Bahrain: Mercedes Nico Rosberg qualified ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton to claim the pole position in the Bahrain Grand Prix as here on Saturday. Rosberg’s cocked 1 minute, 33.185 seconds which was a quarter of a second faster than Hamilton.

“It has just worked well through the weekend, finding my way, making progress and getting through some issues,” Rosberg said.

Meanwhile Hamilton said, “Second place is good for the team. I made a mistake on the last lap but it’s great for the team to have both the cars at the front.”

Meanwhile, Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who finished third, said, “Today was nice, tomorrow will be less nice with the ten place penalty, but I was really happy with qualifying. I think through all the runs and on both tyres I was happy with my performance. We may have saved one set of tyres compared to the others, so that’s good, hopefully I’m going to need it tomorrow for coming through the pack; hopefully it will help us. I did the best I could today, so for that I’m pleased. I think Seb and I will both be charging hard tomorrow and will aim to put on a good race.”