Sebastian Vettel was happy with his own performance during qualifying in Bahrain, but was surprised at the Q3 gap to Mercedes duo Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. read more »

Sebastian Vettel admitted he was surprised by Mercedes' ability to improve across the final Q3 runs during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Vettel provisionally held... read more »

Nico Rosberg says pole position is less important at the Bahrain Grand Prix after being out-qualified by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg was leading qualifying after... read more »

Nico Rosberg believed he had done enough to grab pole position in Bahrain only to be told Lewis Hamilton had gone quicker than him during the final phase of qualifying on Saturday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton was happy after securing pole position in Bahrain, but was lucky to keep P1 after being summoned to the stewards post-qualifying for illegally reversing in the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has been given a reprimand by the Bahrain Grand Prix stewards after reversing in the pit lane at the end of qualifying, which is in breach of Article 28.3. The... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has been handed a reprimand rather than losing his pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix after being caught reversing in pit-lane following F1 qualifying. read more »

Lewis Hamilton's pole position is in doubt as stewards investigate pitlane incident. read more »

Bahrain Grand Prix polesitter Lewis Hamilton has escaped with a reprimand after being investigated for reversing in the pitlane during Sakhir Formula 1 qualifying read more »

Lewis Hamilton's Bahrain GP pole position is in jeopardy with the world champion under investigation for reversing in the pit lane. read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton will keep pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, after the stewards opted only to give him a reprimand for a pit lane violation at… read more »

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has been summoned to see the Bahrain Grand Prix stewards over an alleged pit lane infringement at the end of Saturday evening's… read more »

Lewis Hamilton says the emphatic lap which claimed him pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix was the first he had hooked together completely all weekend. Hamilton has failed... read more »

Lewis Hamilton expressed his delight after he claimed his 51st pole position with a rapid final effort in Q3 for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton was down in fourth place after... read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap ever seen at Sakhir to take his 51st pole position of his Formula 1 career ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has celebrated the "sexy lap" which secured the Mercedes driver a dramatic pole position just ahead of team-mate Nico Rosberg in Bahrain. read more »

Nico Rosberg says he was "sure" he had claimed pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, only to be usurped by team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Rosberg led the way… read more »

Nico Rosberg felt sure his last lap improvement was good enough for Bahrain Grand Prix pole - but he didn't count on team-mate Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Despite Nico Rosberg dominating the practice sessions for the Bahrain Grand Prix, World Champion Lewis Hamilton put in the fastest lap ever on the International Circuit and... read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton expressed his delight after smashing the lap record to secure pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Hamilton sat fourth after… read more »

As Saturday's proceedings came to a close, Australian Grand Prix Champion Nico Rosberg qualified in P2 behind his teammate Lewis Hamilton... read more »

Lewis Hamilton stole pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix from under the nose of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg with the fastest ever lap of BIC. read more »

Lewis Hamilton took his second consecutive pole position as F1's live elimination format failed to deliver on its second run of 2016 at the Bahrain Grand Prix.... read more »

Lewis Hamilton takes a second consecutive pole for the Bahrain Grand Prix as elimination qualifying gets another closely-observed outing read more »

Lewis Hamilton edged out Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Nico Rosberg to take pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, as Ferrari's challenge fizzled out late in the session read more »