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.	DRIVER	NAT.	TEAM
1	Max Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing
2	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
3	Valtteri Bottas	FIN	Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
4	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow
5	Pierre Gasly	FRA	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda
6	Daniel Ricciardo	AUS	McLaren F1 Team
7	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team
8	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow
9	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Alpine F1 Team
10	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team
11	Sergio Perez	MEX	Red Bull Racing
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	ITA	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen
13	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda
14	Kimi Raikkonen	FIN	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen
15	George Russell	GBR	Williams Racing
16	Esteban Ocon	FRA	Alpine F1 Team
17	Nicholas Latifi	CAN	Williams Racing
18	Mick Schumacher	GER	Uralkali Haas F1 Team
19	Nikita Mazepin	RUS	Uralkali Haas F1 Team
20	Sebastian Vettel *	GER	Aston 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.

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).

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