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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Matt Majendie

Charles Leclerc upstages Max Verstappen to take pole position for Bahrain Grand Prix

Any sense that Max Verstappen and Red Bull might run away with the Bahrain Grand Prix were dispelled as Charles Leclerc took the first pole position of the season for Ferrari.

Leclerc had switched times at the top of the leaderboard with Verstappen throughout the three qualifying sessions but sealed pole by a mere tenth of a second with a best lap of 1:30.558 seconds.

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