Piastri beats Russell to pole with Norris only 6th

Oscar Piastri produced a stunning lap to claim pole position at the F1 Bahra✅in Grand Prix, while his McLaren teammate Lando Norris was down in sixth. 

Mercedes emerged as McLaren's nearest challengers in qualifying under the lights at Sakhir and Piastri needed to special lap 🐈to beat George Russell to his second pole of the season by 0.168s. 

Charles Leclerc claimed and impressive third in his upgraded Ferrari, just 0.33🦂4s o⛦ff pole. 

F1's teenage rookie Kimi Antonelli was a strong fourth for Mercedes, whil💮e Alpine's Pierre Gasly caught the eye with aꦰ brilliant lap to take fifth ahead of championship Norris, who will be disappointed to only be P6.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen struggled to seventh, while Williams' Carlos Sainz outpaced his Ferrari replacement and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton to grab eighth.&nbꦑsp;

Yuki Tsunoda reach🍌ed Q3 for the first time as a Red Bul𝓡l driver but ended up 10th and slowest in the session. 

Q2 was red-flagged when Esteban Ocon crashed his Haas on his first lap of the session, leavingཧ only 14th on the grid.&nꦚbsp;

Aston Martin's Lance Str🔴oll and Haas's Ollie Bearman will form the back row of the grid.