Formula1 Bahrain GP Live Streaming – Verstappen vs Hamilton: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set himself up as favorite for the first race of the Formula One season after a perfect pole position in Bahrain on Saturday. Mercedes’ seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second on the grid, qualifying a considerable 0.388 seconds slower, with team mate Valtteri Bottas lining up in third place. The F1 Bahrain GP race in India will be LIVE Streamed on Disney+ Hotstar at 8.30PM. For all Updates, follow InsideSport.co
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen takes pole position: The Dutch 23-year-old was fastest in every sector on his final lap as he denied champions Mercedes the top slot in the season-opener for the first time in the V6 turbo hybrid era that started in 2014.
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“Well done Max, that’s the perfect start,” said team boss Christian Horner over the team radio as the mechanics celebrated.
The pole was the fourth of Verstappen’s career and continued a perfect start to the year, with the Red Bull driver quickest in pre-season testing and all three free practice sessions in Bahrain.
Sunday’s race will also be the first time he has lined up on pole with Hamilton alongside.
“We already had a great test week. There are no guarantees coming to the first race weekend but the whole week so far the car has been working really well and it’s just been really enjoyable to drive,” said Verstappen.
Formula1 Bahrain GP Live Streaming: Formula 1 roars back onto our TV screens today with the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix live from Sakhir. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen went quickest in first, second and third practice – and then he converted the same by finishing at the pole position.
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Bahrain GP: Vettel to start from last after receiving grid penalty- Four-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel will start from the very back of the grid for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix after he was hit with a grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags in the qualifying.
Vettel was taking part in his first qualifying session for new team Aston Martin when Haas driver Nikita Mazepin spun at Turn 1 during Q1, bringing out double waved yellow flags. Vettel failed to set a fast enough time to progress through to Q2, but after the session he was summoned to the stewards, who — after hearing from the ex-Ferrari driver — found that he had failed to respect the double waved yellows, and hit him with a five-place grid drop for the Grand Prix, and imposed three penalty points.
Given Vettel had only qualified 18th, he will now start from the very back of the grid, behind Mazepin and his Haas teammate Mick Schumacher.
In their ruling, the stewards noted that other drivers aborted their laps or slowed after Mazepin had spun.
“Bottas, Vettel, Perez and Russell approached the scene and drove past Mazepin. Bottas, was immediately instructed by his team to abort his lap in accordance with the Race Director’s Event Notes,” a statement said.
“Perez and Russell had received the chequered flag, and were instructed to slow, with Russell receiving the additional information that it had been a double yellow sector. Vettel did not abandon his lap. He explained to the Stewards that he saw the smoke ahead of him, but was unsure if it was a lock-up or a stopped car until he was quite close to the car and the smoke was lifting.
“The Stewards observed that he had already passed the signal panel when it illuminated as he approached the scene, and that the marshals in that turn had not yet reacted with a yellow flag. Nevertheless, Vettel was approaching a car that was stopped sideways on the track and by the rule this would necessitate a double yellow flag,” it added.