F1 Bahrain GP 2025 LIVE: Qualifying latest updates, schedule, results and race start time

The fourth grand prix qualifying of the 2025 season then!

We’ve had three totally different pole-sitters up to now this yr, and 4 when you embody Lewis Hamilton within the China dash!

Oscar Piastri is the favorite right here, whereas Lando Norris can even be eyeing high spot!

McLaren’s to lose, me thinks…

The table-toppers in all three follow periods, can anybody upset the shape e book and cease the papaya in qualifying?

Oscar Piastri has appeared faster than teammate Lando Norris and, after his gorgeous pole-setting lap in Japan final week, you’d be silly to write down off Max Verstappen!

And what about Ferrari and Mercedes? We’ll discover out in 10 minutes!

TOP-10 – DRIVER STANDINGS

1. Lando Norris – 62 points

8. Lewis Hamilton – 15 points

“I used to be so excited concerning the race that I didn’t even sweat,” Pedro De la Rosa tells The Unbiased. “I didn’t drink in any respect – again then when you didn’t put in a drinks bottle, you saved weight on the automobile. So, we didn’t even match it.”

Efficiency over well being? He gained’t be the final in F1. But the second iteration of the Bahrain Grand Prix, 20 years in the past, was probably the most excessive instance within the sport’s 75-year historical past of drivers prioritising tempo over bodily situation. At 42.6C, beating 40C temperatures in Dallas and Detroit within the mid-Nineteen Eighties, it was the most well liked F1 race ever.

“We’ve bought an improve this weekend, I’m excited,” he mentioned on media day in Bahrain.

“We must always hopefully have a bit extra downforce. I’m not feeling an enormous quantity of points, we lack total efficiency in the mean time pace-wise.

“Hopefully we take a step this weekend. From my aspect, it’s rear-end – and that’s it.”

Sebastian Vettel admits that not talking out on social, equality and local weather points earlier in his racing profession is his “solely remorse” from his time in Formula One.

“After I began as a rookie, I used to be solely targeted on racing and it was the one factor that was occupying my day,” Vettel advised the BBC final month.

“However in the direction of the final couple of years, I believe it’s in all probability one of many issues, possibly the one factor that I might say I remorse, is to not converse out earlier in my profession and seeing the potential energy by way of attain and viewers that you just may need as an expert athlete to encourage individuals.”

7. Aston Martin – 10 factors

8. Racing Bulls – 7 factors

“When you’ve got these indications from the observe then possibly it reinforces the message that we do should maintain working effectively collectively,” mentioned group principal Andrea Stella after the Japan GP.

“As a result of earlier than it turns into an inner enterprise solely, I believe there may be various work to do to clear a number of the rivals.

“We don’t want these sorts of reminders as a result of we discuss this each Thursday and Sunday of each race weekend. We’re right here to start with to beat the opposite groups and put McLaren in a really robust place.

“When McLaren is in a robust place that’s the finest place for the 2 drivers to pursue their aspirations. That may be very clear to the group and really clear to the drivers.”

1. Lando Norris – 62 points

8. Lewis Hamilton – 15 points

14. Yuki Tsunoda – 3 points