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2025 Formula 1 Bahrain GP
Apr 10, 2025 to Apr 13, 2025
| Bahrain International Circuit, BH
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Formula 1 Bahrain GP
F1 Bahrain GP live commentary and updates - FP1
Follow along for F1 action at Bahrain's FP1 session, which includes six rookie drivers
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08:34:45 am
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You can probably take that timing order with a few bags of salt - FP2 will be our clearest indication of how it all stacks up this weekend. It'll be a lot cooler, and we'll have our 20 usual drivers in the seats - so, we'll see you then! Thanks for joining us.
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08:32:06 am
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FP1 complete
The session is now over - Lando Norris top of the pile with a 1m33.204s, 0.238s clear of Gasly. Hamilton is third, from Albon, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Doohan, Lawson, Tsunoda, and Piastri.
08:30:28 am
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08:26:47 am
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Browning goes up to 13th - definitely rookiesville in that lower half of the table. Albon reports he's lost power, but it sounds fine at the minute - he's doing some flow-vis testing around the front wing.
08:24:13 am
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Drugovich gets his turn on the C3s and posts a lap good enough for P13, just under a tenth shy of Stroll. Beganovic then moves up to 12th to move both Astons down a position.
08:22:16 am
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Just under 10 minutes to go - the rookies might be about to get their shot with laps on the soft tyres. Browning's yet to set a representative time, having done largely aero testing for Williams so far.
08:20:51 am
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Rookie watch:
13. Hirakawa, 14. Vesti, 15. Iwasa, 17. Drugovich, 19. Beganovic, 20. Browning
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08:18:06 am
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Norris does a 1m33.204s on his turn with the soft tyres, and goes fastest. Albon was set to finish a run on softs too, but backs off and pits.
08:16:51 am
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Williams duo Albon and Browning have been noted for an incident - Browning seemed to be coming around for a lap, and got chopped off by Albon at Turn 13. "That was close," said Drugovich, who was a witness to the near-incident.
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08:08:33 am
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Ocon now goes top with a 1m34.184s, also on softs, although Albon puts together a 1m33.928s. Gasly then finds a 1m33.442s, so the times are rapidly coming down.
08:07:12 am
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Mercedes is having an issue taking the gearbox away from Antonelli's car, as the Italian was benched with an apparent water pressure issue. Something's definitely stuck, someone get the WD-40?
08:05:58 am
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Piastri loses a bunch of time in the final corner after going wide, and thus flashes past the line a quarter of a second away from Hulkenberg with his first run on softs.
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08:04:04 am
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Hulkenberg now vaults to the top on softs, 0.3s faster than Bortoleto's time. The German held onto a lock-up at Turn 10 and got the car turned in - expect to see more front locking there.
08:01:59 am
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Bortoleto goes quickest on a set of softs with a 1m34.628s, despite going slightly wide at the final corner. In the meantime, Tsunoda does the usual "post-move" pit-lane drive-by after missing his pitbox. "We're a bit further up," his engineer tells him.
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07:56:09 am
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Albon goes fastest with a 1m35.180s, 0.069s clear of Norris. We're about 2.5s slower than FP1's fastest times from last year.
07:52:16 am
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Top 10 after 20 minutes
1. Norris, 2. Albon, 3. Gasly, 4. Piastri, 5. Hulkenberg, 6. Ocon, 7. Tsunoda, 8. Hamilton, 9. Doohan, 10. Stroll.
07:49:01 am
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Hamilton is asked if he wants another push lap, but he declines as the car apparently feels 'horrendous'. So that's a resounding no, then...
07:47:50 am
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Albon improves to get within a tenth of Norris' line-leading time. Piastri moves up to third, almost half a second off his team-mate.
07:46:47 am
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After the opening 15 minutes, all except Browning have a time on the board. The Briton - the winner of the 2022 Autosport BRDC Award - is back out on medium tyres.
07:44:36 am
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"How is the balance?" "Shocking". That's Liam Lawson's radio, somewhat to the point. Nobody's really loving the weather...
07:42:34 am
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Vesti's clearly a fan of security, as he's locked up multiple times in his opening runs. Hamilton, meanwhile, feels the balance is off - but reckons it's just the tyres. That would tally, given the track is scorching hot.
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07:40:56 am
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Antonelli makes it back to the pits after trundling around the circuit slowly. Meanwhile, Norris improves and posts a 1m35.249s - going 0.5s faster than Albon as the Thai driver improved slightly.
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07:37:23 am
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Norris posts a 1m35.674s to go fastest, as Ocon reports his car is pulling to one side on the straights. Might need a quick tinker with the steering - although Antonelli reports he's got no power, and that might take a little longer to sort if he can't do it with his steering wheel settings.
07:35:38 am
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Hirakawa kicks us off with a 1m38.355s on mediums, although Ocon beats that to get into the 1m36s. Expect the times to keep dropping - as Vesti goes too deep into Turn 1 and goes marginally wide.
Lights green
07:30:51 am
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Bahrain FP1 begins
Iwasa and Browning are indeed first to hit the road, followed by Ryo Hirakawa, Esteban Ocon, and Gabriel Bortoleto.
07:29:29 am
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There's a bit of a breeze to the south east too, so it'll be a little bit of tailwind heading into Turn 4. We've got some eager rookies also waiting to take to the circuit - Iwasa and Browning at the front of the pack.
07:20:48 am
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10 minutes to go until FP1 gets under way. 35C in Bahrain, so it's well hot. Might be too hot.
07:12:16 am
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In big news, F1 has announced a deal with Barilla to become its Official Pasta Partner. It sounds a bit fusilli, but we imagine they're paying a pretty penne.
07:07:59 am
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07:06:20 am
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Six rookies in Bahrain FP1
There's a handful of different faces taking part in this session; it's a bit less of a track time loss for the regular drivers, as FP1 is in unrepresentative conditions for qualifying and race.
Mercedes - Frederik Vesti (Russell's car)
Red Bull - Ayumu Iwasa (Verstappen's car)
Ferrari - Dino Beganovic (Leclerc's car)
Williams - Luke Browning (Sainz's car)
Aston Martin - Felipe Drugovich (Alonso's car)
Haas - Ryo Hirakawa (Bearman's car)
07:01:31 am
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Hello everybody, and welcome to our live coverage of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend! We're about to get rolling with our updates for FP1.
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By: Autosport Staff
Published: Apr 11, 2025, 12:34 PM
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