2014 Bahrain GP Qualifying: Nico Rosberg takes pole position for dominant Mercedes
Mistake costs Hamilton; Mercedes still able to claim a one-two lockout; Vettel fails to make it through to Q3; Bottas to start from third; Sunday's race, exclusively live on Sky F1, starts at 4pm UK Time
Sunday 6 April 2014 08:31, UK
Nico Rosberg will start the Bahrain GP from pole position after upsetting the formbook to defy Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
As he celebrated landing pole, Rosberg described his duel with Hamilton as "massively intense". Battle will be rejoined on Sunday with both men driving in the sure knowledge that, barring a mutually-destructive accident or unexpected calamity, theirs will be a two-car contest for victory in the one car which has emerged as the first among equals of F1's brave new world. PG Sky F1's exclusively live coverage of the Bahrain GP begins at 2.30pm UK Time, with the race underway at 4pm
