Jarno Trulli is well known for his qualifying prowess and the veteran Italian pulls out a sizzling lap to snatch pole from his Toyota team-mate Timo Glock
Glock clocks the quickest lap in final practice and the young German backs up that display by securing second spot alongside his team-mate and ensuring that both of the cars at the front of the grid are Toyotas
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads the chasing pack finishing just over half a second behind Trulli - but it later emerges he is carrying more fuel than his rivals
In contrast to his Red Bull team-mate, Mark Webber has a disastrous qualifying session. His Red Bull is impeded on his flying lap by Adrian Sutil in the Force India and that's enough to send Webber plummeting down the pecking order
Championship leader Jenson Button will line up fourth on the Sakhir grid in his Brawn: his tussle with Vettel could be a real highlight of the sixth Bahrain Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton's new-look McLaren continues to show signs of improvement and he will be pleased to continue that progress by securing his best grid position of the season - he starts fifth
It's Felipe Massa's 28th birthday on Saturday and the Brazilian driver gets a pretty good present from his Ferrari team: a car that looks a little bit more competitive. He shows his gratitude by qualifying in eighth position
Kimi Raikkonen qualifies in 10th to put to help sooth Ferrari frowns - the grand old Italian team are still looking for their first points of the season
Practice specialist Nico Rosberg has topped the timesheets in seven of the 11 practice sessions this season, but the Williams driver drops down to ninth in qualifying
Renault's Nelson Piquet Jr has a point to prove this weekend: he has been told by team boss Flavio Briatore that now is the time to start delivering, the Brazilian responds by reaching qualifying two for the first time this season
It's a first ever one-two at the front of the grid for Toyota as Trulli earns them their first pole position since Ralf Schumacher started from the front at the Japanese Grand prix in 2005
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