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Verstappen pips Mercedes duo for Bahrain pole

Bahrain Grand Prix – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen made good on his practice form and took a comfortable pole position ahead of the first race of the season at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Dutchman’s time of 1:30.499 was 0.388s faster than World Champion Sir Lewis Hamilton – both starting on the medium tyres after setting their fastest Q2 times on those compounds. Verstappen seemed undeterred by running wide in turn two and taking a small amount of damage to his car in Q1. Valtteri Bottas is two tenths behind Hamilton in the sister Mercedes ahead of Charles Leclerc who set a stunning lap in the Ferrari. The Italian team has been an unknown quantity all weekend so the...
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