Qualifying results - Bahrain Grand Prix 2017 - Bottas takes pole position less than a tenth ahead of Hamilton

Bottas snatches first F1 pole position in Bahrain — Credit: Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas pushed hard to secure his first ever pole position in Formula One, beating teammate Lewis Hamilton by less than a tenth of a second on their final flying laps. Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo settled for the second row of the grid, whilst their Red Bull and Ferrari teammates were pushed to the third row.

Elsewhere, Romain Grosjean and Felipe Massa made it into the top ten, as did both Renault drivers - Jolyon Palmer who was in Q3 for the first time. McLaren saw Fernando Alonso get into Q2 but he could go no further due to an engine issue, and Stoffel Vandoorne dropped out in the first session.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	1:28.769	12
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	1:28.792	13
3	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	1:29.247	12
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	1:29.545	12
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:29.567	16
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:29.687	12
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:29.842	15
8	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:30.074	12
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	1:30.763	16
10	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	1:31.074	15
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:30.923	12
12	Lance Stroll	Williams Martini Racing	1:31.168	12
13	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber F1 Team	1:31.414	15
14	Esteban Ocon	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:31.684	12
15	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	No time	8
16	Carlos Sainz Jr	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:32.118	5
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	1:32.313	8
18	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:32.318	7
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	1:32.543	9
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:32.900	8