Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel will take pole position in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix after registering the fastest time in qualifying.

The German pipped teammate Kimi Raikkonen to first place by 0.143 seconds as Ferrari claimed the entire front row during Saturday's main event precursor.

Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes came in third, just 23 thousandths of a second behind Raikkonen after making a two-tenths improvement on his final lap.

The Finnish driver's teammate Lewis Hamilton took fourth place, but will start back in ninth after incurring a five-place drop for an unauthorised gearbox change.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull rounded off the top five, while Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly defied the odds with an unlikely sixth-place finish.

Kevin Magnussen, Renault duo Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon completed the top 10.

Elsewhere, it was a disappointing qualification race for McClaren, with Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne only managing 13th and 14th place, respectively.

1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari)
2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)
4. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
5. Pierre Gasly (Toro Rosso)
6. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
7. Nico Hulkenberg (Renault)
8. Esteban Ocon (Force India)
9. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
10. Carlos Sainz (Renault)
11. Brendon Hartley (Toro Rosso)
12. Sergio Perez (Force India)
13. Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
14. Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren)
15. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
16. Romain Grosjean (Haas)
17. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)
18. Sergey Sirotkin (Williams)
19. Charles Leclerc (Sauber)
20. Lance Stroll (Williams)