The SF15-Ts of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen will start the Bahrain Grand Prix from second and fourth spots on the grid respectively. At the end of today’s qualifying at the Sakhir circuit, where the temperature was around the 25 degree mark, pole position went to Lewis Hamilton who posted a 1.32.571 in his Mercedes. To claim his front row slot, Vettel did a 1.32.982, beating Nico Rosberg (1.33.129) in the other Mercedes. Raikkonen was fourth fastest with a 1.33.227 and therefore starts from the second row. [ferrari.com]
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m32.571s | – |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m32.982s | 0.411s |
| 3 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m33.129s | 0.558s |
| 4 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m33.227s | 0.656s |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m33.381s | 0.810s |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m33.744s | 1.173s |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m33.832s | 1.261s |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m34.450s | 1.879s |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m34.462s | 1.891s |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m34.484s | 1.913s |
| 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m34.704s | – |
| 12 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m34.737s | – |
| 13 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m35.034s | – |
| 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m35.039s | – |
| 15 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m35.103s | – |
| 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m35.677s | – |
| 17 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 1m35.800s | – |
| 18 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m38.713s | – |
| 19 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m39.722s | – |
| 20 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | – | – |
QUOTES + STUFF
From autosport.com – Kimi: “I think there was more grip than I expected. Afterwards it’s easy to say I could have pushed a bit harder in certain places but I wasn’t sure. But the car was OK, the lap wasn’t too bad, maybe I just ran a little bit wide in one corner but that wouldn’t have cost a lot of laptime. I could have pushed more in certain places because there was surprisingly good grip. It gives you a better chance or a more easy life for tomorrow as long as we make a good start out of it. Obviously then the race can turn out to be different because of that, so that helps. We know that we still have some work to do and things to improve but I’d take this rather than fifth or sixth place – I’m kind of happy.”
From ferrari.com – Kimi: “It was a positive day even if it’s a bit disappointing to finish fourth, because our aim is to be at the front. My last lap was quite good, I made a small mistake and ran wide a little bit in one corner, but it was nearly nothing, it did not cost me a lot of time. It was very close with everybody. On the track there was more grip than I expected and probably I could have pushed a little bit more, but I was not sure I could. My car was working well today, the position on the grid is not ideal but it’s a good starting point for the race. Tomorrow we’ll try to make a good start, and move on from there with a good first lap. To get ahead of Rosberg would help a lot, and then we’ll see what we can do. We’ll do our maximum”.
KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN SPACE 
Good qualy, but not enough. He needs to pass Nico in the first turn, otherwise he will be stuck in his mirrors the entire race… Jeez Kimi, if Seb can do it, why not you?????
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