Sakhir GP: Bottas beats Russell to pole by 0.026s

With Bahrain GP polesitter and race winner Lewis Hamilton absent after his positive COVID-19 test last week, the story of qualifying was whether Russell could beat Bottas to pole or suffer the first qualifying defeat to a teammate in his short F1 career so far.
After the duo had been the only drivers to get through Q2 on the medium tyres, which they will use at the start of Sunday’s race …Keep reading