Max Verstappen, the reigning world champion, clinched the inaugural pole position of the 2024 season, outpacing Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by two tenths of a second.
Despite Max Verstappen’s anticipation that his final Q3 performance was vulnerable, Charles Leclerc couldn’t prevent the Red Bull driver from securing his first pole of the season in the closing moments of qualifying.
George Russell secured the third spot on the grid for Mercedes, followed by Carlos Sainz Jr. in fourth and Sergio Perez in fifth, driving the second Red Bull.
Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc shares his first impressions after qualifying second for the 2024 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix:
“I’m a bit disappointed, but yeah, we did a good qualifying. It’s been a tricky weekend until now. We were trying quite a few things in practice and then I found the sweet spot in qualifying.” – the Ferrari driver admitted.
“Q1 was a bit tricky. Unfortunately we put on two new sets of softs, which compromised a little bit the Q3, but all in all it’s quite a good qualifying, a good start of the year. We are in a better place compared to a year ago, so that is good. Now we have to see the race pace tomorrow. In Q2 I think I did a .1 which was more or less the lap time that Max did in Q3, so it was there in the car. I think we lost a little bit the rhythm with the used set of C3 in Q3, then you have to readapt to the new tyres and I lost a little bit there, but all in all it’s been a positive qualy. I’m confident we did a step forward but we have to wait and see tomorrow how much of a step forward we did. We really think that Red Bull is still ahead by quite a bit, in the race I mean. So we’ll see, but if there’s an opportunity as always I’ll go for it, and we’ll see what happens tomorrow.” – Scuderia Ferrari Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc concluded.
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