Who starts where for the 2022 F1 Bahrain GP? The full grid

Full starting grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir, the opening round of the 2022 F1 world championship season.
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB18 and pole sitter Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari F1-75 in qualifying parc ferme.
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB18 and pole sitter Charles Leclerc …
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This is how the Formula 1 grid lines up for the 2022 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc starting on pole position from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. 

2022 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - STARTING GRID
Pos.DriverNat.Team
1Charles LeclercMONScuderia Ferrari
2Max VerstappenNEDOracle Red Bull Racing
3Carlos SainzESPScuderia Ferrari
4Sergio PerezMEXOracle Bull Racing
5Lewis HamiltonGBRMercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
6Valtteri BottasFINAlfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen
7Kevin MagnussenDENHaas F1 Team
8Fernando AlonsoESPBWT Alpine F1 Team
9George RussellGBRMercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team
10Pierre GaslyFRAScuderia AlphaTauri
11Esteban OconFRABWT Alpine F1 Team
12Mick SchumacherGERHaas F1 Team
13Lando NorrisGBRMcLaren F1 Team
14Alexander AlbonTHAWilliams Racing
15Guanyu ZhouCHNAlfa Romeo F1 Team Orlen
16Yuki TsunodaJPNScuderia AlphaTauri 
17Nico HulkenbergGERAston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team
18Daniel RicciardoAUSMcLaren F1 Team
19Lance StrollCANAston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team
20Nicholas LatifiCANWilliams Racing

Leclerc starts from pole for the first time since last year’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix after beating reigning world champion Verstappen by 0.123s in qualifying on Saturday evening. 

Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz will go from third and shares the second row with Sergio Perez’s Red Bull. 

After ending up nearly 0.7s off pole, Lewis Hamilton starts fifth in the highest-placed Mercedes. The seven-time world champion will be joined on the third row by former Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, who was one of the stars of qualifying for Alfa Romeo. 

Kevin Magnussen produced a stunning lap to put his Haas seventh on the grid, ahead of Fernando Alonso’s Alpine. 

New Mercedes driver George Russell could only take ninth after making an error at Turn 1 on his only Q3 lap on fresh softs. 

Pierre Gasly completes the top 10 for AlphaTauri. Meanwhile, propping up the back of the grid is Williams driver Nicholas Latifi. 

The opening round of the 2022 F1 season gets underway at 6pm local time (3pm GMT). 

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