It's great for the whole team to have a one-two start tomorrow, and to have Checo up there as well is really promising.
Motorsports Racing News & Blog Articles
Starting from the second row is actually a positive result considering that we will have the only driver with an extra set of new soft tyres.
To get both cars through to Q3 in fifth and eighth is an excellent outcome. Tomorrow is what really counts, though, and we will work hard to convert these positions into points.
The gap to the very front isn't ridiculous considering we only ran one new soft tyre at the end of Q3. Nevertheless, it's not where we want to be and not what we had aimed for over the winter.
In general, that's not where we aim to be, and we certainly have improvements to make to ensure we're qualifying in much stronger positions at later races.
Today's result is a good first step and a platform on which we can build on to score points tomorrow.
It was a pretty good day for us today. All the work that was put in last year and over winter to make and develop this car has come to fruition.
Max Verstappen storms to pole in Bahrain ahead of teammate Sergio Perez and the Ferraris, as Alonso and the Mercedes pair are over 0.6s off the pace.
Fernando Alonso sets the scene for a qualifying thriller as he tops the timesheets in a final practice session which sees the top 5 covered by just 0.284s.
Fearing that the Ferrari isn't good enough for pole position, Charles Leclerc still believes the team can be in the mix.