Not entirely surprising, but certainly annoying for Sebastian Vettel: For the second time after Australia, he fails to make it into Q3 in qualifying this season. According to Vettel, there were problems with shifting, which is why the rear wheels kept locking up. Nevertheless, he was confident for the race. What else could he do? Niki Lauda, on the other hand, was very skeptical. He considers starting the race from the midfield with the current car to have no chance of a good result. The problems with Vettel's car and the Renault engines in the current season are well known. His stablemate Dany Ricciardo fared much better: 3rd place behind the two Mercedes drivers Hamilton and Rosberg again caused his familiar glow. However, he is penalized 10 places for the mishap with the loose tire during the pit stop in Malaysia. Not entirely surprisingly, the Mercedes showed absolute dominance, only this time the two drivers swapped places: Rosberg on pole, Hamilton in 2nd place on the grid. In the Ferrari camp, Räikkönen lands a points victory, he puts all his eggs in one basket, or one lap, and ends up well ahead of Alonso, for the first time. Since Australia it is clear Williams and McLaren are among the front teams in 2014. After Ricciardo's penalty, the Finn Bottas now finds himself in 3rd place on the grid. In 4th place this time is Sergio Perez on Force India instead of Hülkenberg. Things didn't go so well for Sauber: Gutierrez in 15th and Sutil in 18th, who is moved back 5 places due to Grosjean's obstruction, meaning he starts the race from last place, certainly not the optimum for the Swiss racing team, which has not yet got going at all in the new season.
2014 Bahrain Grand Prix - Qualifying
1st Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m33.185s
2nd Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m33.464s +0.279s
3rd Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m34.051s +0.866s
4th Valtteri Bottas Williams 1m34.247s +1.062s
5th Sergio Perez Force India 1m34.346s +1.161s
6th Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m34.368s +1.183s
7th Jenson Button McLaren 1m34.387s +1.202s
8th Felipe Massa Williams 1m34.511s +1.326s
9th Kevin Magnussen McLaren 1m34.712s +1.527s
10th Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.992s +1.807s
11th Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1m34.985s +1.277s
12th Nico Hülkenberg Force India 1m35.116s +1.408s
13th Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1m35.145s +1.437s
14th Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1m35.286s +1.578s
15th Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 1m35.891s +2.183s
16th Romain Grosjean Lotus 1m35.908s +2.200s
17th Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1m36.663s +1.789s
18th Adrian Sutil Sauber 1m36.840s +1.966s
19th Kamui Kobayashi Caterham 1m37.085s +2.211s
20th Jules Bianchi Marussia 1m37.310s +2.436s
21st Marcus Ericsson Caterham 1m37.875s +3.001s
22nd Max Chilton Marussia 1m37.913s +3.039s
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