Saturday, 25 April 2009
Sutil penalised for blocking Webber
Force India driver Adrian Sutil has been demoted three places on the grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix after race stewards decided he blocked Red Bull’s Mark Webber during qualifying on Saturday.
Webber was in the latter stages of a flying lap near end of Q1 when he came upon Sutil, who was travelling slower. The Australian, who subsequently failed to make it through to Q2, felt that the German had severely hindered his progress.
Sutil had been set to start the race from 16th, but in light of the penalty he will now drop to P19. Webber, meanwhile, will move one place up to 18th.
Webber was in the latter stages of a flying lap near end of Q1 when he came upon Sutil, who was travelling slower. The Australian, who subsequently failed to make it through to Q2, felt that the German had severely hindered his progress.
Sutil had been set to start the race from 16th, but in light of the penalty he will now drop to P19. Webber, meanwhile, will move one place up to 18th.
Qualifying
The qualifying gets underway in Bahrain
All drivers now running the softer tyres and carrying their race fuel loads.
- Glock first out onto the track
- soon joined by team mate Trulli and Williams' Nico Rosberg.
- Alonso last onto the track
- Glock sets Q3 standard
- Trully goes marginally quicker
- P3 for Button
- Barrichello fastest in S1
- Vettels first run puts hin in P4
- P5 for Barrichello
- Rosberg runs wide in turn 13
- P6 for Alonso
With the first runs complete there's quite a big split in the times. The cars head out for the final attack and tomorrows grid positions.
- Button begins with a fast S1
- Hamilton is faster!
- Button fastest in S2
- Hamilton still faster!
- Button takes provisional pole
- P2 for Hamilton
- Toyota looking good with both drivers on their hot laps
- Glock takes P1
- P2 for Vettel
- What of Trulli?
- P1 for the Italian!
Making it an all Toyota front row in Bahrain, with the Japanese team's first pole since Japan 2005. Read more
Join us tomorrow for the 4th race of the 2009 Formula One Grand Prix
Race starts at 15:00 local time which is 12:00GMT
And share your views and comments as the race unfolds.
Race starts at 15:00 local time which is 12:00GMT
And share your views and comments as the race unfolds.
Saturday
An ambient temperature high of 34 degrees Celsius Today, with light cloud, followed by 31 on Sunday.
There is still the possibility of a sandstorm on race day.
There is still the possibility of a sandstorm on race day.
We all saw what happened under the extreme wet conditions and poor visibility in China, what would a sandstorm mean for tomorrows Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir?
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