Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying Round-up 2009

Qualifying has finished for the Bahrain Grand Prix tomorrow and Jarno Truli for Toyota is on pole position. His team mate Timo Glock lines up second meaning Toyota are looking hot for their first victory in F1 this weekend.

Click here for official Qualifying positions for the Bahrain Grand Prix 2009.

Some of most notable events of the session were Adrian Sutil blocking Mark Webber in Q1. Coming into the last corner, Adrian slowed down to keep a gap between himself an Alonso but Mark Webber was closing in on his flying lap. Sutil weaved across the track and Webber lost bags in time leaving him 19th. Adrian has gone to Red Bull to apologise to Mark but it won't help him in the race tomorrow.

The BMW's continued their poor early season performance after not making it through to Q3. Both drivers will line up 13th and 14th. The only other driver slower than the BMW's was under pressure, Nelson Piquet. Despite this being the first time to make it in Q2, he was never able to compete and even threw it off the road in the last corner whilst on a do or die lap.

In Quotes

Jarno Trulli
"I'm thrilled to be back on pole again. This weekend has gone well and it's great to be starting at the front tomorrow. In fact this afternoon didn't go quite as smoothly as yesterday because I had a bit of a problem with my brakes during the session. That's a bit of a worry for the race so we'll have to look into it overnight. Still, I'm confident for tomorrow because our race pace has been good this weekend and we've been looking after the tyres well. The first three races haven't really worked out for me but I hope we can now change that. We tested here over the winter and this track has gone well for our cars in the past. To have both cars in the top two shows we did a very good job. I'd like to dedicate this pole both to my team, who have worked so hard, and to the people of my home region Abruzzo, who suffered a disastrous earthquake this month."

Timo Glock
"It's brilliant that we've been able to take the top two places today. We had a problem on my car yesterday and we were struggling but the team did a good job to change things for today. We were quickest in the session this morning, though I lost a bit of running with an electronics glitch. But qualifying went extremely smoothly. The wind changed a bit and it was a struggle to get used to the prime tyres in Q1. After that I felt more comfortable in Q2 but in Q3 I made a small error after turn 8 so I couldn't catch Jarno. A big thank you to all the engineers and mechanics because it's been a hard start to the season for everyone and this is a great result for us."