Flash: Charles Leclerc takes pole, 2nd youngest to achieve the feat: Bahrain GP
Sakhir, 30 March 2019: The young new face, Charles Leclerc is the second youngest to take the pole position of all time at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday clocking 1: 27. 866 to beat his teammate and the youngest pole sitter of all time, Sebastian Vettel to secure a front-row lock-out for Ferrari at the qualifying here on Saturday ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
It was also a new track record as the only dirver from Monaco who took the pole,. Leclerc set the record on his final lap for good measure, going around the Bahrain International Circuit in 1m 27.866s, 0.294s up on Vettel’s time.
Behind the Ferrari duo came the Mercedes pair of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. The two silver arrows did a good job to close the gap, having to Ferrari, Hamilton ending up 0.324s off Leclerc’s pole time.
Threatening them from fifth on the grid will be Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. His teammate Pierre Gasly has dropped out in Q2. The Dutchman is ahead of the Haas of Kevin Magnussen and the McLaren of Carlos Sainz.
Kimi Raikkonen did a great job to qualify P9.
