Saturday Qualifying : Bahrain Grand Prix 2008

A POLE ON POLE!!!! My my how I've longed to say that. :D Its good to see a non-Ferrari/McLaren car on the pole. Well most of us have been reckoning that BMW look to give the front runners some sort of competion. It sure seems that they might have a pretty strong race tomorrow.

Robert Kubica took the first pole of his career in his BMW by coming in ahead of the very in-form Felipe Massa (Ferrari). Massa who had been the most dominant driver in the free-practise as well as the first two qualifying session, fell short of Kubica's time by 0.27secs.

Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren) made a strong comeback from his friday's accident to put in the third fastest time on board, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) in fourth and Heikki Kovalainen (Mclaren) in fifth. It was a fairly subdued performance from both the top-rung Finns, after their podium finish performances in the Malaysia.

Nick Heidfeld (BMW) came in sixth despite a lot of struggle with the handling of his car. Jarno Trulli (Toyota), Nico Rosberg (Williams) came in seventh and eight respectively. Honda had reasons to celebrate after Jenson Button made it to the top ten ahead of Fernando Alonso (Renault).

Red Bull had a disappointing qualifying session with Mark Webber coming it at 11th and David Coulthard coming in at a dismal 17th. Rubens Barichello(Honda) lines up 12th ahead of Timo Glock (Toyota) , Nelson Piquet Jr (Renault), Sebastian Bourdais (Toro Rosso) and Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) who all failed to make it past the second qualifying session.

Force India who are yet to make it past the first qualifying session, saw their drivers line up towards the end of the pack, yet again. Ginacarlo Fisichella came in 18th and Adrian Sutil could manage 20th position. Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso) came in 19th. Anthony Davidson and Takuma Sato in their Supar Aguris came in towards the end of the pack and will start the race from 21st and 22nd postion.

Though we all know that starting on pole doesnt always guarantee a win, we sure hope for some dramas and action tomorrow. And for the record, I'd love to see that BMW on the top spot. Peace!!