Mercedes driver secured his fourth straight pole position for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain holds his champion trophy during the prize presentation on the podium after the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, on Sunday. (Photo: AP)
Manama (Bahrain): Championship leader and defending world champion Lewis Hamilton secured his fourth straight pole position of the season on Saturday when he outpaced all his rivals in qualifying for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.The 30-year-old Briton, in untouchable form, crushed his opponents’ efforts to stay with him as he delivered a stunning final lap in one minute and 32.571 seconds.
This lifted him clear of Germany’s Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, on the front row of the grid, and his Mercedes teammate and rival Nico Rosberg, who was third ahead of Finn Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari.“I feel great, very happy,” he said afterwards. “That was the target, to try to master this track. That’s how it’s gone this weekend. The laps were pretty good, you can always improve, but I’m grateful to have this beast underneath me and really feel I can attack the corners here.”
The two Williams of Finn Valtteri Bottas and Brazilian Felipe Massa were fifth and sixth ahead of Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull and German Nico Hulkenberg of Force India.
Hamilton was four-tenths of a second faster than Vettel and half a second quicker than a disappointed Rosberg, who had been bidding for a third successive Bahrain pole.
( Source : AFP )
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