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Sebastian Vettel storms to pole in Bahrain

Sebastian Vettel stormed to pole position for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, locking out the front row with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen alongside him. The four-time world champion had languished behind Raikkonen all weekend long up until the final part of qualifying where he pulled out an all-time lap record of 1:27:958 to clinch his 51st career pole position on his 200th grand prix weekend. Both Mercedes couldn't get on top of Ferrari across all of the practice sessions and had to settle for Valtteri Bottas in third and Lewis Hamilton fourth in Q3, the reigning world champion will drop to ninth after serving his five-place grid penalty. Hamilton completed his Q2 time on soft tyres...
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