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LIVE: 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix

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Follow live coverage of the 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix with F1i's live commentary page.

Lewis Hamilton starts from pole position for the second time this season after pipping team-mate Nico Rosberg by just 0.077s in qualifying on Saturday. Mercedes will be wary of the threat posed by Ferrari, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen lining up directly behind them.

Ferrari focused on race pace on Friday and will hope to challenge on a circuit Raikkonen came close to victory on last year. The nearest threat to both teams comes from Red Bull with Daniel Ricciardo fifth on the grid.

Romain Grosjean starts from ninth place for Haas and has a whole host of strategies available to him as the first driver who is able to choose the tyre compound he starts on. The top eight all start on used supersofts run in Q2.

Today's race sees the grand prix debut of Stoffel Vandoorne, with the Belgian starting for McLaren in place of the injured Fernando Alonso. Vandoorne impressed during qualifying and will start from 12th place, two positions ahead of team-mate Jenson Button.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.