Ronda 3 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2004-04-04
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Bahrain Grand Prix de 2004 con un crono de 1:30.139.
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) completó la primera fila a 0.391s de la pole, con Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) tercero en parrilla. David Coulthard (McLaren) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Giancarlo Fisichella (Sauber) se quedó fuera por 0.012s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.580s — de la pole a P10 — con David Coulthard (McLaren) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:30.139 | — | — | 1:30.139 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:30.530 | — | — | +0.391 |
| 3 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Williams | 1:30.581 | — | — | +0.442 |
| 4 |
| Williams |
| 1:30.633 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.494 |
| 5 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:30.827 | — | — | +0.688 |
| 6 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:30.856 | — | — | +0.717 |
| 7 | Jarno Trulli | Renault | 1:30.971 | — | — | +0.832 |
| 8 | Olivier Panis | Toyota | 1:31.686 | — | — | +1.547 |
| 9 | Cristiano da Matta | Toyota | 1:31.717 | — | — | +1.578 |
| 10 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:31.719 | — | — | +1.580 |
| 11 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Sauber | 1:31.731 | — | — | +1.592 |
| 12 | Christian Klien | Jaguar | 1:32.332 | — | — | +2.193 |
| 13 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:32.536 | — | — | +2.397 |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Jaguar | 1:32.625 | — | — | +2.486 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Jordan | 1:33.506 | — | — | +3.367 |
| 16 | Giorgio Pantano | Jordan | 1:34.105 | — | — | +3.966 |
| 17 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:34.130 | — | — | +3.991 |
| 18 | Gianmaria Bruni | Minardi | 1:34.584 | — | — | +4.445 |
| 19 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Minardi | 1:35.787 | — | — | +5.648 |
| 20 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | — | — | — | — |