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2025 Formula 1 Bahrain GP
Apr 10, 2025 to Apr 13, 2025
| Bahrain International Circuit, BH
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10:33:25 am
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Lap 17
Antonelli's trying to put a move on Verstappen, but gets short shrift at Turn 4.
Leclerc pits, despite his protestations - he wanted to take a one-stopper but takes another set of mediums. Leclerc drops to fifth, Hamilton comes out behind Tsunoda.
10:31:04 am
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Lap 16
Leclerc is told that he's on course for "Plan Bravo" - he contends that he'd like "Delta". Which one of those is a one-stopper? He's about 10s up on Hamilton, who in turn is 5s ahead of Piastri.
10:29:17 am
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Lap 15
The two Ferraris are yet to stop, as is Albon. Russell gets past the Williams driver, and now he's going to chase Piastri to get in contention for the win.
10:28:19 am
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Lap 14
Piastri's turn to pit. Swift service from McLaren, trading his softs for mediums. Sainz and Bearman now also stop.
10:27:15 am
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Lap 13
Russell pits for the medium, and comes out of the pits just about clear of Norris - who had to brush Lawson aside. Norris has at least got into the same ballpark despite the five-second penalty he'd served earlier.
10:25:13 am
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Lap 12
Antonelli pits, swapping softs for mediums. He comes out behind Verstappen, who's currently trying to clear Ocon.
10:24:22 am
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Lap 11
Tsunoda pits, and takes the mediums. He's been undercut by Hadjar and Doohan, as the two pitted quite early into the race - Verstappen came out of the pits behind Ocon, so there's some undercut power here.
10:21:45 am
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Lap 10
Antonelli puts a move on Gasly to claim fifth place, which leaves the Frenchman in Verstappen's clutches.
Norris comes in to pit, serves his penalty, and picks up the mediums. Verstappen and Gasly also pit; mediums for the Alpine, hards for the Red Bull, which was slightly slow out as the red light was still on.
10:19:42 am
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Lap 9
Hamilton forces Sainz into a defence at Turn 4, but Sainz just about holds on and keeps the place down the hill. But Hamilton eases past at Turn 11 with his mediums now proving to be in good nick. Tsunoda also swipes his way past Sainz to move up to ninth.
10:18:37 am
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Lap 8
Norris is told he'll recover any positional losses from his penalty, but he needs to find a way past Russell. Ocon pits to cover off Hadjar.
Penalty
10:16:36 am
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Five-second penalty for Norris
The Briton was found to be out of position on the grid, and thus takes an extra five seconds - which he'll have to serve at his pit stop.
10:15:42 am
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Lap 6
Verstappen's move seemed to be in bounds - just about. Norris is currently under investigation for his false start.
Hadjar pits from P16, and picks up the medium tyre.
10:12:40 am
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Lap 5
Antonelli puts a move on Carlos Sainz and moves up to sixth - which allows Verstappen to get in the mix and forces his way past at Turn 4, but is he out of bounds? We'll need a replay to know for sure.
10:11:21 am
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Lap 4
There's a hint of saving in these early laps, although Norris is keeping a 0.8s vigil to Russell and Gasly remains in Leclerc's DRS range.
10:09:35 am
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Lap 3
Norris has been noted by the stewards for a potential false start. He's currently trying to stay in DRS range of Russell - and just about clings on for the end of the third lap.
10:08:04 am
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Lap 2
Verstappen is now putting Antonelli under some pressure, and will get DRS assistance. Bearman rockets up the order from last to 15th.
10:06:34 am
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Sainz has had a good start, and has fired his way up to sixth place - and he's chasing after Gasly. Antonelli's dropped to seventh, as Verstappen also loses a place and drops to eighth.
Lights out
10:05:28 am
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The 2025 Bahrain GP begins!
Piastri gets the holeshot into Turn 1, as Russell blasts past Leclerc to reclaim second - but almost hits the Australian! Norris fires his way up to third place after dispatching Leclerc at Turn 4.
Green flag
10:02:16 am
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Formation lap
There's a bit of a queue at the back of the field, as the bottom 10 are slow to get away. Bearman briefly looked like he'd stalled - but he's just cruising out of his blocks.
09:58:01 am
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Tyre information
All begin on softs, except: Leclerc, Hamilton, Alonso, Lawson, and Bortoleto, who start on mediums. We've got a nice mix of potential strategies; most are expecting this to be a two-stopper, but somebody brave might be able to take it to just one...
09:57:05 am
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We've got an air temperature of 27C, and a track temperature of 33C - expect those to continue to fall throughout the night.
09:51:08 am
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10 minutes to go! You could cut the tension with a knife - the wind's picking up in Bahrain, as the temperature continues to drop.
09:42:11 am
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Sir Jackie Stewart took to the circuit earlier in his old Tyrrell 006 to mark the 10 year anniversary of his charity Race Against Dementia, which he began following his wife's diagnosis.
Sir Jackie Stewart drives his Tyrrell 006
Photo by: Clive Mason - Getty Images
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09:37:51 am
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Here's our gallery of images from the day so far - keep it bookmarked to see more from the race as it unfolds!
09:35:08 am
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2025 Bahrain Grand Prix starting grid
Main Information Additional Data Driver Info
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Time Tyres km/h 1 O. Piastri McLaren 81
McLaren Mercedes
1'29.841
216.863 2 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari
+0.334
1'30.175
216.059 3 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes
+0.168
1'30.009
216.458 4 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault
+0.375
1'30.216
215.961 5 A. Antonelli Mercedes 12
Mercedes Mercedes
+0.372
1'30.213
215.968 6 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes
+0.426
1'30.267
215.839 7 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull
+0.582
1'30.423
215.467 8 C. Sainz Williams 55
Williams Mercedes
+0.839
1'30.680
214.856 9 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44
Ferrari Ferrari
+0.931
1'30.772
214.638 10 Y. Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 22
Red Bull Red Bull
+1.462
1'31.303
213.390 View full results
09:27:47 am
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Drivers are currently in the process of doing their reconnaissance laps to the grid, as we approach the 30-minutes-away mark for the start of this race.
09:24:31 am
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09:24:02 am
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Qualifying recap
The main story, of course, was Oscar Piastri's run to pole for today's race. George Russell had qualified second, but was given a one-place grid penalty as Mercedes put its two cars into the pitlane during a Q2 red flag - before a restart time had been called. This also put Andrea Kimi Antonelli down to fifth after qualifying fourth.
Charles Leclerc starts on the front row alongside Piastri, while Russell joins Gasly on row two. Antonelli is alongside Norris, who only starts sixth.
09:19:09 am
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2025 Bahrain GP live updates
Hello everyone, and welcome to our live update feed for the Bahrain Grand Prix! Here's hoping that we're in for a treat!
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By: Autosport Staff
Published: Apr 13, 2025, 3:33 PM
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