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It’s pole position for Oscar Piastri! Lando Norris is way down in P6 after a poor final qualifying lap.
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We’ll run through the final qualifying standings in the next post.
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The two Red Bulls just about scrape through to Q3. Doohan was quick in Q1 but not quick enough this time.
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The bottom five are eliminated of course. More pain for Liam Lawson and a terrible qualifying session for British youngster Ollie Bearman.
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Those questions (and more) will be answered over the next hour or two after a few laps of this inventively-named Bahrain International Circuit. So far this season, qualifying in pole position has amounted to a fairly hefty race advantage.
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To properly whet your appetite, here’s our man Giles Richards with a scene-setter from the Middle East. Let’s get started.
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Key occasions
Thanks for becoming a member of this lap-by-lap weblog of the Bahrain GP qualifying. We’ll be again tomorrow for the massive race itself. Listed here are the headlines:
Oscar Piastri put Formulation One champions and leaders McLaren on pole place for the Bahrain Grand Prix with Mercedes’ George Russell becoming a member of the Australian on the entrance row for Sunday’s race.
Piastri’s championship-leading teammate Lando Norris will line up solely sixth on the beginning grid, with closest rival Max Verstappen seventh for Purple Bull.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc certified third and Mercedes’ Italian rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli fourth with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly fifth. Reuters
P1 Piastri: “I felt comfy on the market just about all weekend. We had good tempo in apply and in qualifying the opposite automobiles caught up a bit greater than I wished. However nonetheless very completely satisfied.
“There’s no higher place to start out than on pole, so can’t thank the staff sufficient for the automotive they’ve given me.”
P2 Russell: “To be second on the grid is a bonus. Congrats to Oscar. I’m excited for tomorrow now. I feel being real looking will probably be a problem to combat with Oscar.”
P3 Leclerc: “I didn’t anticipate P3. I knew I needed to be affected person and watch for the observe to return to us in P3. As quickly as we placed on the brand new tyres it felt higher. I’ve discovered my approach little by little.
“The staff has pushed like loopy to convey the upgrades. I don’t suppose it’s the most effective observe to have these upgrades but when we’re P3 at present, the upgrades helped.”
It appears to be like like a wheel spin on Flip 1 value Norris some beneficial time. The margins are so tight, particularly given how shortly a few of the different automobiles are going.
George Russell and his teammate Kimi Antonelli – who is just 18 keep in mind – will fancy their possibilities of podium end for Mercedes tomorrow.
“Yeah child!” cries Piastri on the McLaren staff radio. I think Lando Norris is not going to be celebrating in such a approach when he sees the qualifying instances.
Pierre Gasly can also be a really completely satisfied man. He went in a short time within the Alpine at present. Additionally fast have been the 2 Mercedes automobiles, in addition to Charles Leclerc.
Remaining qualifying standings
Right here’s the Q3 prime 10:
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Piastri
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Russell
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Leclerc
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Antonelli
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Gasly
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Norris
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Verstappen
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Sainz
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Hamilton
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Tsunoda
Piastri clinches Bahrain Grand Prix pole
It’s pole place for Oscar Piastri! Lando Norris is approach down in P6 after a poor last qualifying lap.
We’ll run by means of the ultimate qualifying standings within the subsequent put up.
Q3 TOP 10 (with yet one more push lap to go!)
Piastri
Russell
Norris
Leclerc
Tsunoda
Gasly
Sainz
Verstappen
Antonelli
Hamilton #F1 #BahrainGP
— Formulation 1 (@F1) April 12, 2025
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Q3 TOP 10 (with yet one more push lap to go!)
Piastri
Russell
Norris
Leclerc
Tsunoda
Gasly
Sainz
Verstappen
Antonelli
Hamilton #F1 #BahrainGP— Formulation 1 (@F1) April 12, 2025
We’re listening to that Nico Hulkenberg has had a qualifying time deleted retrospectively so the ultimate qualifying standings will get a reshuffle. Alex Albon could be the one to profit.
Let’s see.
Piastri goes on provisional pole with Russell second and Norris third.
