F1 Quals Bahrain '08: POLE ON POLE!!!

FINALLY!!!

The first Polish polesitter in the history of F1.
The first pole in the 15 year history of the Sauber team.
The first pole in six or seven years for a BMW engine.
The first pole in 22 races NOT held by either a Ferrari or a McLaren.

Robert Kubica took pole away from Felipe Massa, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen, and announced to the F1 Circus that BMW-Sauber is for real.  The team may not be quite at the level of Ferrari and McLaren, but they're not far off, that's for sure. 

The provisional grid:

1.	Robert Kubica	Poland	BMW Sauber	1:33.096
2.	Felipe Massa	Brazil	Ferrari	1:33.123
3.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.292
4.	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	1:33.418
5.	Heikki Kovalainen	Finland	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.488
6.	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	BMW Sauber	1:33.737
7.	Jarno Trulli	Italy	Toyota	1:33.994
8.	Nico Rosberg	Germany	Williams-Toyota	1:34.015
9.	Jenson Button	Britain	Honda	1:35.057
10.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Renault	1:35.115
11.	Mark Webber	Australia	Red Bull-Renault	1:32.371
12.	Rubens Barrichello	Brazil	Honda	1:32.508
13.	Timo Glock	Germany	Toyota	1:32.528
14.	Nelson Piquet	Brazil	Renault	1:32.790
15.	Sebastien Bourdais	France	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:32.915
16.	Kazuki Nakajima	Japan	Williams-Toyota	1:32.943
17.	David Coulthard	Britain	Red Bull-Renault	1:33.433
18.	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italy	Force India-Ferrari	1:33.501
19.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:33.562
20.	Adrian Sutil	Germany	Force India-Ferrari	1:33.845
21.	Anthony Davidson	Super	Super Aguri-Honda	1:34.140
22.	Takuma Sato	Japan	Super Aguri-Honda	1:35.725

It's likely, of course, that Kubica has a lighter fuel load than the Ferrari and McLaren boys, but the speed was no fluke... the Pole was third quickest in Q2.  This is shaping up to be one helluva race!

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