Qualifying results - Bahrain 2014 - Williams and Force India shine under the floodlights

Published 5 April 2014 by Christine

Mercedes dominate qualifying for the third time this year — Credit: Daimler AG

Mercedes had the edge, which comes as no surprise to anyone, but they weren't their traditional two seconds ahead. In fact, the full top ten were split by just 1.8 seconds, which feels like things are getting a little bit closer.

Daniel Ricciardo put in a great drive but the work was negated straight away with the knowledge the Red Bull driver has to have a ten place drop tomorrow.

There were surprises for Red Bull and Ferrari, and the final few laps were full of lockups throughout, but in the end there could only be one team on top.

Position	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:33.185	12
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	1:33.464	12
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:34.051	16
4	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	1:34.247	15
5	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:34.346	19
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	1:34.368	15
7	Jenson Button	McLaren Mercedes	1:34.387	17
8	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	1:34.511	14
9	Kevin Magnussen	McLaren Mercedes	1:34.712	17
10	Fernando Alonso	Scuderia Ferrari	1:34.992	17
11	Sebastian Vettel	Infiniti Red Bull Racing	1:34.985	9
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Sahara Force India F1 Team	1:35.116	12
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:35.145	14
14	Jean-Éric Vergne	Scuderia Toro Rosso	1:35.286	14
15	Esteban Gutiérrez	Sauber F1 Team	1:35.891	14
16	Romain Grosjean	Lotus F1 Team	1:35.908	10
17	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus F1 Team	1:36.663	7
18	Adrian Sutil	Sauber F1 Team	1:36.840	5
19	Kamui Kobayashi	Caterham F1 Team	1:37.085	6
20	Jules Bianchi	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.310	6
21	Marcus Ericsson	Caterham F1 Team	1:37.875	7
22	Max Chilton	Marussia F1 Team	1:37.913	6