Bahrain Grand Prix – Sakhir, 5th April 2008
Qualifying session Session Driver Pos. Time Laps Driver Pos.
Time Laps
Q1 MAS 1st 1.31.937 3 RAI 3rd 1.32.652 3
Q2 MAS 1st 1.31.188 3 RAI 6th 1.31.933 3
Q3 MAS 2nd 1.33.123 6 RAI 4th 1.33.418 6
Chassis: F. Massa 267, K. Raikkonen 268 Weather: air temperature
32/31 °C, track temperature 42/37 °C, cloudy.
Two Ferraris on the two front rows: this was the outcome
of qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Felipe Massa will
start from second place, with his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen
right behind him in fourth spot. “Obviously, we had
hoped for a better result, but it’s definitely not a
case of bandaging your head before you’ve broken it!”
declared Stefano Domenicali. “We have two cars on the
front two rows and we have seen these past two days what potential
we can rely on. Tomorrow, we will have to get a good start,
try to manage our race as best as possible and, above all,
to be reliable.”
Felipe Massa: “All things considered,
I am still confident after this qualifying. We know we can
count on a really good car, as we have seen so far here in
Sakhir. In Q3, I always had a bit of traffic, but these things
happen. We must remain concentrated and do the best job we
can, making the most of all our resources. Congratulations
to Robert, who really drove very well.”
Kimi Raikkonen: “I’m not very
happy with the way today went, but fourth place is still a
good starting position for the race, given the potential we
have. The balance of the car was not perfect right from this
morning and I struggled a bit to be as quick as I would have
liked to be and could have been. Now we have to look at the
data to try and find out why. I think that tomorrow in the
race, when points are up for grabs, I will be very strong.
I think we might have made different choices in terms of strategy,
but let’s wait and see in the race if that’s really
the case.”
Luca Baldisserri: “Today we weren’t
at the top of our game at the key moment, which means the
final qualifying session. A shame, because up until them,
it was clear we had everything in place to do well. All the
same, it is as always the race that matters over a Grand Prix
weekend, so better to wait until tomorrow before drawing conclusions.
We know our car is very good over a long run and we must try
and get the most out of it if we want to be ahead of our rivals.”
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