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The Bahrain Grand Prix is live on 5 live sports extra and the BBC Sport website at 16:10 BSTSebastian Vettel will head an all-Ferrari front row at the Bahrain Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton will start ninth after a grid penalty.Hamilton qualified fourth behind Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and his team-mate Valtteri Bottas but has a five-place drop for an unauthorised gearbox change.The star of qualifying was arguably Pierre Gasly in the Toro Rosso, who qualified sixth behind Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Why was Hamilton slow?Hamilton knew before coming to Bahrain that he would have a grid penalty and that his job in qualifying was to minimise the damage to his hopes in the race.But he could only manage fourth, failing to improve his time on his final lap and leapfrogged by Bottas.From ninth on the grid, he faces a long, hard race trying to get on to the podium.But he has been helped by a mistake by Max Verstappen, who crashed his Red Bull in first qualifying and will start 15th. That is one less fast car in Hamilton's way as he attempts to make ground.' The Ferrari was quicker today,' said Bottas. 'We made some good progress through the weekend.
We tried some things that didn't work which is why the gap was sometimes bigger. The set-up was right. Hopefully Lewis can come through the field.' Verstappen crashed early on and will start 15th - a 'poor mistake to make' said 5 live's Jolyon Palmer Gasly humiliates McLarenGasly was just 1.371secs off pole in the Toro Rosso, a spectacular performance from the Frenchman, who is in his first full season in F1 after being drafted in towards the end of last season.He headed Renault's Nico Hulkenberg, separated from his team-mate Carlos Sainz in 10th by Force India's Esteban Ocon.
Mar 22, 2020 REFILE-Esports-Zhou wins virtual Bahrain GP as F1 seeks to fill void left by virus. To enlist current drivers in a virtual replacement using the Codemasters F1 2019 game. Started on pole. Charles Leclerc secured his first F1 pole position by leading Ferrari's impressive charge as they held off Mercedes in Bahrain GP qualifying. Leclerc will start Sunday's race ahead of Sebastian.
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