Bahrain Grand Prix 2023
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And it's the 21st career pole position for Verstappen who improves with a final lap in 1'29″708. First row 100% Red Bull with Pérez 2nd ahead of Leclerc and Sainz. Great performance for Alonso with the 5th fastest time. The Mercedes appear a little more with Russell 6th just ahead of Hamilton. Finally, Stroll, Ocon and Hülkenberg bring up the rear
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4th time for Alonso, 4 tenths behind Verstappen. No pole position for the Spaniard. Bad operation also for Mercedes with Russell and Hamilton 5th and 7th
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1'29″897 for Verstappen who takes the lead with a tenth ahead of Leclerc while Alonso barely takes the track. The Spaniard didn't want to have traffic
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Here we go for Q3! Who will be the first pole sitter of the year? See you in 12 minutes
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1'30″282 for Leclerc who finished at the top of this Q2 ahead of Verstappen, Russell, Hamilton and Sainz. Good news for Alpine with the passage to Q3 of Ocon, 9th ahead of Stroll. Norris, Bottas, Zhou, Tsunoda and Albon are eliminated
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Only 2 minutes left and everyone comes out except Red Bull and Albon
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At the back, Zhou, Stroll, Ocon, Tsunoda and Albon will have to improve to try to advance to Q3
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The awakening of Red Bull with Verstappen who puts everyone in agreement with a lap in 1'30"503 while Pérez ranks just behind in 1'30"746. Hamilton, Russell and Alonso follow. Sainz and Leclerc are 6th and 7th at 0“9 and 1″1 respectively but on worn tires
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1'32″305 for Stroll who starts slowly. Alonso immediately sets the pace with a time of 1'31″094
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Here we go for Q2
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Gasly will even start 20th after his time was canceled for non-compliance with track limits…
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Up front, Sainz finished first ahead of Russell and Leclerc. Great performance from Aston Martin with Alonso and Stroll 4th and 5th
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This is the end of this Q1 and first disillusionment for Alpine with Gasly already eliminated with only the 17th time. He is accompanied by Sargeant, Magnussen, Piastri and De Vries
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Most of the drivers returned to the track three minutes from the end of this Q1. It's now that everything is at stake
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With 6 minutes to go, Hülkenberg, Norris, Piastri, Sargeant and Stroll are provisionally eliminated. Gasly is under threat in 15th place
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The times fall and it is now Sainz who takes control with a lap of 1'30"993 followed by Russell and Leclerc. Alonso and Verstappen fell to 4th and 5th. It's likely to be very lively this Saturday
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Verstappen crossed the line in 1'31"295 but Alonso responded immediately with a 1'31"185 to take the lead
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It's back to Bahrain, green flag waving. Nobody takes any risks and everyone goes out on soft tires
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Q1 will resume at 18:12 p.m. local time, 16:12 p.m. in France
