On 21/04, 17:04
For once, unlike the custom since the start of the season, the men of Maranello were not hoping for better than Fernando Alonso's 9th place finish in qualifying. Felipe Massa, who will start 14th, preferred to sacrifice his qualifying to keep a set of new tires for the race. 
On 21/04, 16:55
After several disappointing races, the Red Bull team is back to performing. Sebastian Vettel secures his first pole of the season, driving a car equipped with the latest upgrades, while Mark Webber takes third position. 
On 21/04, 16:28
Charles Pic makes his team happy by qualifying in 20th position on the starting grid. Less fortunate, Timo Glock struggled with his tires and encountered a fuel supply problem, which relegated him behind one of the two HRTs. 
On 21/04, 16:13
The qualifying sessions follow each other but are different for the Star brand. In China, they dominated the front line, but now must settle for a fifth place by Nico Rosberg on the grid. While the recent Grand Prix winner in Shanghai can boast about saving a set of soft tires, his illustrious teammate can only lament the damage from a faulty DRS that left him stuck in Q1. 
On 21/04, 15:44
After several challenging races, the Indian team finally managed to make it to Q3, thanks to Paul di Resta, who preferred to conserve his tires rather than take risks at the end of the session. Nico Hülkenberg, slightly hampered by understeer, made an error and couldn't join his Scottish teammate. 
On 21/04, 15:41
Romain Grosjean qualified in 7th position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, while Kimi Räikkönen narrowly missed entering Q3. Nevertheless, Kimi's 11th place on the grid means he will have the choice of tires for the start of the race. 
On 21/04, 15:33
Once again, the Williams drivers did not make it to Q3. Suffering from KERS issues in Q2 and penalized five grid places, Pastor Maldonado will start from a distant 22nd position, while his teammate, Bruno Senna, will begin from 15th place. 
On 21/04, 15:24
Slightly edged out by Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull, Lewis Hamilton still feels satisfied with his lap and hopes to put pressure on the German at the first corner. Jenson Button, on the other hand, experienced balance issues and wasn't able to fully defend his chances. 
On 21/04, 15:07
On a circuit they consider less favorable to the C31, the Sauber drivers did not expect to do as well as in China but are pleased with the qualifying result and will aim for points again in the race. Sergio Perez will start in 8th position while Kamui Kobayashi, who made a small mistake in his fast lap, will start from 12th place. 
On 21/04, 15:06
The Toro Rosso drivers followed divergent paths on Saturday in qualifying. While Daniel Ricciardo managed to reach Q3 and will start in 6th place on the grid, Jean-Eric Vergne stalled once again in Q1 and will start in 18th position for the race. 
On 21/04, 13:57
Heikki Kovalainen reached the second qualifying phase for the first time this season and will start in 16th position for the race. Vitaly Petrov, struggling to make the most of his soft tires, settled for the 20th best time. 
On 21/04, 13:56
HRT ends this session with the feeling of having made further progress, with Marussia team in their sights. Pedro de la Rosa even manages the performance of positioning himself between the two Russian cars, while Narain Karthikeyan is relatively satisfied despite a car that has scarcely been adjusted. 
On 21/04, 12:14
Confirming Red Bull's resurgence, Sebastian Vettel secures pole position for the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix, ahead of Lewis Hamilton's McLaren and his teammate, Mark Webber. Disappointment for Nico Rosberg, only fifth. Romain Grosjean is seventh. 
On 21/04, 10:51
Follow the Bahrain Grand Prix 2012 qualifying session hosted by the casinoenlignefrance.eu.com editorial team, in live interactive text, starting at 12:55 p.m. on Saturday. 
On 21/04, 10:49
The most observant will have noticed, in China, the slogan "Out of the blue" on the engine cover of the Sauber cars, without any sponsor name indicated by the team. In Bahrain, it was replaced by "True Blue", suggesting that the American low-cost airline JetBlue is behind this teasing. 
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