Kees van de Grint, Bridgestone Motorsport Head of Track Engineering Operations said: “It was inevitable that we would be on pole today but it is nevertheless good for us to take our 100 th pole position in Formula One. We saw an exciting qualifying session where everyone used the medium compound Bridgestone Potenza for their fastest lap. Although we knew it would be a Bridgestone-shod driver taking pole, which driver it would be was not so clear. It was a close fight today between the Ferraris and the McLarens with the dark horse of the BMW fight there too. I hope that the weather and the competition is just as hot in the race tomorrow. ”
Stats of the Day
Total amount of laps completed by all drivers:
657 laps
Average number of laps per car:
30 laps
Most laps by a driver:
44 – Jarno Trulli
Fastest lap:
1m 31.359s - Massa in Q2
Compounds:
hard and medium
Number of pole positions on Bridgestone Potenzas:
100
Bahrain Grand Prix in 2006
Fernando Alonso (Renault) won the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix after a strategic dice for the race lead with pole-sitter Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) who crossed the line 1.2 seconds behind his rival. Kimi Raikkonen (McLaren Mercedes) took third.
Temperatures
Ambient
Track
Weather
AM – Practice
30-31-30C
36-37-35C
Cloudy – light rain
PM – Qualifying
32-33-32C
44-45-42C
Sunny – hazy sunshine
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