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Watch F1 2022: Ferrari's Leclerc on pole for season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix
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Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc drives during the qualifying session on the eve of the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in the city of Sakhir on March 19, 2022. (AFP/Mazen Mahdi)
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harles Leclerc of Ferrari secured pole position for Sunday's season-opening Grand Prix in Bahrain as world champion Max Verstappen had to settle for second place in qualifying.
Leclerc was 0.123 seconds faster than Red Bull's Verstappen while Carlos Sainz will start third on the grid in the second Ferrari.
"It feels good! The last two years have been incredibly difficult for the team," said Leclerc, who took the 10th Formula One pole of his career.
"I think we have worked extremely well as a team, very happy with today. I wasn't completely happy with my driving but managed to do that lap in Q3 and we start from pole, so very happy."
Stream live race review of Bahrain Grand Prix from GoF1 at 12:30 a.m. Jakarta time
Sergio Perez qualified fourth in the second Red Bull ahead of Lewis Hamilton in fifth. The seven-time world champion was a distant 0.680sec off the pace in his Mercedes.
Valtteri Bottas came sixth in his first qualifying session for Alfa Romeo since leaving Mercedes at the end of last season.
Sunday's Grand Prix is the first of a revised 22-race calendar, trimmed from 23 events following the cancelation of the Russian Grand Prix.
The sport's most sweeping technical rule changes in 40 years, featuring new race management and all-new cars designed to create closer racing, may throw up some shocks this season.
They include the return of “ground effect” aerodynamics for the first time since 1983 with much bigger wheels and fatter tires, a freeze on power unit development and a tighter budget cap, down to US$140 million dollars (127.4 million euros) excluding drivers' salaries.
