05-Apr-08: Kubica Takes First Pole Position
This is F1 Minute for the 5th April 2008.
Robert Kubica has taken pole position in Bahrain today, just edging out Felipe Massa for Ferrari. The BMW driver takes his, and the team’s, first pole position, whilst Heidfeld sits in 6th on the grid after a difficult start to the weekend.
Sato was out in the first session, after making contact with the inside pit wall, and causing a red flag. Button in the Honda, managed to make it into the third session of qualifying for the first time this season, and although he was the rank outsider, he still managed to finish ahead of Alonso. The Renault driver has been making grumbling noises about this year’s car, saying he is working much harder now just to get a single point, than he was last year picking up podium’s almost every single race.
Finally, Rosberg has recovered from his bad weekend in Malaysia and the Williams driver is in 8th whilst his team mate Nakajima is down in 16th place. It’s unclear what the difference is between the pair, although tyres have been the foible of a lot of drivers so far this weekend.
That’s all for today, join me tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
shaun on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 13:52
Phew!, it’s a bit quieter here after enjoying taking part in your live Bahrain race discussion a little while ago.
It was a bit of a disappointing race for me because the Kube didn’t win but he was going to have to have put in an amazing effort to have beaten the Ferrari’s of Massa and Kimi.
Massa didn’t look to happy up on the podium though.He looked as though his efforts were not enough to save his drive with Ferrari.
The race footage was pretty good for a change with lots of in-car shots etc, but why did they cut the press conference and advertise football instead.ITV looking like they are already pulling support for the program and bigging up what they have got left sporting wise, ie, the premiership…
Christine on Sun, 6th Apr 2008 17:21
You’re probably right on the money about advertising the championship. ITV are all about the football now. The press conference was online, but did they even mention that? They could have directed us over there.