Who starts where for the 2022 F1 Bahrain GP? The full grid
This is how the Formꦐula 1 grid lines up for the 2022 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc starting on pole position from Red Bull’s Max Verst🌳appen.
| 2022 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - STARTING GRID | |||
| Pos. | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Bull Racing |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team |
| 6 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen |
| 7 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | Haas F1 Team |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 9 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Scuderia AlphaTauri |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 12 | Mick Schumacher | GER | Haas F1 Team |
| 13 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 14 | Alexander Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
| 15 | Guanyu Zhou | CHN | Alfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen |
| 16 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Scuderia AlphaTauri |
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 19 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team |
| 20 | Nicholas Latifi | CAN | Williams Racing |
Leclerc starts from pole for the first time since last year’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix after beating reigning world champion Verstappen by 0.1ಞ23s in qualifying on Saturday evening.
Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz will go from third and sh🐓ares the second row with Sergio Perez’s Red﷽ Bull.
After ending up nearly 0.7s off pole, Lewis Hamilton starts fifth in the highest-placed Mercedes. The seven-time world champion will be joined on the third row by former Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bot♓tas, who was one of the stars of qualifying for Alfa Romeo.
Kevin Magnussen produced a stunning lap to put his Haas seventh on the grid, ahead of Fernando Alonso’s Alp🌟ine.
New Mercedes driver George Russeꦇll could only take ninth after making an error at Turn 1 on his only Q3 lap on fresh s🉐ofts.
Pierre Gasly completes the top 10 for AlphaTauri. Meanwhile, propping up the back of the grid is Williams ꦐdriver Nicho🐭las Latifi.
The opening🧔 round of the 2022 F1 season gets underway at 6p🌠m local time (3pm GMT).
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