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Hamilton claims last-gasp pole

Lewis Hamilton rebounded from a mistake to deliver a scintillating final lap and pip Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. But the results of qualifying were again overshadowed by the failure of the castigated elimination qualifying system to deliver anything near the excitement or unpredictability it was devised to create. As in Melbourne, drivers were routinely knocked while they were sitting in their cars in their garages with few cars on track in the closing minutes of the first two sessions. Only one car took to the track in the closing six minutes of Q2. The pole-deciding Q3 did at least deliver a 2015-style 'shootout' as Mercedes and Ferrari...
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