Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2004-04-04
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) took pole for the 2004 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:30.139 lap.
Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.391s shy of pole, with Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams) third on the grid. David Coulthard (McLaren) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Giancarlo Fisichella (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.012s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.580s — pole to P10 — with David Coulthard (McLaren) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Ralf Schumacher |
| 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 | — | — | — | — |