Scuderia Ferrari scored a brilliant team result in the qualifying session for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first round of the 2022 Formula One championship. Charles Leclerc steered his F1-75 to pole position, while his Maranello teammate Carlos Sainz was third quickest, just over a tenth of a second behind his team-mate and only six thousandths off second placed Max Verstappen. The result from Bahrain represents Charles Leclerc’s tenth career pole position and Scuderia Ferrari’s 231st, its first since Charles was also quickest in qualifying for the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Mattia Binotto, Ferrari Principal & Managing Director, shares his thoughts on the results from the qualifying session for the first round of the 2022 Formula One season:
“We are extremely pleased with today’s performance: we were convinced the potential was there to do well and the fact that both our drivers were in the fight for pole says a lot about the strength of our package – the car, the drivers and everyone who gives their all every day both at the track and back in Maranello.
This pole position is a reward for all the hard work of the entire team and it’s even more important when one considers where we were two years ago.
We have always said that to excel against such strong opponents we have to be perfect and I think, today, as a team we were very good. I know we have the best driver pairing and I feel that was shown to be the case today.” – the Ferrari boss explained, as reported by the Maranello team’s official website at the end of the qualifying session in Bahrain.
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