Red Bull

David Coulthard: As far as the balance of the car goes, I had a lot more understeer this morning, which is what you would expect with more fuel on board. I don't seem to have managed many good laps here, but this was definitely the worst one of the weekend. I drove an untidy lap and I just wished I could start all over again. I'm not making excuses, but I also got a bit distracted, seeing the Ferrari parked at the side of the track. Hopefully, things will go better in the race and I am sure Christian has a good chance of scoring points, as he seems to have got well tuned into his car this weekend.

Christian Klien: This was a fantastic lap for me and the car felt good although of course it was a bit harder to drive than yesterday, because of the heavier fuel load. I am very happy with the way it went, as I have been able to make up one position on the grid and from the fourth row, I can expect to have a good race and hopefully score some more points for me and the team.

Sauber

Sauber drivers Felipe Massa and Jacques Villeneuve will start today's Bahrain Grand Prix from 12th and 16th positions respectively after this morning's final qualifying session.

Jacques Villeneuve: "At least I didn't go off like yesterday, even though the car is more difficult to drive when there's more fuel in the tank, so that's a big improvement. Now I just want to concentrate on the race."

Felipe Massa: "That was pretty much what I expected from second qualifying. It was always going to be asking a lot to stay in the top 10 with the strategy we have chosen, and I made a bit of a mistake at the end of the second sector although I don't think that actually made much difference overall. I'm still very optimistic for the race, and I think with the plan we have I can really fight hard this afternoon."

Minardi

Minardi F1 Team drivers, Christijan Albers and Patrick Friesacher will take up the 19th and 20th positions on the grid for today's Grand Prix of Bahrain, following completion of this morning's final qualifying session. Neither was completely satisfied with his run this morning, but with track conditions and available grip levels likely to alter as temperatures rise to in excess of 40 deg C later today, Albers and Friesacher will be hoping their respective chassis set-ups will suit the conditions they are likely to encounter in the race.

Christijan Albers: I wasn't completely happy with that run, as the chassis was tending to oversteer. We'll get it sorted for the race, though, no problem.

Patrick Friesacher: I made a few small mistakes on the lap, and there was a bit too much understeer everywhere, so I couldn't really ‘play' with the car the way I normally like to. Now I'm looking forward to the race this afternoon, though, and doing the best I can.

Renault

Fernando will start from pole this afternoon, while Giancarlo Fisichella will line up tenth on the grid.

Fernando Alonso: The second qualifying session is always difficult: it is the first hot lap of the day for the drivers, and you need to find the limit straight away. The wind was strong again today, and the circuit conditions a little bit worse than yesterday afternoon. But nevertheless I managed to do a good lap, and tried not to make any mistakes. It wasn't perfect, but I did what was necessary to keep pole position.

Giancarlo Fisichella: Of course, I am disappointed with the result of this session: I locked a wheel under braking for turn 4, so went wide and got on the dirty part of the track. It's not perfect to be starting from tenth, but I will certainly be able to fight hard in order to climb up the field and score points this afternoon.

Toyota

For the first time this season, a Panasonic Toyota Racing TF105 will not feature on the front row of the grid, but fine performances from both Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher ensured two Toyotas in the top six for this afternoon's Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir.

Jarno Trulli will start the Bahrain GP from third on the grid after a tidy second qualifying lap this morning. Trulli will benefit from starting on the cleaner side of the track and be looking to make headway on Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher, who will occupy the front row.

Jarno Trulli: "For the first time this season, I will not start from the front row of the grid, but I think third is a still a good result and representative of our current competitiveness. I am starting on the cleaner side of the track, which will hopefully enable me to get a better start than my immediate challengers and from there we have to look at finishing amongst the frontrunners."

Ralf Schumacher put his troubles from yesterday behind him and drove an impeccable lap in second qualifying to leapfrog five cars and put his TF105 in sixth place on the Bahrain grid. In the process, Ralf set the third quickest lap of the session, bettered only by front row incumbents Fernando and Michael.