Bahrain GP 2009: Toyota Lock-Out Front Row

Toyota secured a front row lock-out for tomorrow’s Bahrain Grand Prix after a very successful session for the Japanese automotive company.  Jarno Trulli will start on pole, with Timo Glock admitting he just couldn’t make the first grid slot.

Sebastian Vettel, the winner of the Chinese Grand Prix last week has to settle for third.  His team mate Mark Webber was knocked out in Q1 after being blocked by Adrian Sutil (16th).  We await a stewards decision on whether the young German will recieve a penalty.

Jenson Button, the current leader of the World Championship starts third, with Lewis Hamilton alongside in 6th.  Barrichello and Alonso make up the next row with strong performances from their drivers, and Ferrari got both cars in the top 10 with Massa starting 8th and Raikkonen 10th.

Pos Driver       Team                      Q1        Q2        Q3      
 1. Trulli       Toyota                (B) 1:32.779  1:32.671  1:33.431  
 2. Glock        Toyota                (B) 1:33.165  1:32.613  1:33.712  
 3. Vettel       Red Bull-Renault      (B) 1:32.680  1:32.474  1:34.015  
 4. Button       Brawn-Mercedes        (B) 1:32.978  1:32.842  1:34.044  
 5. Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes      (B) 1:32.851  1:32.877  1:34.196  
 6. Barrichello  Brawn-Mercedes        (B) 1:33.116  1:32.842  1:34.239  
 7. Alonso       Renault               (B) 1:33.627  1:32.860  1:34.578  
 8. Massa        Ferrari               (B) 1:33.297  1:33.014  1:34.818  
 9. Rosberg      Williams-Toyota       (B) 1:33.672  1:33.166  1:35.134 
10. Raikkonen    Ferrari               (B) 1:33.117  1:32.827  1:35.380 
11. Kovalainen   McLaren-Mercedes      (B) 1:33.479  1:33.242 
12. Nakajima     Williams-Toyota       (B) 1:33.221  1:33.348
13. Kubica       BMW-Sauber            (B) 1:33.495  1:33.487
14. Heidfeld     BMW-Sauber            (B) 1:33.377  1:33.562
15. Piquet       Renault               (B) 1:33.608  1:33.941
16. Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  (B) 1:33.722 
17. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B) 1:33.753 
18. Fisichella   Force India-Mercedes  (B) 1:33.910 
19. Webber       Red Bull-Renault      (B) 1:34.038 
20. Bourdais     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    (B) 1:34.159