Pastor Maldonado and Esteban Gutierrez joined the Caterham and Marussia drivers in missing the cut at the end of first qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix, despite the Venezuelan clocking a time good enough to survive.Maldonado recorded exactly the same mark as Williams team-mate Valtteri Bottas but, as the Finn posted his lap first, he escaped the drop-zone while Pastor fell through the trap door after making a mistake on his last lap, ensuring Williams' unwanted record of losing a car in Q1 at each race this year continues.Gutierrez, meanwhile, was always a candidate for the axe, having spent the entire third practice session focusing on race set-up, rather than qualifying, as he faces...
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