Leclerc pipped Red Bull driver Verstappen by 0.123s in the third and final segment of the one-hour qualifying session, in which five cars are knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the Q3 top-10 shootout.
They will share the front row as Leclerc scored Ferrari’s first pole since the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Carlos Sainz Jr was third-fastest in the second Ferrari, leading Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez, while Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell could only muster the fifth and ninth-fastest times.
Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc on pole from Verstappen
What happened in Q1?
Verstappen set the early bar in Q1 by lapping in 1m31.909s, 0.474s faster than his team-mate Perez, who ran wide at the final corner having beaten the Dutchman’s middle sector time. Kevin Magnussen grabbed an early second for Haas before Valtteri Bottas snatched it away for Alfa Romeo, just 0.01s off Verstappen.
Ferrari then took control, with Leclerc taking the top spot on…
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