F1 Bahrain Grand Prix post-qualifying data and record updates:
Leclerc scored two pole positions for Ferrari last season, his second start in pole position in Bahrain since 2019.
2, Verstappen P2, last year's race champion was from P2.
3. Sainz P3, which is the first time in 10 years that two Ferrari cars have started from the top 3.
4, Perez P4, last season a total of 7 times to achieve this result.
5, Hamilton P5, under the Bahrain Grand Prix "standard" track layout, no one can start outside the top 4 to win.
6. P5 is also Hamilton's worst Q3 finish here since 2009 (he has been penalized twice to be lower in the starting order).
7. Bottas has made a top 6 start in Bahrain for 10 consecutive years.
The Finn's P6 is also The Alfa Romeo team's best starting pick since the 2019 Belgian Grand Prix (Kimi).
9 Bottas defeated his Mercedes "successor".
10. Magnussen P7, the first time the Haas team has reached Q3 since brazil in 2019, is also the best qualifying result for the Danes since the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix.
11. Alonso P8, the best starting point in Bahrain since 2013.
12. Russell P9, the same results he achieved when he drove a Mercedes race car here to the Sakhir Grand Prix.
13. Schumacher P12 is his best qualifying result for Haas Team.
14, Norris P13, means that The McLaren team has not been able to enter the top 12 for the first time since 2020 in Turkey.
15. Hockenborg defeated teammate Stoll by a margin of 0.255 seconds.
16. Aston Martin has been eliminated in Q1 twice in the last three races.
17, Kakuda failed to enter Q2, a total of 8 times in the whole of last year.
18. Ricciardo was defeated by his teammates for the first time here.
(Data source official website, picture source network)