Manama Dec.9th, 2004: French driver Franck Perera will start tomorrow’s qualifying race for the Bahrain Formula 3 Superprix from pole position. With a last-minute lap at the end a high-pressure qualifying session, the Prema Powerteam man came out just ahead of Jamie Green (ASM) and Fabio Carbone (Three Bond Racing).
Qualifying was particularly difficult because rain interfered with the meeting again this morning. Not only did that mean that the 30 minutes of the afternoon session were the only opportunity to set fast times for the grid, but that everyone saw a dry track for the first time in a do-or-die session.
The session was cut short at either end by stoppages, and drivers took the first half of the remaining minutes to evaluate a dry setup before changing onto new tyres. That left just a ten-minute window for the cream to rise to the top.
