Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen finished as Fridays fastest runner with 1”34.247 ahead of both Red Bull’s but in the last practice this morning it was Alonso who set the best time.
As the qualify session unfolded it was Nico Rosberg the driver who set the fastest time and took the Bahrain’s pole position. He is closely followed by Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso.
| Pos. | Drivers | Teams | Time | Laps |
| 01. |  Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:32.330 | 14 |
| 02. | Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull Racing | 1:32.584 | 12 |
| 03. |  Fernando Alonso |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:32.667 | 11 |
| 04. |  Lewis Hamilton* |
Mercedes AMG Petronas | 1:32.762 | 13 |
| 05. |  Mark Webber* |
Red Bull Racing | 1:33.078 | 13 |
| 06. |  Felipe Massa |
Scuderia Ferrari | 1:33.207 | 13 |
| 07. | Paul di Resta |
Sahara Force India | 1:33.235 | 14 |
| 08. | Adrian Sutil |
Sahara Force India | 1:33.246 | 16 |
| 09. |  Kimi Raikkonen |
Lotus F1 | 1:33.327 | 13 |
| 10. | Jenson Button |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | no time | 11 |
| 11. |  Romain Grosjean |
Lotus F1 | 1:33.762 | 7 |
| 12. |  Sergio Perez |
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | 1:33.914 | 9 |
| 13. | Daniel Ricciardo |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:33.974 | 14 |
| 14. | Nico Hulkenberg |
Sauber F1 | 1:33.976 | 14 |
| 15. | Valtteri Bottas |
Williams F1 | 1:34.105 | 13 |
| 16. | Jean-Eric Vergne |
Scuderia Toro Rosso | 1:34.284 | 13 |
| 17. |  Pastor Maldonado |
Williams F1 | 1:34.425 | 6 |
| 18. | Esteban Gutiérrez* |
Sauber F1 | 1:34.730 | 9 |
| 19. | Charles Pic |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:35.283 | 6 |
| 20. | Jules Bianchi |
Marussia F1 | 1:36.178 | 6 |
| 21. |  Giedo van der Garde |
Caterham F1 Team | 1:36.304 | 7 |
| 22. | Max Chilton |
Marussia F1 | 1:36.476 | 6 |
| Q1 107% Time: | 1:39.379 | |||
| * Esteban Gutierrez and Lewis Hamilton will lose 5 grid positions due to penalties while Mark Webber will lose 3 | ||||
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