Max Verstappen will start his quest for a fourth successive F1 world title from pole position in Saturday's season-opening Bahrain GP.
Max Verstappen will start his quest for a fourth successive F1 world title from pole position in Saturday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix after seeing off a fierce challenge from Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc in 2024's first qualifying hour. George Russell took a promising third for Mercedes, within a tenth of Leclerc, in their much-changed new car although team-mate Lewis Hamilton was only ninth and will start from row five on the season's first grid.
A rueful Norris, who has driven strongly in qualifying up to the closing stages, admitted to a pair of mistakes on his final attempt and told Sky Sports F1: 'I just didn't do what I should have done.' Despite fears they would be cut adrift at the back, Nico Hulkenberg produced the kind of qualifying heroics that came a regular feature of last year and again made Q3 in 10th. Instead Friday's first qualifying hour of the season proved a rude awakening for Alpine.
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