F1 qualifying

F1 is back for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir. Qualifying is scheduled for Saturday and we run through some key details.

The final ten minutes feature the 10 remaining cars competing for the fastest time to secure pole position. The first 20 minutes will feature all 20 cars trying to secure the fastest time. The 20 drivers will compete on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. ET to set the starting lineup.

Ferrari Formula 1's Charles Leclerc says he was surprised to beat Max Verstappen and Red Bull in Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying after beating the world ...

Tyre management will be important, especially with this increased weight this year, so we need to focus on that and hopefully have a good race tomorrow." "From the driving point, it's completely different compared to last year. I tried many different driving styles and still need to find the perfect one.

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc took pole position for the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix, beating reigning champion Max Verstappen to the top spot as the ...

Sainz slipped to third, ahead of Perez, Hamilton, Bottas, Magnussen (who stopped at Turn 1 after completing his lap), Alonso, Russell and Gasly. On the first runs, Sainz set the bar at 1m30.687s, 0.044s faster than Leclerc. Verstappen was 0.012s off a front row spot in third, complaining about tyre temperature and out-lap speed, while Perez was fourth ahead of Hamilton and Russell – the Mercedes duo both setting their times on used softs. Only the top three cars and the Mercedes duo didn’t run again on a second set of soft tyres, with Magnussen jumping up to fifth ahead of Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) and Lando Norris (McLaren), pushing the Mercedes back to the lower reaches of the top 10. Kevin Magnussen grabbed an early second for Haas before Valtteri Bottas snatched it away for Alfa Romeo, just 0.01s off Verstappen. Verstappen dived straight into the 1m30s bracket, with a 1m30.757s that was six tenths clear of Leclerc and Perez. Magnussen was fourth fastest after the opening runs, despite suffering a hydraulic issue with his power steering, ahead of Hamilton and Russell. Ferrari then took control, with Leclerc taking the top spot on 1m31.471s, 0.096s quicker than team-mate Sainz. Hamilton claimed fifth for Mercedes at this point, eight tenths off the pace, while Russell beat him on a second push lap on his first set of tyres.

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The Bahrain Grand Prix weekend started yesterday, Friday March 18, with practice 1 and 2. For instance if you're in the U. S. and want to view an Austrian service, you'd select Austria from the list. But what if you're usually based in one of those countries but aren't at home for the Bahrain Grand Prix live stream? Not actually in Canada at the moment? Cord-cutters will want to check out TSN Direct, which comes in day- and month-long passes for $8 or $20 CAD, respectively. All sessions are broadcast on TSN, and if you receive the network through your cable or satellite provider, you can use TSN Go by signing in with your TV service credentials. However, you'll need to authenticate with your satellite, cable or live TV provider credentials to watch any sessions. In fact, there are seven teams in the top 10; a sign, perhaps, that this could be a much more even campaign. They're totally legal, inexpensive and easy to use. A VPN makes it look as if you're surfing the web from your home country, rather than the one you're in. What's more, Mercedes continued to struggle, with Lewis Hamilton in fifth and George Russell in ninth. We could have a real fight on our hands here.

Charles Leclerc took the first pole position of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship, ahead of reigning champion Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, ...

Rounding out the top 10 was AlphaTauri’s Gasly. Sainz had preliminary pole position ahead of Leclerc then Verstappen – the trio split by just 0.056s. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez missed out on the top 10 but was comfortably through to Q2 ahead of Alpine’s Fernando Alonso (P12) and Haas’s Mick Schumacher in P13 and nine-tenths off top spot. The second runs, however, saw Leclerc improve while Sainz failed to do so. Bottas’s late effort put him 10th – meaning the last time he missed Q3 was in Abu Dhabi 2016. Sainz made it to P2, within 0.030s off Verstappen, while Leclerc was third and 0.175s off the reigning champion. Lewis Hamilton took fifth while his former team mate Valtteri Bottas made it to a surprise sixth on the grid for Alfa Romeo. Magnussen pulled out another stunning effort for Haas, finishing seventh in Q2 but the Danish driver was then garage-bound by a hydraulic issue. Ferarri's Leclerc was fastest in Q1 but Red Bull's Verstappen hit back in Q2, making it to the top-10 shootout in one take. The Monegasque driver took a first pole position since the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and his second in Bahrain, with a time of 1m 30.556s. Verstappen was 0.123s off by the flag and Sainz ended up 0.129s back in P3. The stage was thus set for a face-off between the champion and the Scuderia in Q3. With AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly in P7, eighth-place Lando Norris (McLaren) was the highest-placed Mercedes-powered driver, beating the Mercedes duo of George Russell (P9) and Lewis Hamilton (P10).

Formula 1 is back for the 2022 season. We break down the schedule for this first weekend as the drivers prepare for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Which new designs will hit the track running and which will falter? With each team arriving in Bahrain with unique designs that have yet to be tested in race conditions, there are a lot of questions heading into the weekend. But a lot has changed since the cars were last on the track in Abu Dhabi. The cars have been completely redesigned, new rules and tires are being introduced, there is a new race director structure, and numerous changes to the driver lineup.

F1 qualifying for the 2022 Bahrain GP will have teams like Red Bull and Mercedes looking to prove their worth. How can you watch the Formula 1 action?

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1. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari · 2. Max Verstappen, Red Bull · 3. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari · 4. Sergio Perez, Red Bull · 5. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes · 6. Valtteri Bottas ...

