
Charles Leclerc has qualified in first place for the 2019 Russian Grand Prix, making it his fourth successive pole position. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton prevented a Ferrari 1-2 by producing a very good final lap to leapfrog Sebastian Vettel, who will start in third place. Red Bull's Max Verstappen qualified in fourth place, ahead of Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas who made a mistake on his final lap. However, Max Verstappen has a 5-place grid penalty which means it will be Bottas who starts in fourth place. Verstappen's team-mate, Alexander Albon crashed in the first part of qualifying and ended up qualifying second from last as he had not set a good enough time beforehand, whilst it is worth noting that Daniil Kvyat for Toro Rosso did not take part in qualifying as the team had to make an engine change.
Starting grid: Charles Leclerc - Ferrari Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes Carlos Sainz - McLaren-Renault Nico Hulkenberg - Renault Lando Norris - McLaren-Renault Romain Grosjean - Haas-Ferrari Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-Honda Daniel Ricciardo - Renault Sergio Perez - Racing Point-BWT Mercedes Antonio Giovinazzi - Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari Kevin Magnussen - Haas-Ferrari Lance Stroll - Racing Point-BWT Mercedes Kimi Raikkonen - Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari Pierre Gasly - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda George Russell - Williams-Mercedes
Alexander Albon - Red Bull Racing-Honda Robert Kubica - Williams-Mercedes Daniil Kvyat - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
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