There’s nonetheless time for issues to vary although. Verstappen is at the moment P10.
“My brakes are simply horrible. I can’t brake in any respect. So dangerous.” – Max Verstappen.
Verstappen nonetheless appears to be like like he’s battling together with his automotive. His driving expertise is aware of no bounds and the way on earth he’s been difficult for (and successful) races this season, when the opposite Purple Bull has been floundering, is anybody’s guess.
Nonetheless … Tsunoda goes 0.4secs faster than his teammate for the primary lap of Q3.
Proper time for Q3 and to find who will land pole place for this Bahrain Grand Prix.
(I’ll be shocked if it’s not an orange automotive.)
“Mercedes is dodgy,” stated Hulkenberg on the Sauber staff radio, referring to Mercedes’ early exit from the pit lane whereas the medics have been nonetheless out on observe. Race management have confirmed that incident is underneath investigation.
Huge credit score there should go to Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz, who in going sooner than Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton have interrupted the established order considerably.
The McLarens seem like in a league of their very own on the prime and destined for the entrance row of the grid. Except one thing unusual happens …
Q2 last standings
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Piastri
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Norris
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Gasly
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Russell
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Antonelli
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Leclerc
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Sainz
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Hamilton
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Verstappen
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Tsunoda
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Doohan
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Hadjar
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Hulkenberg
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Alonso
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Ocon
The 2 Purple Bulls nearly scrape by means of to Q3. Doohan was fast in Q1 however not fast sufficient this time.
Lewis Hamilton and his Ferrari teammate Leclerc are wanting sharp sufficient to get by means of to Q3. Antonelli and Russell have been fast too.
Q2: There are extra issues for the Purple Bulls and certainly Isack Hadjar within the Racing Bull. All three have didn’t clock legitimate instances so far.
Piastri is edging Norris on the prime of the leaderboard proper now. New tyres are happening in all places.
Race management aren’t pleased with the 2 Mercedes. Each Antonelli and Russell have been instructed they left the storage too quickly, whereas the medical automotive was nonetheless out on the observe.
Only a slap on the wrist? Or a grid penalty? We’ll see.
Nonetheless round 10 minutes to go in Q2 and the drivers are again at full velocity; time to document some lap instances, guys.
The primary one goes to be clocked by Kimi Antonelli, who’s wanting pretty quick.
We’re nonetheless on that purple flag nevertheless it shouldn’t be too lengthy earlier than we get a resumption.
Elsewhere on the planet of elite sport tonight. Insert pun about driving and so forth.
Eesh, we’ve had a nasty crash. Esteban Ocon has careered into the obstacles and his automotive is an absolute mess. Fortunately, he’s signalled that he’s OK. Replays present the Haas driver over-accelerating out of a nook and dropping management.
We’ll have a delay right here whereas all the security procedures get performed.
Q2 is underneath approach. The 2 Alpines of Doohan and Gasly have been the surprises up to now.
It’s fascinating that the 5 drivers eradicated have come from 5 completely different groups. Williams, RB, Sauber, Aston Martin and Haas all have one driver in, one out.
Lawson has been instructed his RB had a difficulty with DRS. It by no means rains nevertheless it pours.
Alex Albon isn’t a contented bunny. “Sorry guys, however I actually …” he trails off on the staff radio. The Williams driver has change into used to getting by means of to Q2 of late however he’ll begin tomorrow’s race in direction of the again.
Tsunoda continues to battle together with his Purple Bull automotive however has snuck by means of to Q2.
Q1 last standings
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Norris
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Hamilton
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Verstappen
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Piastri
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Doohan
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Antonelli
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Leclerc
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Gasly
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Russell
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Hadjar
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Sainz
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Ocon
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Alonso
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Tsunoda
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Hulkenberg
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Albon
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Lawson
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Bortoleto
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Stroll
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Bearman
The underside 5 are eradicated in fact. Extra ache for Liam Lawson and a horrible qualifying session for British teen Ollie Bearman.
Into the final minute or two of Q1. No one has topped Norris and Piastri but.
