Mercedes continued to dominate the proceedings in the third Grand Prix of the 2014 season, taking one-two in the qualifiers with Nico Rosberg taking the pole position ahead of Hamilton. Ricciardo got some cheers for Red Bull showing qualifying third fastest, however penalty from last week means he will start P13 and promoting Bottas in Williams to P3.
Force India had a mixed day with Perez finally out-qualifying his teammate in P5 and now starting P4, while Hulkenberg missed the Q3. Ferrari of Raikkonen will start on P5 and the McLarens’ of Button and Magnussen sandwich Massa in P7. Alonso was the last of the top-ten cars who will be joined by Vettel on P10 for the start tomorrow.
Neither of the Toro Rosso cars made it to the top-ten, also it was another dismal performance from Lotus with Grosjean and Maldonado qualifying in P16 and P17 respectively. This is the first time that the Bahrain GP will be held under lights, bringing in different challenge for the teams in terms of tyre management.
The race will start at dusk – 1800 hours local time (2030 hours IST), and the final laps will be completed only with the assistance of artificial light. Stay tuned to CarWale, as we bring you detailed post-race analysis tomorrow.
