Twice World champion Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the first time this season on Saturday, edging out McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton at the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.
The race will be held on Sunday April 22 at the Bahrain International Circuit, home of motorsport in the Middle East. Vettel, whose best finish this year was second place at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, clocked 1 minute, 32.422 seconds in his Red Bull. The German, who out-qualified team-mate Mark Webber for the first time this year, was 0.098 seconds quicker than Hamilton, with Webber third. McLaren’s Jenson Button was fourth, ahead of Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Force India’s Paul di Resta did not set a time and are ninth and 10th.