The newly crowned formula 1-record world champion Lewis Hamilton starts from pole position in the Grand Prix of Bahrain. The Mercedes driver from England, can still set the record of 13 victories, referred in the Qualifying for the 15. Race of the season on Sunday (15.10 in the F. A. Z.-Liveticker Formel 1, as well as at RTL and Sky) his Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas and the Dutchman Max Verstappen at the Red Bull on the courts.
“I have not celebrated after winning the world Cup. I’ve trained myself for this race fully focused,“ said Hamilton after the 98. Pole of his formula 1 career and the tenth in this season: “This is the continuation of the previous performance. I wanted to have fun. If the pressure drops then that is a little Lightening.“
the Ferrari Pilot Sebastian Vettel found himself after his surprising third place in the chaos of the race of Istanbul, at constant conditions in the desert in the midfield again. The Heppenheimer was not on rank eleven, in addition to, at least, he decided the stables duel with the Monegasque Charles Leclerc to 16 thousandths of a second.