Bahrain GP 2014 – Qualifying – Results

Mercedes locked out the front row of the grid during a floodlit qualifying in Sakhir on Saturday, but in a reverse of the form seen during practice, it was Nico Rosberg who turned the tables on team mate Lewis Hamilton to grab pole position by nearly three-tenths of a second.

In Q1, the pack was shuffled as Sauber led a late charge onto the softer Pirelli tyre and were followed by everyone bar the Mercedes and Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg ended up heading the times with 1m 34.874s from the similarly shod Williams of Valtteri Bottas on 1m 34.934s and the other Force India of Sergio Perez on 1m 34.998s.

Pos.	Drivers	Teams	Time	Laps
01.	06 – Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:33.185	12
02.	44 – Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:33.464	12
03.	03 – Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:34.051	16
04.	77 – Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:34.346	15
05.	11 – Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	1:34.368	19
06.	07 – Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:34.387	15
07.	22 – Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:34.511	17
08.	19 – Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:34.712	14
09.	20 – Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:34.992	17
10.	14 – Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:48.147	17
11.	01 – Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	1:34.985	9
12.	27 – Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	1:35.116	12
13.	26 – Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:35.145	14
14.	25 – Jean-Eric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:35.286	14
15.	21 – Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:35.891	10
16.	08 – Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:35.908	7
17.	13 – Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:36.663	7
18.	99 – Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:36.840	5
19.	10 – Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:37.085	6
20.	17 – Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.310	6
21.	09 – Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:37.875	7
22.	04 – Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.913	6