Câştigătorul Marelui Premiu al Chinei, Sebastien Vettel, de la Red Bull, a fost al treilea, în faţa liderului campionatului, Jenson Button de la Brawn GP.
Campionul mondial din 2008, Lewis Hamilton, de la McLaren Mercedes, a terminat abia pe poziţia a cincea.
Marele Premiu al Bahrainului s-a desfăşurat duminică, de la ora 15 (ora României).
GRILA DE PLECARE
1 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:32.779 1:32.671 1:33.431
2 Timo Glock Toyota 1:33.165 1:32.613 1:33.712
3 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:32.680 1:32.474 1:34.015
4 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:32.978 1:32.842, 1:34.044
5 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.851 1:32.877 1:34.196
6 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:33.116 1:32.842 1:34.239
7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:33.627 1:32.860 1:34.578
8 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:33.297 1:33.014 1:34.818
9 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:33.672 1:33.166 1:35.134
10 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:33.117 1:32.827 1:35.380
11 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes1:33.479 1:33.242
12 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:33.221 1:33.348
13 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:33.495 1:33.487
14 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:33.377 1:33.562
15 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:33.608 1:33.941
16 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:33.722
17 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:33.753
18 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:33.910
19 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:34.038
20 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:34.159
