Renault, Red Bull and Toyota all claimed one top-ten finish in Saturday's Bahrain qualifying.
Renault
Giancarlo Fisichella: I feel I achieved our current maximum today. It is so tight to get into the top ten for us at the moment and in fact, I was tenth in Q2 by just a few hundredths of a second. After that, we made the most of the opportunity to qualify seventh, ahead of our direct competitors. That is the best start for our weekend. After working hard in practice, I think we have found a consistent balance for the race, and I am looking forward to scoring more points tomorrow. That was not the target at the start of the season, but we need to the best with what we have at the moment. It is important to finish the races, achieve our potential and keep on scoring points. I did that in Melbourne and Sepang, and want to do the same again tomorrow."
Heikki Kovalainen: From my point of view, there was nothing more I could get out of the car today. I did my maximum, and I was right on the limit all the way round the lap, but we didn't make it into the top ten. I have felt a little bit off Giancarlo all weekend, and we saw that in qualifying too. Of course I am disappointed, but we know we are in a very tight battle at the moment, and we had another reminder of that today. It will be another tough race tomorrow, but as always, I will be trying to race to the limit, to be aggressive at the start - and to try and score points."
Red Bull
Mark Webber: I'd have liked to have done a little bit better at the end of the third qualifying session, but that's where we are. We'll see if we can get a point or two tomorrow in the race."
David Coulthard: The car seemed to lose seventh gear at the end of my first qualifying run, at Turn 12. We thought it was a sensor failure so the team changed something and I went back out. However, it appeared that the car had lost fifth, sixth and seventh gear, which is not ideal when you're trying to qualify!"
Toyota:
Jarno Trulli: It's good to be in the top ten again but this one was very tough. I managed to do a very good job in Q2, but obviously we had a hard time at the end of the final shoot-out. It's difficult because it's slippery out there and all weekend I've been struggling with the grip and the balance. Still, the whole team has done a good job so far this weekend and it's been completely trouble-free for me. Obviously the race is a different story so let's see what happens tomorrow with the strategy. We've done well at the first two races so we can now hope to build on that here. It's going to be a tough afternoon but we will do our best to score some more points."
Ralf Schumacher: This has been another difficult weekend for me so far, just as it was in Malaysia. The car is quick enough but I've had problems all weekend adapting it to suit me. I've been battling with understeer both yesterday and today and it's been difficult to set it up for my needs. I missed out on some of this morning's practice session due to a problem changing our rear suspension so qualifying was a struggle. We certainly hope for a better race but it's hard to predict what we can achieve from so far back on the grid. Hopefully I will be able to gain some places and it will look better come tomorrow evening."
