Nico Rosberg has made his first pole position of the season and his second pole in his Formula 1 career. Rosberg has surprised even Sebastian Vettel in a session in which he finished second, followed by Fernando Alonso who was third and Felipe Massa sixth in a qualifying disputed in the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain.

After 4 minutes of the start of Q1 in the Sakhir circuit of Bahrain, Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) was the first to roll out on the track. Gutierrez, the Mexican who as we said in Formularapida.net, will be penalized with 5 places in the grid.
Hulkenberg and Sauber led the ranking in the margin of Q1.
Then have come out competitive cars that have passed easily into Q2 in the hard tyres, everyone but Mclaren who needed medium tyres to move to the next “Q”. Even Red Bull have taken this compound, despite not having trouble moving to the Q2.
The fight was at the back for the first six eliminated. The teams that played for the removal were Williams, Toro Rosso, Sauber, Marussia and Caterham, their drivers, after having made a quick lap and stop immediately the box, have come out missing a few minutes to save tyres.
Finally, the pilots could not stave off elimination, were: Pastor Maldonado, Esteban Gutierrez Charles Pic, Jules Bianchi, Giedo Van der Garde and Max Chilton. Note among those eliminated, good time Charles Pic who has been 1.1 seconds faster than his teammate Giedo Van der Garde.
In the second “Q” saving policy has recurred. And having made ​​a strange strategy in Q1, Webber with his Red Bull was the first on the track and then he and his team have led the time table. At the rear, Grosjean was still in the box in the middle of Q2. In that all pilots have come out with the softer tyres, the mediums.
The Mclarens, both Toro Rossos and Valtteri Bottas with his Williams were not strong candidates into Q3.  Jenson Button could pass to the Q3 and Grosjean who was standing in the box, could not go to the fight for “pole”.
Unlike other “Q”s, drivers have come out immediately to dispute the “pole”. The Force India have been quick immediately. And during the first half of Q3, Rosberg was the fastest. In the absence of three minutes, all the drivers went out on track, with a Felipe Massa on the hard tyres, unlike all the other drivers who have come out with medium tyres.
With time in 0, Rosberg got first, then Vettel could do nothing but second and Alonso aborted his final lap, finishing third. Massa was sixth with hard and Kimi Raikkonen could do nothing more than the ninth.

Results:

Pos. Driver Country Team Time Laps
1 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes AMG Petronas 1:32.330 14
2 Sebastian Vettel GER Infiniti Red Bull Racing 1:32.584 12
3 Fernando Alonso SPA Scuderia Ferrari 1:32.667 11
4 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas 1:32.762 13
5 Mark Webber AUS Infiniti Red Bull Racing 1:33.078 13
6 Felipe Massa BRA Scuderia Ferrari 1:33.207 13
7 Paul di Resta SCO Sahara Force India 1:33.235 14
8 Adrian Sutil GER Sahara Force India 1:33.247 16
9 Kimi Raikkonen FIN Lotus F1 Team 1:33.327 13
10 Jenson Button GBR Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes ———— 11
Out of Q1:
11 Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus F1 Team 1:33.378 7
12 Sergio Pérez MEX Vodafone Mclaren Mercedes 1:33.762 9
13 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:33.914 14
14 Nico Hulkenberg GER Sauber F1 Team 1:33.974 14
15 Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams F1 Team 1:34.104 13
16 Jean-Eric Vergne FRA Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:34.284 13
Out of Q2:
17 Pastor Maldonado VEN Williams F1 Team 1:34.425 6
18 Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Sauber F1 Team 1:34.730 9
19 Charles Pic FRA Caterham F1 Team 1:35.283 6
20 Jules Bianchi FRA Marussia F1 Team 1:36.178 6
21 Giedo Van der Garde NED Caterham F1 Team 1:36.304 7
22 Max Chilton GBR Marussia F1 Team 1:36.476 6

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