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[Denthúl]

People are talking about Barrichello being a force tomorrow with his hard tyres.

But Sutil did Q3 on hard tyres. I actually checked, because his times in Q3 were surprisingly slow. Whenever he parked his car at the end of the session, I definetly saw hard tyres. So watch for Sutil tomorrow.


Great lap from Vettel. Over a second faster than Webber. So unless Webber is running hard tyres as well, thats gotta hurt being that much slower. Massa great lap as well. Everyone seemed to be doing the same sector times, but both Vettel and Massa seemed to find something extra somewhere in that middle sector. The race tomorrow will be between the top 3, unless someone on hard tyres has gone un-noticed.

I think Sutil was the only one in Q3 with hard tyres. I don't think he, nor any outside the top ten, are in a position to win without incidents and safety cars, but points are a possibility (indeed, Sutil starts in a points-position - I must remember that! >.<). I'm really looking forward to the race, but I think the winner will be driving a red car. Just not sure which one will do better over the race distance.

[Ineluke]

Great qualifying session,McLaren are a bit lacking in down force but straight line speed should help out immensely. I am not surprised that Lewis out qualified Button in the same car,it's hows it will go all season in my opinion.

If you watched the interviews of both drivers afterwards you will hear button doing his usual moaning,blame it on everything except his lack of pace in the same car as his team mate. Anyway, it's a long season and McLaren can be happy that even with an under pace car they have a driver who can still bring out the best in their machine

Well done Lewis.

It's going to be fun watching Alonso and Lewis slogging it out again.

[scotty]

Brilliant performance by Vettel today. We'll see how the Red Bull treats it's tyres in the race... i can't really look past a Ferrari for the win though. It's gonna be interesting watching the fight between Force India, Williams and Kubica for the other points positions too.

[Gaz]

great now we just have to weight for the fuel weights i reckon vettle is really really light.

[Frosty]

great now we just have to weight for the fuel weights i reckon vettle is really really light.

[vaptin]

Am I right in thinking that as there is such a big difference between the car in qulai three and at the start of the race and as teams can't do much setup changes between the two therefore its all about a balance for a good setup for quali and a good one for the race?

I'm supirsed though how off the pace McLaren were though.

Sodding good time from Vettle, although Webber is pretty far back.

Chandock gets my underdog of the day award, pretty good time when compared to Senna's

[7UpJordan]

Chandock gets my underdog of the day award, pretty good time when compared to Senna's

A mighty effort by both drivers, Chandok especially as he's had even less time in the car than Senna. I am curious as to how much closer to Lotus and Virgin they will come once they get to understand the car more and start bringing in the upgrades. Hispania are now one of my new favourite teams.

[hesketh308]

Am I right in thinking that as there is such a big difference between the car in qulai three and at the start of the race and as teams can't do much setup changes between the two therefore its all about a balance for a good setup for quali and a good one for the race?

I'm supirsed though how off the pace McLaren were though.

Sodding good time from Vettle, although Webber is pretty far back.

Chandock gets my underdog of the day award, pretty good time when compared to Senna's

Especially when you consider he hadn't even been in that car before. I'd like to see the HRT car improve a lot over the season and give some good competition to the Lotus and Virgin

[DOOOMKULTUS]

I know its early but the time gaps in Quali seems very discouraging for a close season overall. Its in ridiculous Seconds. Huge gaps. Hope its just tyres and nothing else more significant.

[Jensonb]

Great qualifying session,McLaren are a bit lacking in down force but straight line speed should help out immensely. I am not surprised that Lewis out qualified Button in the same car,it's hows it will go all season in my opinion.

If you watched the interviews of both drivers afterwards you will hear button doing his usual moaning,blame it on everything except his lack of pace in the same car as his team mate. Anyway, it's a long season and McLaren can be happy that even with an under pace car they have a driver who can still bring out the best in their machine

Well done Lewis.

It's going to be fun watching Alonso and Lewis slogging it out again.

Button is faster over the long runs. He lost four tenths to Lewis because they dialled too much understeer into the car for Qualy.

[ivey]

Jenson said there's something wrong with the car, Lewis also told the car lacks downforce (again) a little bit, but overall was pleased with 4th. His position is good but the gaps are just too discouraging

[Juliet P]

Disappointed with the Mclarens but Lewis did well to put it up in 4th.

Very happy for Massa - and for Adrian Sutil!

Two things make me a bit depressed:

- The massive gaps (seconds rather than tenths - even at the top of the grid - as others have said)
- The tyre rule is mind-numbingly stupid - it's going to create some weird incentives and throw up some freak results.

[Hansy]

I know its early but the time gaps in Quali seems very discouraging for a close season overall. Its in ridiculous Seconds. Huge gaps. Hope its just tyres and nothing else more significant.

Disappointed with the Mclarens but Lewis did well to put it up in 4th.

Very happy for Massa - and for Adrian Sutil!

Two things make me a bit depressed:

- The massive gaps (seconds rather than tenths - even at the top of the grid - as others have said)
- The tyre rule is mind-numbingly stupid - it's going to create some weird incentives and throw up some freak results.

You have to take into account that Bahrain is now a long track, which makes the differences more significant. It will be closer on other tracks. And it's not that big of a difference anyway, having the field spread across 3 seconds (bar new teams) is pretty standard, I think.

[vaptin]

I think the discouraging thing for me is the massive difference you get from the Ferrari's third place to Hamiltons 4th, thought it'd be tighter there, but we'll see how the race works out.

[7UpJordan]

I think the ugly and ridiculous new sector 2 has something to do with such a large spread. Some teams will also have probably compromised their cars to perform better in the race tomorrow. I expect the Saubers of Kobayashi and Peter Pink Woolen to go "ON A CHARGE!!!!" when the front runners start to kill their tyres.