Bahrain GP 2015 – Qualifying – Results

Lewis Hamilton on pole position at Bahrain Grand Prix, Vettel has to settle for 2nd place.

Lewis Hamilton took his fourth straight pole position in 2015 beating Sebastian Vettel in Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying.

The Britton was 0.411s faster than the German driver while the second Mercedes of Nico Rosberg could manage only third closely followed by Kimi Raikkonen.

Williams’s Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa were 5th and 6th.

Ferrari have shown stronger race pace than Mercedes in practice and the Bahrain race winner could be decided on which team can make their tyres last best.

Pos.	Drivers	Teams	Time	Laps
01.	44 – Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:32.571	16
02.	01 – Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:32.982	12
03.	06 – Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	1:33.129	16
04.	07 – Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:33.227	15
05.	77 – Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:33.381	16
06.	19 – Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:33.744	16
07.	03 – Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:33.832	15
08.	27 – Nico Hulkenberg	Sahara Force India	1:34.450	15
09.	55 – Carlos Sainz	Williams Martini Racing	1:34.462	18
10.	08 – Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:34.484	20
11.	11 – Sergio Perez	Sahara Force India	1:34.704	12
12.	40 – Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	1:34.737	9
13.	09 – Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:35.034	9
14.	14 – Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	1:35.039	10
15.	33 – Max Verstappen	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:35.103	14
16.	13 – Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:35.677	7
17.	26 – Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull Racing	1:35.800	6
18.	28 – Will Stevens	Manor F1 Team	1:38.713	6
19.	98 – Roberto Mehri	Manor F1 Team	1:39.722	6
20.	22 – Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	no time	1