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Ferrari ponders missed pole

Ferrari had to make do with both cars being on the first two rows, after Felipe Massa was edged out for pole by Robert Kubica. Kimi Raikkonen qualified in fourth spot. 

"Obviously, we had hoped for a better result, but it's definitely not a case of bandaging your head before you've broken it!" said team boss Stefano Domenicali. "We have two cars on the front two rows and we have seen these past two days what potential we can rely on. Tomorrow, we will have to get a good start, try to manage our race as best as possible and, above all, to be reliable."

Felipe Massa commented, "All things considered, I am still confident after this qualifying. We know we can count on a really good car, as we have seen so far here in Sakhir. In Q3, I always had a bit of traffic, but these things happen. We must remain concentrated and do the best job we can, making the most of all our resources. Congratulations to Robert, who really drove very well."

Kimi Raikkonen added, "I'm not very happy with the way today went, but fourth place is still a good starting position for the race, given the potential we have. The balance of the car was not perfect right from this morning and I struggled a bit to be as quick as I would have liked to be and could have been. Now we have to look at the data to try and find out why. I think that tomorrow in the race, when points are up for grabs, I will be very strong. I think we might have made different choices in terms of strategy, but let's wait and see in the race if that's really the case."

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