda positioned himself ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, so the Japanese can at least smile.

Deciding the first poleman of the season is a feat. Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz seem to be in the running. Until the last moment. The Mercedes, especially Russell’s, seems to be struggling a bit more. Hamilton also struggles a bit but manages to outperform his teammate.

Q3 is very tight. Verstappen seems to secure pole position with a monstrous time, but Charles Leclerc is there, just a few thousandths behind. Disappointment for Fernando Alonso, who stops in sixth position. Even more disappointed is Lewis Hamilton: only ninth, despite George Russell doing better and placing it in third position.

The pole position goes to Max Verstappen! The Red Bull driver is first with a time of 1:29:179. Leclerc follows with +0.228.

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GP Bahrain 2024: the starting grid

Here’s how the drivers will line up for Saturday’s race:

Verstappen, RED BULL
Leclerc, FERRARI
Russell, MERCEDES
Sainz, FERRARI
Pérez, RED BULL
Alonso, ASTON MARTIN
Norris, McLAREN
Piastri, MCLAREN
Hamilton, MERCEDES
Hulkenberg, HAAS
Tsunoda, VCARB
Stroll, ASTON MARTIN
Albon, WILLIAMS
Ricciardo, VCRB
Magnussen, HAAS
Bottas, STAKE
Zhou, STAKE
Sargeant, WILLIAMS
Ocon, ALPINE
Gasly, ALPINE