Pirelli F1 Bahrain Grand-Prix qualifying

Pirelli F1 Bahrain Grand-Prix qualifying

15.04.2017: - Valtteri Bottas claims his first pole for Mercedes and saves a new set of supersoft tyres

- Valtteri Bottas claims his first pole for Mercedes and saves a new set of supersoft tyres

- Two stop strategy likely tomorrow, depending on track conditions

- Fastest ever lap of Sakhir Circuit set in A3

                            



The fastest-ever lap of the Bahrain International Circuit was set tonight thanks to Valtteri Bottas’s pole time of 1m28.769s for Mercedes on the supersoft tyre



. Conditions remained warm, with track temperatures of 37 degrees centigrade for the evening qualifying session.



Bottas was one of three drivers, together with Hamilton and Vettel, to save a set of supersoft tyres by using only one set of soft tyres in Q1.



MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING



“Today we saw the fastest-ever lap of Bahrain in qualifying, using the supersoft tyre. Depending on track conditions tomorrow, drivers might opt for a one-stop or a two-stop strategy.



There’s still enough of a time difference between the soft and the supersoft tyre to make some variations in strategy possible. As the teams seem very closely matched in terms of race pace, this could well make the difference.”





HOW THE TYRES BEHAVED TODAY


Not used in qualifying and unlikely to be seen in the race tomorrow.


Hamilton, Bottas and Vettel used just one set of soft in Q1.


The predominant qualifying tyre, more than a second faster than the soft.



DRIVER TIME COMPOUND


Bottas 1m 28.769s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Hamilton 1m 28.792s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Vettel 1m 29.247s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Ricciardo 1m 29.545s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Raikkonen 1m 29.567s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Verstappen 1m 29.687s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Hulkenberg 1m 29.842s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Massa 1m 30.074s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Grosjean 1m 30.763s
SUPERSOFT NEW
Palmer 1m 31.074s
SUPERSOFT NEW



COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS


MEDIUM Ocon, Ricciardo, Stroll 12
SOFT Stroll 26
SUPERSOFT Ericsson 26



COMPOUND DRIVER TIME

MEDIUM Hamilton 1m 36.708s
SOFT Hamilton 1m 30.814s
SUPERSOFT Bottas 1m 28.769s



Anthony Peacock - photo Pirelli

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