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Vettel on pole as Ferrari 1-2 in Bahrain qualifying

Sebastian Vettel took his 51st career pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix as Ferrari locked out the front row of the grid under the floodlights at Sakhir. The championship leader Vettel beat his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen to pole by 0.143s, who was 0.023s ahead of the fastest Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas in third. Lewis Hamilton, 0.262s off Vettel, struggled to hook up a clean lap and will start ninth on the grid once his five-place grid penalty is factored in. Vettel: 'Quite intense. First run in Q3 I was very happy and then I tossed it away at the last corner. I was happy I got the second run and got it clean. 'I knew the last corner I had to stay away from that kerb. The car was...
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