For fans in Canada, TSN will carry the English telecast of races. For viewers planning to live stream F1 in 2022, you can purchase a Sky Sports Pass on NOW TV. Lights out will likely take place just after 11 a.m. ET. ESPN's pre-race show usually airs in the hour before the start of the race. The calendar also holds the maiden voyage for the Miami Grand Prix, the first of two races in the United States in 2022, with the customary United States GP taking place in October. In total, there are 22 scheduled events on the F1 docket for 2022, one race shy of tying the mark for longest F1 calendar. The ESPN family of networks will broadcast all 2022 F1 races in the United States using Sky Sports' feed, with select races airing on ABC later earlier the season.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc took pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir, the first round of the 2022 F1 World Championship.

On the first runs, Sainz set the bar at 1m30.687s, 0.044s faster than Leclerc with Verstappen 0.012s off a front row spot (complaining about tyre temperature and out-lap speed) and Perez in fourth, ahead of Hamilton and Russell – the Mercs both setting their times on used softs. Sainz slipped to third, ahead of Perez, Hamilton, Bottas, Magnussen (who stopped at Turn 1 after completing his lap), Alonso, Russell and Gasly. Only the top three cars and the Mercedes duo didn’t run again on a second set of soft tyres, with Magnussen jumping up to fifth ahead of Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) and Lando Norris (McLaren), pushing the Mercs back to the lower reaches of the top 10. Kevin Magnussen grabbed an early P2 for Haas before Valtteri Bottas snatched it away for Alfa Romeo, just 0.01s off Verstappen. Verstappen dived straight into the 1m30s bracket, with a 1m30.757s that was six tenths clear of Leclerc and Perez. Magnussen was fourth fastest after the opening runs, despite suffering a hydraulic issue with his power steering, ahead of Hamilton and Russell. Ferrari then took control, with Leclerc taking the top spot on 1m31.471s, 0.096s quicker than teammate Sainz. Hamilton took P5 for Mercedes at this point, eight tenths off the pace, while Russell beat him on a second push lap on his first set of tyres.

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“You want to be good in qualifying but make sure the car is working in the race, and it’s a bit different to some other tracks.” Fernando Alonso, eighth for Alpine, and Pierre Gasly, 10th in the AlphaTauri, make up the top 10 to ensure a tight battle should the Ferraris and Red Bulls disappear as expected. There are no other available mechanisms in the rules for amending the race classification.” Alfa Romeo and Haas were the big winners in midfield. McLaren, of whom so much was expected when Lando Norris lit up the first test in Barcelona, are heading in the opposite direction. The radical rule changes introduced this year have catapulted the red car back into the vanguard of the sport, providing Leclerc and Carlos Sainz with an opportunity to challenge for the world title. After all he set off from pole in this race a year ago and saw Hamilton take the chequered flag. “The last two years have been difficult for the team. “It has been a bit of a nightmare to drive,” he said. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff explained before qualifying the extent of the problems. Charles Leclerc starts the season-opening 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix on the front row ahead of defending world champion Max Verstappen. The following year they sank to sixth in the constructors’ championship with just three podium finishes, their worst return in 40 years.

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The first 20 minutes will eliminate five drivers and the next 15 minutes will eliminate five more. Charles Leclerc claimed the top time in Q1 at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The five slowest drivers were Yuki Tsunoda, Nico Hülkenberg, Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll, and Nicholas Latifi. They will occupy positions 16-20 in Sunday’s race. As for the race itself on Sunday, Verstappen is an overwhelming favorite to win at -125. The 20 drivers will face off for an hour of racing to establish the fastest time and secure pole position. The five slowest drivers were Esteban Ocon, Mick Schumacher, Lando Norris, Alex Albon, and Zhou Guanyu. They will occupy positions 11-15 in Sunday’s race. Q2 results: The second round of qualifying is a wrap.

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"We thought it would be possible to get into Q3, but now seeing that in reality we got P6, this is still like a bit of a surprise - and I think it is for everyone," Bottas said. "Barcelona is more biased towards medium and high speed, this one is more biased towards slow speed corners and that's where we're struggling a lot. But until you actually do it you always have the doubts, and finally this season we managed to do a car that is back to where it deserves, which is to at least be in the mix for the top positions." "I had a whole year, basically 15 months trying to get used to the fact that Formula 1 wasn't going to be part of my life anymore. And now back in Q3 and hoping for points tomorrow, it's kind of crazy." This could be the fairytale story of the season. The Danish driver has always been a very strong qualifier and he clearly lost none of that in his year racing in other series. But dialling them out means applying the science, scrutiny and hard work; it is all physics, it's not mystics." That may not sound particularly impressive for a seven-time world champion, but given the performance of his new car it was the best he could hope for. Unlike previous years when Mercedes struggled during preseason testing, there was no quick fix to make the car competitive ahead of the first race this season. During practice, Leclerc and Verstappen looked closely matched over a single lap, but it was Red Bull who looked the most impressive over longer runs with heavy fuel. Charles Leclerc's pole position in Bahrain was Ferrari's first at the opening race of a year since 2007.

Crash.net rounds up some of the biggest talking points from the first qualifying of F1's new era at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

He had been on the back foot ever since and barely recovered in time for this weekend’s season-opener, so should be cut some slack. Nevertheless, it was a fantastic start for Ferrari after spending the last two years in recovery mode. Everyone still has a lot to learn. A good omen of what is to come for the Scuderia in 2022, perhaps? Even qualifying did not go completely smoothly, with a hydraulic leak threatening to undo all of his superb work. It was a contrasting tale at Mercedes, with Lewis Hamilton admitting that Ferrari and Red Bull are “in another league” as he could only qualify fifth-fastest, 0.680s off Leclerc’s benchmark.