Q1: Verstappen, Tsunoda and Ocon have been the three who didn’t clock legitimate instances in that first lap.
Ocon appeared to have a difficulty together with his seat, however has simply gone into P9. Can the 2 Purple Bulls problem for the highest?
The 2 Ferraris are out on the observe, with Charles Leclerc leaping underneath 1min 31.5 seconds … nonetheless each Norris and Piastri have simply pipped that point, going nearer to 1min 31.
The Mercedes duo of Andrea Kimi Antonelli and George Russell clock instances adequate for the highest 10.
Verstappen hit the brakes far too late on a nook and he’s tousled massive time. No lap time for him as he heads for the pit lane.
Jack Doohan at the moment sits within the quickest place with lower than 10 minutes remaining in Q1.
Q1: 1min 32.362secs is the primary time clocked by anybody – Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, with Hulkenberg half a second off that. Stroll’s lap time gained’t rely as a consequence of a minor infringement.
Loads of the opposite drivers are heading out now, together with Max Verstappen.
Lance Stroll within the Aston Martin is the primary driver out onto the observe.
Nico Hulkenberg is on the market now, too, with mushy tyres the order of the day for many of those groups in qualifying.
Proper, virtually time to get underneath approach. The three.36-mile Bahrain circuit is prepped and prepared.
There’s a good diploma of wind within the air round Bahrain tonight. Temperatures have dropped to round 20C, or thereabouts, with groups nonetheless taking each effort to make sure their automobiles don’t overheat.
It was completely roasting throughout apply earlier.
McLaren chief Zak Brown is the following one in entrance of the TV cameras. He’s “excited” in regards to the “epic Lando v Oscar battles” that we’re going to see this yr.
One more suggestion that McLaren don’t have a No 1 or certainly a No 2 driver this yr. And a reminder to him that McLaren have by no means gained in Bahrain. “We’ve acquired to vary that,” he smiles.
What number of instances does Lewis Hamilton get interviewed? It seems like a heck of rather a lot, but he’s all the time so calm and picked up.
“It’s good to see we’re taking steps ahead,” he says on the modifications which have been made to the Ferrari this weekend. “I hope we are able to extract extra from it.”
Listed here are the complete standings from the third apply session. Not lengthy till qualifying begins in earnest.
FP3 CLASSIFICATION
Piastri out entrance 💪
Hadjar P7 👏#F1 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/3d7y1apgdH
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George Russell believes McLaren have the quickest automotive on the grid proper now and that everybody else has some work to do.
That is what the British Mercedes man stated:
They [McLaren] are a great distance forward within the center sector, the place the tyres are overheating.
A bit of labor to do however I feel we’re combating for subsequent greatest. I feel it’s going to be shut between us, Ferrari and Max. However not like the primary three races, I really feel this race gained’t be dominated by qualifying, will probably be dominated by race tempo and tyre degradation.
It’s hilarious that Russell is speaking about Mercedes, Ferrari and … Max. Verstappen is a one-man staff at this level.
A reminder that qualifying begins at 5pm. Keep tuned till then. Who fancies pole in Bahrain?
Apply: Oscar Piastri and McLaren have been quickest in apply in Bahrain.
The Australian was was 0.668 seconds sooner than Lando Norris and 0.834 secs faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who was third. Lewis Hamilton was fourth after which got here the 2 Mercedes, George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
Max Verstappen was down in eighth together with his Purple Bull teammate Yuki Tsunoda the nineteenth quickest of the 20 drivers who took to the observe.
Issues might be very completely different in qualifying, in fact.
Preamble
What does the wild and wacky world of Formulation One have in retailer for us this afternoon? The searing warmth of Bahrain is our vacation spot at present and the query is: can Max Verstappen pull one other rabbit from the Purple Bull hat or will the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri restore their dominance?
These questions (and extra) shall be answered over the following hour or two after a number of laps of this inventively-named Bahrain Worldwide Circuit. To this point this season, qualifying in pole place has amounted to a reasonably hefty race benefit.
To correctly whet your urge for food, right here’s our man Giles Richards with a scene-setter from the Center East. Let’s get began.
