2010 Bahrain GP Qualifying Executive Summary

Vettel was amazing in Q3, Ferraris are right behind, great day for Massa who was faster than Alonso. Great day also for Kubica and Sutil who made Q3, Sutil is the only one in the top ten to start on hard tires which may or may not be a factor.

Bad day for Schumacher, seventh and beaten by Nico Rosberg is certainly not how he wanted to start the week end. Much ado about nothing, it seems, with the Mclaren blower wing. That dog did not hunt today. Webber too, cannot be happy.

Special congratulations have to go to HRT's Karun Chandhok whose F1 debut was, amazingly, today! He did not get a chance to to turn any laps at all in practice and in an interview with Spain's La Sexta, said he has not had a real seat fitting and was still trying to learn all the control on the wheel!

Key for tomorrow, tire wear vs fuel consumption.

Pos  Driver         Team                   Q1        Q2        Q3       
1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault       1:55.029  1:53.883  1:54.101 
2.  Massa          Ferrari                1:55.313  1:54.331  1:54.242
3.  Alonso         Ferrari                1:54.612  1:54.172  1:54.608
4.  Hamilton       McLaren-Mercedes       1:55.341  1:54.707  1:55.217
5.  Rosberg        Mercedes               1:55.463  1:54.682  1:55.241
6.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault       1:55.298  1:54.318  1:55.284
7.  Schumacher     Mercedes               1:55.593  1:55.105  1:55.524
8.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1:55.715  1:55.168  1:55.672
9.  Kubica         Renault                1:55.511  1:54.963  1:55.885
10.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1:55.213  1:54.996  1:56.309
11.  Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1:55.969  1:55.330
12.  Liuzzi         Force India-Mercedes   1:55.628  1:55.653
13.  Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth      1:56.375  1:55.857
14.  de la Rosa     Sauber-Ferrari         1:56.428  1:56.237
15.  Buemi          Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:56.189  1:56.265
16.  Kobayashi      Sauber-Ferrari         1:56.541  1:56.270
17.  Petrov         Renault                1:56.167  1:56.619
18.  Alguersuari    Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1:57.071
19.  Glock          Virgin-Cosworth        1:59.728
20.  Trulli         Lotus-Cosworth         1:59.852
21.  Kovalainen     Lotus-Cosworth         2:00.313
22.  di Grassi      Virgin-Cosworth        2:00.587
23.  Senna          HRT-Cosworth           2:03.240
24.  Chandhok       HRT-Cosworth           2:04.904

All Timing Unofficial

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