Formula One - F1 - Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, Bahrain - 15/04/17 - Ferrari Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, Mercedes Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland and Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrate on the podium after taking pole position following the qualifying session. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
MANAMA (Reuters) - Finland's Valtteri Bottas took his first Formula One pole position at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday with a sizzling lap that ended Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton's bid for a seventh in a row.
Triple world champion Hamilton qualified alongside, a mere 0.023 - or 17 centimetres - slower than Bottas's time of one minute 28.769 seconds but with everything still to play for on Sunday.
