Ferrari blow Mercedes away to lockout the front-row in Bahrain!

Charles Leclerc has qualified on pole for the first time in his Formula 1 career, as Ferrari blow Mercedes away with a front-row lockout. Neither Hamilton or Bottas were able to get close to the Italian team who are dominating proceedings in Bahrain.

Ferrari has equalled the record for the number of front-row lockouts in Formula 1 history. This is their 62nd time at the top as they join level with Williams and McLaren.

Hamilton closed the gap in the final run during Q3 and almost beat his rival Vettel, but was 0.030 short.

With Vettel and Verstappen low on tyres, they stayed in the garage for the first run in Q3.

Vettel managed to lift himself into second on his single run, but he was still 0.3 seconds behind his younger teammate, who looks to be strong for tomorrow's Grand Prix. Verstappen could only manage P5 and just kept himself ahead of Kevin Magnussen in sixth.

The first session ended with a bit of a shock. Nico Hulkenberg, who had three eye-catching practice sessions, caught the eyes for the wrong reasons in qualifying. He dropped out as he only managed a 1:30.034.

Grosjean was going ultra slow at one stage and caught Lando Norris out on his flying lap. The incident is under investigation. The McLaren driver managed to pull it back and got a P4 for his efforts.

Ferrari took the first blood with Leclerc going top, followed by Vettel.

Though outqualifying his new teammate, Daniel Ricciardo failed to make it into Q3 as Renault continue to find any speed. Gasly, who had problems with oversteer, was out to leave Verstappen as the lone Red Bull in Q3. 

Both McLarens comfortably made it into Q3 as neither Norris or Sainz looked to be in danger at any time. Leclerc again topped the session, blowing Mercedes away.