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2008 Bahrain GP qualifying |
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen
will start Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix from third and fifth positions
respectively. In Saturday’s qualifying, Lewis set a time of 1m33.292,
less than two tenths of a second behind pole position. Heikki’s time
was 1m33.488.
Qualifying Session One: Qualifying Session Two: Qualifying Session Three:
Lewis: 4 laps, 1:32.750 (4th) 3 laps, 1:31.922(5th) 6 laps, 1:33.292 (3rd)
Heikki: 3 laps, 1:33.057 (12th) 3 laps, 1:31.718 (2nd) 6 laps 1:33.488 (5th)
LEWIS HAMILTON
“My fastest lap in qualifying was OK, but not perfect. The balance of
the car was good, and I think a better time and a position on the front
row would have been possible, but the times were very close.
Yesterday’s accident was no problem for me, at Turn Five where it
happened, I was faster today than Friday. It was just a matter of going
for it. I know the guys worked until early this morning preparing the
car after yesterday’s accident, so a big thank you to them. I will now
analyse the data together with my engineers and look forward to an
interesting race tomorrow. We have a good strategy, and I am confident.”
HEIKKI KOVALAINEN
“The car felt good, especially on the softer tyre, but the lap time was
not quick enough to get higher up the grid. There was little more wind
than yesterday, but I don’t think that had any influence. All the times
are extremely close. I am positive for tomorrow’s race and believe we
can improve some positions. We are close to the top guys and anything
can happen tomorrow. I am confident that we have a good strategy, and
the most important thing is to keep scoring the points as we have been
doing in the first two races.”
RON DENNIS
“A troublefree qualifying session for Lewis and Heikki who both did an
excellent job. Also the team did a great job overnight in making the
necessary repairs to Lewis’ car. The times at the top were extremely
close which bodes well for an exciting race. We will now see how the
race unfolds and if our strategy will work out as we have planned.”
NORBERT HAUG
“We have achieved a good basis for the race with third and fifth
positions on the better side of the track for the start. The mechanics
did a super job last night to virtually build up a new chassis for
Lewis which he drove to third place on the grid – less than two tenths
from pole position. Heikki did a great job and has good chances for a
podium position tomorrow with his fifth place. Congratulations to BMW
and Robert Kubica for their first pole as BMW-Sauber, well done. We
expect an exciting race.”
| Pos |
Driver |
Constructor |
Time |
Laps |
| 1 |
Nico Rosberg |
Williams F1 |
1m32.521 |
17
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| 2 |
Felipe Massa |
Scuderia Ferrari |
1m32.726 |
10
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| 3 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull Racing |
1m32.742 |
16
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| 4 |
Jarno Trulli |
Toyota |
1m32.901 |
18
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| 5 |
David Coulthard |
Red Bull Racing |
1m32.918 |
14
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| 6 |
Kazuki Nakagima |
Williams F1 |
1m33.020 |
16
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| 7 |
Robert Kubica |
BMW Sauber |
1m33.024 |
18
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| 8 |
Nelson Piquet Jr |
Renault |
1m33.074 |
16
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| 9 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
Scuderia Ferrari |
1m33.237 |
10
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| 10 |
Heikki Kovalainen |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes |
1m33.367 |
15
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| 11 |
Sebastien Bourdais |
Toro Rosso |
1m33.372 |
17
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| 12 |
Giancarlo Fisichella |
Force India |
1m33.392 |
20
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| 13 |
Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
1m33.445 |
13
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| 14 |
Rubens Barrichello |
Honda Racing |
1m33.551 |
18
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| 15 |
Timo Glock |
Toyota |
1m33.595 |
20
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| 16 |
Jenson Button |
Honda Racing |
1m33.600 |
17
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| 17 |
Sebastien Vettel |
Toro Rosso |
1m33.651 |
14
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| 18 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes |
1m33.659 |
14
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| 19 |
Adrian Sutil |
Force India |
1m33.857 |
18
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| 20 |
Nick Heidfeld |
BMW Sauber |
1m34.074 |
16
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| 21 |
Anthony Davidson |
Super Aguri |
1m34.591 |
18
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| 22 |
Takuma Sato |
Super Aguri |
1m34.952 |
16 |
courtesy of www.mclaren.com
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