Bahrain Grand Prix starting grid for Formula One's season-opening race on Sunday (1600GMT): Front row: Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull-Honda) Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes) 2nd row: Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Mercedes) Charles Leclerc (MON/Ferrari) 3rd row: Pierre Gasly (FRA/AlphaTauri-Honda) Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/McLaren-Mercedes) 4th row: Lando Norris (GBR/McLaren-Mercedes) Carlos Sainz (ESP/Ferrari) 5th row: Fernando Alonso (ESP/Alpine-Renault) Lance Stroll (CAN/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 6th row: Sergio Perez (MEX/Red Bull-Honda) Antonio Giovinazzi (ITA/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 7th row: Yuki Tsunoda (JPN/AlphaTauri-Honda) Kimi Räikkönen (FIN/Alfa Romeo-Ferrari) 8th row: George Russell (GBR/Williams-Mercedes) Esteban Ocon (FRA/Alpine-Renault) 9th row: Nicholas Latifi (CAN/Williams-Mercedes) Sebastian Vettel (GER/Aston Martin-Mercedes) 10th row: Mick Schumacher (GER/Haas-Ferrari) Nikita Mazepin (RUS/Haas-Ferrari) afp