Sakhir, Bahrain (My Sportsbook) - Toyota's Jarno Trulli claimed the pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix after bumping teammate Timo Glock from the top position in the final lap during Saturday's qualifying at Bahrain International Circuit.
Trulli recorded the best lap in one minute, 33.431 seconds in the third qualifying round (Q3) to score his fourth career F1 pole but his first since the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"It was an easy qualifying I think for everyone, but for me it made everything more difficult, because after the first round, we found out a couple of problems with my car," Trulli said. "I was struggling with the brakes. The pedal was getting long, and I was not able to brake the way I wanted. Nonetheless, I didn't give up because I knew I had a good car."
Last Sunday, Trulli finished last in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. While Trulli was running slow with no rear wing, Robert Kubica slammed into him. He sustained heavy damage to his car and was the first driver to retire from the event.
Glock will start on the outside pole for the first time in his career after posting a time of 1:33.712.
"I had one mistake in it where I lost a little bit of time," Glock said. "It wouldn't be enough for the pole, but I'm really happy for the team."
Toyota swept the front starting row for the first time in the team's F1 history.
Sebastian Vettel, who started on the pole and won the rain-soaked Chinese GP, qualified third. Vettel, from Red Bull Racing, has started no worse than third in the first four races this season.
"I think it was a good session for us," Vettel said. "We had no problems and had a quick car."
Vettel was the quickest in the first two qualifying rounds.
Points leader Jenson Button from Brawn GP will start fourth, while defending world champion Lewis Hamilton from McLaren will roll off fifth.
Sixth through 10th will be: Brawn's Rubens Barrichello, Fernando Alonso from Renault, Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg from Williams and Kimi Raikkonen, also from Ferrari.
Robert Kubica qualified 13th and Nick Heidfeld was 14th, marking the first time in 44 grand prix at least one BMW Sauber driver did not make it into Q3.
Red Bull's Mark Webber, who finished second at Shanghai, was a disappointing 19th in qualifying. Webber was forced to swerve when Force India's Adrian Sutil impeded his progress during the final lap in Q1.
Sunday's race is scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m. (et).