McLaren driver Oscar Piastri grabbed pole position during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix Saturday at the Bahrain Intl Circuit.

Piastri turned a best lap of one minute and 29.841 seconds, edging Mercedes wheelman George Russell for the top spot. It is Piastris second pole of the season.

Piastri was delighted with the effort.

I felt confident out there pretty much all weekend, Piastri said. FP1 was an experience for us all, I think it felt more like a rally car than an F-1 car, but from then on Ive felt really comfortable with the car.

[In] FP3 we had good pace. [In] qualifying the others caught up a little bit closer than what I wanted, but [I] still delivered the laps when it mattered which was the most important thing, so [Im] very, very happy.

Ferraris Charles Leclerc took the third spot, while Kimi Antonelli was fourth in the second Mercedes.

Pierre Gasly was fifth for Alpine, while point leader Lando Norris was sixth in the second McLaren.