Lewis Hamilton, who has come to the fore with the claim that he will leave the tracks in the past days, announced that he will take his place on the tracks in the 2022 season. We do not know whether Hamilton is considering retiring, but it is certain that we will see the pilot, who has a large fan base in our country, in more races in the coming days.
Today, again, the pilots, who have many fans, competed fiercely in the qualifying laps of the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, who completed the last training lap in the first place, managed to become the favorite driver of many people, and it was thought that he would be the first in today’s qualifying laps and start the race on pole position. Now let’s take a look at what happened in the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix.
The winner of the first session was Leclerc
While Williams opened the first session, it was witnessed that Tsunoda, who could not go to the track due to a problem with his steering wheel in the third training lap, did his best this time. we became Versptappen, who took the first place after Hamilton and Russell could not go to the track for a while, could not hold the first place for a long time. Leclerc was the first to finish the first session, while Sainz was the second and Verstappen was the favorite of many. The order of the first session is as follows:
- Leclerc
- Sainz
- Verstappen
- Bottas
- Magnussen
- Ocon
- Gasly
- Norris
- Russell
- Hamilton
- Perez
- Alonso
- Schumacher
- Zhou
- Albon
Eliminated in this round:
- Tsunoda
- Hulkenberg
- Ricciardo
- Stroll
- Latifi
Second session Verstappen won first place
After a smashing first session, the first to go on the track this time the name was Albon. Again with a breathtaking struggle, this time Verstappen, who kept his success in the first session for a long time, managed to settle in the first place with 1:30.757. Leclerc took second place with a margin of 0.599 seconds. With this struggle between the two, they manage to excite all F1 lovers. The legendary F1 driver of a period, Schumacher, was one of the names eliminated in this session. The final ranking in the second session is as follows;
- Verstappen
- Sainz
- Leclerc
- Perez
- Hamilton
- Russell
- Magnussen
- Alonso
- Gasly
- Bottas
Eliminated in the second session:
- Ocon
- Schumacher
- Norris
- Albon
- Zhou
Leclerc’s pole position in the third session
There was a constant rivalry between Leclerc and Verstappen in this round as well. Leclerc, who held the first place for a while at the beginning of the race, then lost the first place to Sainz this time. Leclerc, who placed first again after a short time, felt the breath of his arch-rival Verstappen in this ranking, but did not lose the first place and started the race in the front row as the owner of the pole position. Verstappen was second with a margin of 0.123 seconds. The order of the third session is as follows;
- Leclerc
- Verstappen
- Sainz
- Perez
- Hamilton
- Bottas
- Magnussen
- Alonso
- Russell
- Gasly