By Phil Huff
March 28 2010
An intriguing qualifying session in Bahrain saw Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel take pole position ahead of Ferrari's returning Felipe Massa. Mercedes had a reasonable session, with Nico Rosberg lining up fifth, two place ahead of team mate Michael Schumacher.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Final | |
| 1 | Vettel | Red Bull | 1:55.029 |
1:53.883 |
1:54.101 |
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| 2 | Massa |
Ferrari | 1:55.313 |
1:54.331 | 1:54.242 | |
| 3 | Alonso | Ferrari |
1:54.612 |
1:54.172 | 1:54.608 | |
| 4 | Hamilton | McLaren |
1:55.341 |
1:54.707 | 1:55.217 | |
| 5 | Rosberg | Mercedes |
1:55.463 |
1:54.682 | 1:55.241 | |
| 6 | Webber | Red Bull | 1;55.298 |
1:54.318 | 1:55.284 | |
| 7 | Schumacher | Mercedes |
1:55.593 |
1:55.105 | 1:55.524 | |
| 8 | Button | McLaren |
1:55.715 |
1:55.169 | 1:55.672 | |
| 9 | Kubica | Renault |
1:55.511 | 1:54.963 | 1:55.885 | |
| 10 | Sutil | Force India |
1:55.213 |
1:54.996 | 1:56.309 |
|
| 11 | Barrichello | Williams |
1:55.969 |
1:55.330 | ||
| 12 | Liuzzi | Force India |
1:55.628 |
1:55.653 | ||
| 13 | Hulkenberg | Williams |
1:56.375 |
1:55.857 | ||
| 14 | de la Rosa |
Sauber | 1:56.428 |
1:56.237 | ||
| 15 | Buemi | Toro Rosso |
1:56.189 |
1:56.265 | ||
| 16 | Kobayashi | Sauber |
1:56.541 |
1:56.270 | ||
| 17 | Petrov | Renault |
1:56.167 |
1:56.619 |
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| 18 | Alguesuari | Toro Rosso | 1:57.071 |
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| 19 | Glock | Virgin |
1:59.728 |
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| 20 | Trulli | Lotus |
1:59.852 |
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| 21 | Kovalainen | Lotus |
2:00.313 |
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| 22 | di Grassi |
Virgin |
2:00.587 |
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| 23 | Senna | Hispania |
2:03.240 |
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| 24 | Chandhok | Hispania |
2:04.904 |
