Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2008-04-06
Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) took pole for the 2008 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:33.096 lap.
Felipe Massa (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.027s shy of pole, with Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) third on the grid. Fernando Alonso (Renault) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Mark Webber (Red Bull) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.019s — pole to P10 — with Fernando Alonso (Renault) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:32.893 | 1:31.745 | 1:33.096 | 1:33.096 |
| 2 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:31.937 | 1:31.188 | 1:33.123 | +0.027 |
| 3 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32.750 | 1:31.922 | 1:33.292 | +0.196 |
| 4 |
| 7Kimi Räikkönen |
| Ferrari |
| 1:32.652 |
| 1:31.933 |
| 1:33.418 |
| +0.322 |
| 5 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:33.057 | 1:31.718 | 1:33.488 | +0.392 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:33.137 | 1:31.909 | 1:33.737 | +0.641 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:32.493 | 1:32.159 | 1:33.994 | +0.898 |
| 8 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:32.903 | 1:32.185 | 1:34.015 | +0.919 |
| 9 | 22Jenson Button | Honda | 1:32.793 | 1:32.362 | 1:35.057 | +1.961 |
| 10 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:32.947 | 1:32.345 | 1:35.115 | +2.019 |
| 11 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:33.194 | 1:32.371 | — | — |
| 12 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:32.944 | 1:32.508 | — | — |
| 13 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:32.800 | 1:32.528 | — | — |
| 14 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:32.975 | 1:32.790 | — | — |
| 15 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:33.415 | 1:32.915 | — | — |
| 16 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:33.386 | 1:32.943 | — | — |
| 17 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:33.433 | — | — | +0.337 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:33.501 | — | — | +0.405 |
| 19 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Toro Rosso | 1:33.562 | — | — | +0.466 |
| 20 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:33.845 | — | — | +0.749 |
| 21 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri | 1:34.140 | — | — | +1.044 |
| 22 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri | 1:35.725 | — | — | +2.629 |