Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2009-04-26
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) took pole for the 2009 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:33.431 lap.
Timo Glock (Toyota) joined the front row, 0.281s shy of pole, with Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) third on the grid. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) missed the cut by —s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.949s — pole to P10 — with Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:32.799 | 1:32.671 | 1:33.431 | 1:33.431 |
| 2 | Timo Glock | Toyota | 1:33.165 | 1:32.613 | 1:33.712 | +0.281 |
| 3 | 5Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:32.680 | 1:32.474 | 1:34.015 | +0.584 |
| 4 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| Brawn |
| 1:32.978 |
| 1:32.842 |
| 1:34.044 |
| +0.613 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:32.851 | 1:32.877 | 1:34.196 | +0.765 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn | 1:33.116 | 1:32.842 | 1:34.239 | +0.808 |
| 7 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:33.627 | 1:32.860 | 1:34.578 | +1.147 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:33.297 | 1:33.014 | 1:34.818 | +1.387 |
| 9 | 6Nico Rosberg | Williams | 1:33.672 | 1:33.166 | 1:35.134 | +1.703 |
| 10 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:33.117 | 1:32.827 | 1:35.380 | +1.949 |
| 11 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren | 1:33.479 | 1:33.242 | — | — |
| 12 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams | 1:33.221 | 1:33.348 | — | — |
| 13 | 88Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:33.495 | 1:33.487 | — | +0.056 |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:33.377 | 1:33.562 | — | +0.131 |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Renault | 1:33.608 | 1:33.941 | — | +0.510 |
| 16 | 99Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:33.722 | — | — | +0.291 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:33.753 | — | — | +0.322 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Force India | 1:33.910 | — | — | +0.479 |
| 19 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:34.038 | — | — | +0.607 |
| 20 | Sébastien Bourdais | Toro Rosso | 1:34.159 | — | — | +0.728 |