Max Verstappen will start Sunday's race at Sepang's Bahrain round from pole position, and RacingNews365 readers overwhelmingly expect him to convert that into victory.
The Red Bull driver topped qualifying with a 1:35.130, edging Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari by 0.298 seconds. Isack Hadjar put the second Red Bull third on the grid, ahead of Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes in fourth, however Hadjar has been demoted on the grid due to a new engine.
Charles Leclerc completed the top five, giving Ferrari two cars inside the opening five rows.
We put the question to its readers ahead of the race: who will win in Bahrain? Verstappen took more than 60 per cent of the vote, a landslide share.
Hamilton was named the second favourite among voters, collecting 17 per cent of the poll, just ahead of Antonelli on 16 per cent.
The remaining votes were split sparingly among the rest of the grid.
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