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2021 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – FULL STARTING LINEUP

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2021 bahrain grand prix full starting lineup

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen made good on his practice form and took a comfortable pole position ahead of the first race of the season at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Full starting grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir, the opening round of the 2021 F1 world championship season.

How the Formula 1 grid lines up for the 2021 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen starting on pole position from Lewis Hamilton…

Verstappen starts from pole position after beating reigning world champion Hamilton by almost 0.4s in qualifying on Saturday.

POS.DRIVERNAT.TEAM
1Max VerstappenNEDRed Bull Racing
2Lewis HamiltonGBRMercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
3Valtteri BottasFINMercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
4Charles LeclercMONScuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow
5Pierre GaslyFRAScuderia AlphaTauri Honda
6Daniel RicciardoAUSMcLaren F1 Team
7Lando NorrisGBRMcLaren F1 Team
8Carlos SainzESPScuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow
9Fernando AlonsoESPAlpine F1 Team
10Lance StrollCANAston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team
11Sergio PerezMEXRed Bull Racing
12Antonio GiovinazziITAAlfa Romeo Racing Orlen
13Yuki TsunodaJPNScuderia AlphaTauri Honda
14Kimi RaikkonenFINAlfa Romeo Racing Orlen
15George RussellGBRWilliams Racing
16Esteban OconFRAAlpine F1 Team
17Nicholas LatifiCANWilliams Racing
18Mick SchumacherGERUralkali Haas F1 Team
19Nikita MazepinRUSUralkali Haas F1 Team
20Sebastian Vettel *GERAston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team

*Five-place grid penalty for failing to respect double-waved yellow flags in qualifying

Valtteri Bottas is third in the second Mercedes, with the top three all starting the race on Pirelli’s Medium compound tyre.

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc goes from fourth, ahead of Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri and the McLaren duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris, with the midfield runners set to engage in a close battle.

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Carlos Sainz qualified eighth on his Ferrari debut, while returning two-time world champion Fernando Alonso took an impressive ninth for Alpine. Lance Stroll rounds out the top 10 starters for the rebranded Aston Martin squad.

Sebastian Vettel will start last on his Aston Martin race debut after picking up a five-place grid penalty for failing to respect double-waved yellow flags prior to his qualifying elimination in Q1.

The opening round of the 2021 F1 season gets underway at 6pm local time (4pm BST).

2021 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – FULL STARTING LINEUP 2021 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – FULL STARTING LINEUP

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