Bahrain GP: Charles Leclerc takes pole for Ferrari ahead of Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz
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Ferarri's Leclerc was fastest in the first qualifying session but Red Bull's Verstappen hit back in the second, making it to the top-10 shootout in one take.
Charles Leclerc overcame reigning champion Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz in a qualifying session that went down to the wire and took the first pole position of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship.
Ferarri's Leclerc was fastest in the first qualifying session but Red Bull's Verstappen hit back in the second, making it to the top-10 shootout in one take. The stage was thus set for a face-off between the champion and the Scuderia in Q3.
And it was then that Leclerc set a blistering benchmark of 1m 30.558s, taking his second Bahrain GP pole. Verstappen could only come within 0.123s while fellow Ferrari driver Sainz couldn't improve on his first run, ending up third by 0.129s. In a distant P4 was Verstappen's teammate Sergio Perez.
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