Bahrain 2014 qualy: Mercedes unbeatable; Rosberg ‘blew’ him away

Mercedes again on top, while Vettel will start from 10 of the grid due to his team mate penalty.

Rosberg ‘blew‘ Hamilton away!

As expected, it was a two-way battle between the Mercedes drivers for the top spot in qualifying, but Rosberg reversed the order seen in all three practice sessions as he set a time 0.279s quicker than his team-mate. On his second run he was matching his sector times from his first attempt but when the news of Hamilton’s mistake made his cockpit he was able to back off and return to the pits.
The results of Bahrain qualys:
Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:35.439 1:33.708 1:33.18 12
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:35.323 1:33.872 1:33.464 12
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:36.220 1:34.592 1:34.051 16
4 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:34.934 1:34.842 1:34.247 15
5 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:34.998 1:34.747 1:34.346 19
6 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:35.234 1:34.925 1:34.368 15
7 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.699 1:34.714 1:34.387 17
8 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:35.085 1:34.842 1:34.511 14
9 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.288 1:34.904 1:34.712 17
10 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:35.251 1:34.723 1:34.992 17
11 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:35.549 1:34.985 9
12 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:34.874 1:35.116 12
13 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:35.395 1:35.145 14
14 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:35.815 1:35.286 14
15 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.567 1:35.891 14
16 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:36.654 1:35.908 10
17 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:36.663 7
18 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:36.840 5
19 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:37.085 6
20 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:37.310 6
21 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:37.875 7
22 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:37.913 6
Q1 107% Time 1:41.515
The start grid from tomorrow race:
No Driver Team Grid
6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1
44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2
77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 3
11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 4
7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 5
22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 6
19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 7
20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 8
14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 9
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 10
27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 11
26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 12
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 13
25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 14
21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 15
8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 16
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 17
99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 18
10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 19
17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 20
9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 21
4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 22