Bahrain Grand Prix LIVE: Latest F1 updates as Charles Leclerc loses victory to Lewis Hamilton after late drama

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Follow the latest updates live from the Bahrain Grand Prix as Charles Leclerc starts from pole position for the first time in his career.

The Ferrari new boy stunned teammate Sebastian Vettel on Saturday with a new lap record around the Bahrain International Circuit, leading a Ferrari one-two as they locked out the front row. That left Lewis Hamilton to contend with third place at a track that he has not won at for the last three years, and with both he and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas off the pace, it could be a painful day for Mercedes.

Max Verstappen leads the best of the rest in his Red Bull, while McLaren got both their cars into Q3 for the first time since Malaysia 2017 in what could be a successful weekend for Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. Follow the live action below.

When is it?

The Bahrain Grand Prix takes place across the weekend of 29-31 March, with the race itself on Sunday 31 March.

What time does it start?

Lights out is scheduled for 4:10pm BST (6:10pm local).

Where can I watch it?

The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 from 2:30pm. Highlights will be shown on Channel 4 from 9pm.

Sky Sports F1 will also be showing every practice session as well as qualifying live throughout the weekend.

Times

First practice: Friday 11am-12:30pm

Second practice: Friday 3pm-4.30pm

Third practice: Saturday 12pm-1pm

Qualifying: Saturday 3pm-4pm

Race: 4:10pm-6:10pm

Grid

1 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1min 27.866secs

2 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:28.160

3 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:28.190

4 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:28.256

5 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:28.752

6 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:28.757

7 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:28.813

8 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:29.022

9 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:29.043

10 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:29.488

11 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:29.015 + three-place grid penalty for blocking

12 Alexander Albon (Tha) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:29.513

13 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Red Bull 1:29.526

14 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:29.756

15 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:29.854

16 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:30.026

17 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:30.034

18 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:30.217

19 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:31.759

20 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams 1:31.799

Key Points

• Lewis Hamilton wins Bahrain Grand Prix
• Charles Leclerc loses eight-second lead due to engine issue
• Race finishes behind safety car to salvage third for Leclerc behind Baltteri Bottas
• Sebastian Vettell spins while fighting Hamilton and finishes fifth

[31 March 2019 17:36 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 51: The pace is not there. Whatever maths the Ferrari team did is wrong as Bottas is catching Leclerc rapidly, and to make matters even worse Verstappen is probably going to catch him too. He might not even salvage a podium...

[31 March 2019 17:38 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 52: Surely not...now Hamilton is reporting issues:

"Downshifts are very clunky."

Has he got a few gearbox gremlins in there?

[31 March 2019 17:39 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 53: Bottas is now firmly on the tail of Leclerc, and Verstappen can see the pair in the distance. This is going to be painful for the Monogasque.

[31 March 2019 17:40 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 54: Bottas flashes past to take second! It's a Mercedes one-two!

[31 March 2019 17:42 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 54: A late yellow flag in the first sector and both Renaults have stopped! Hulkenberg is stopped at the end of the start/finish straight, and Ricciardo is no more than 50 yards further down the road! Ricciardo reports that "everything just cut out" so there's not been any contact between them.

That is one of the most bizarre things I've seen.

[31 March 2019 17:42 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 55: Safety car!

[31 March 2019 17:45 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 56: There's just two laps left, and this might save Leclerc a podium here if it finishes under the safety car!

[31 March 2019 17:47 · Jack de Menezes]

Lap 57: Hamilton starts the final lap and we'll finish behind the safety car!

[31 March 2019 17:48 · Jack de Menezes]

CHEQUERED FLAG: LEWIS HAMILTON WINS THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX!

[31 March 2019 17:50 · Jack de Menezes]