Charles Leclerc became the second youngest pole-sitter of all time at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, beating his team mate (and the youngest pole sitter of all time) Sebastian Vettel to secure a front-row lock-out for Ferrari. Leclerc established a new track record on his final lap for good measure, going around the Bahrain International Circuit in 1m 28.866s, 0.294s up on Vettel’s time. Behind the Ferrari duo came the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, the silver cars having at least managed to close what had looked to be a yawning gap to Ferrari throughout the free practice sessions in Bahrain, Hamilton ending up 0.324s off Leclerc’s headline time. Max Verstappen was fifth in the sole Red Bull to make it into Q3 – Pierre Gasly having dropped out in Q2 – with the Dutchman ahead of the Haas of Kevin Magnussen and the McLaren of Carlos Sainz.