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Lewis Hamilton secured his 10th Formula 1 pole position of the season in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

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The reigning F1 world champion recorded his 98th career pole position in the series as he beat both Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, with the Finn completing a Mercedes front row lockout.

After qualifying Bottas revealed he is running a "quite different set-up" to Hamilton but was still left confused by the qualifying gap between the pair.

Verstappen is joined on the second row by Red Bull team-mate Alexander Albon, who produced a solid recovery for fourth place in qualifying after a heavy FP2 crash, with Racing Point's Sergio Perez in fifth ahead of Renault pair Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon.

Gelael makes F2 return in Bahrain after injury lay-off

Sean Gelael will return to his Formula 2 drive with DAMS in Bahrain, after a four-round lay-off following a fracture to his back in August's Barcelona roundGelael was taken to the hospital after striking a kerb and going airborne after an incident with Campos' Jack Aitken in the Barcelona feature race, and was diagnosed with a fracture to his D4 vertebra.

Verstappen fastest in Bahrain Grand Prix final practice. If he can whittle his time down by another two or three tenths for this afternoon's qualifying, then Max Verstappen looks to be a genuine threat to Mercedes for pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix after topping final practice at the Sakhir track.

Grand Prix from the Hungaroring with our guide to race and session start times and TV TRENDING TOPICS: Ferrari’s resurgence, driver moves, and more talking points ahead of the Bahrain GP. So perhaps it's time for Red Bull to go one better and win. Or we could see a shock winner in a

Having claimed a front row lockout in last year's Bahrain GP, Ferrari was forced to settle for a sixth row lockout for this season's race with Sebastian Vettel in 11th ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc in 12th - but the German is optimistic of scoring points with a smart race strategy.

Q2 was briefly delayed by a red-flag stoppage as Carlos Sainz Jr suffered a car failure for McLaren which left the Spaniard "very angry", as he is set to start the race down in 15th place and without a spare set of medium tyres.

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When is the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix?

Date: Sunday 29th November 2020

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Start time: 5:10pm local time, 2:10pm GMT

Red Bull sporting director Wheatley tests positive for COVID-19

Red Bull Formula 1 sporting director Jonathan Wheatley has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not attend this weekend's Bahrain Grand PrixRed Bull announced on Thursday morning ahead of the upcoming race weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit that Wheatley had tested positive for COVID-19 as part of the pre-event screening.

Verstappen fastest in Bahrain Grand Prix final practice. 9,4689,468. viewing this page. He made it onto the front row last year at the Bahrain GP, but could he do it again? He is out on a fresh pair of soft tyres. That might be the only time I say that today, and there are still 50 minutes remaining to FP3.

Bahrain Grand Prix . Sakhir, Bahrain . 1 day, 15 hours and 3 minutes. f 1 calendar.com f 1 countdown.com. Either he's doing as well as he can do or he's making crucial mistakes. Both things are simply not possible at the same time .

How can I watch the Bahrain GP?

In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports has exclusive live broadcasting rights (excluding the British GP), with the Bahrain GP race shown live on Sky Sports F1. Pre-race coverage will be starting at 12:30pm GMT ahead of the race start at 2:10pm GMT.

Channel 4 will be showing extended highlights of the race on Sunday evening, starting at 9:00pm GMT.

Autosport is running a live text commentary for the Bahrain GP.

Weather forecast for the Bahrain GP?

Current weather forecasts predict mostly clear conditions but with a small chance of cloud cover at the Bahrain International Circuit on race day, with a very low chance of rain. The temperature is expected to be 25 degrees Celsius for the start of the race - slightly cooler than qualifying.

How many laps is the Bahrain GP?

The race is scheduled to complete 57 laps of the Bahrain International Circuit, covering a total race distance of 308.238km.

Bahrain F2: Mazepin tops disrupted practice

Nikita Mazepin topped a stop-start free practice session for the penultimate round of the FIA Formula 2 Championship on the Bahrain International Circuit . © LAT Images Mazepin tops disrupted F2 practice in Bahrain The Hitech Grand Prix-run Russian was a relatively late improver once everyone finally got down to putting in some serious lapping, and eventually headed Carlin racer Jehan Daruvala by 0.122 seconds. The field were only just completing their installation laps when F2 veteran Artem Markelov spun his HWA Racelab car at the final corner, and could not get going again.

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F 1 start time : When does the Russian GP start ? Lewis Hamilton claimed his 96th Formula 1 career pole position for the Russian Grand Prix ahead of The late switch also forced Hamilton onto the soft tyres in Q2, meaning he will start the Russian GP on the softest compound compared to main rivals

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