Lewis Hamilton under investigation after pole

Lewis Hamilton stormed pole position at the Bahrain GP ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, but is currently under investigation by the stewards. The world champion could be handed a penalty if found guilty of reversing in the pitlane. Ferrari appeared in a position to challenge until the final laps, when the Mercedes stretched their legs to go half a second clear of the red cars.
Sebastian Vettel will start third ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen.
And Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne out-qualified McLaren team-mate Jenson Button on his Formula 1 debut.
Vandoorne was 12th and Button 14th, complaining of a handling imbalance on his final lap but admitting the newcomer “did a good job and I didn’t”. — AP