Valtteri Bottas powered to his first Formula 1 career pole position by stealing pole position from teammate Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Bottas kept his cool under the lights as Hamilton set the early pace in Q3 but on the final run the Finn, in his third race for the Silver Arrows, made no mistake he set the session best time of 1:28.769. Hamilton was slow in the first sector, two tenths down on his teammate, and did not have the ammo to close the gap and ended the session 0.023 of a second shy of the top time. No big shouts or whoops from the sport's latest pole winner, instead a subdued, 'Really happy, thanks guys. My first...
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