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Hamilton's Ferrari honeymoon is well and truly over
Lewis Hamilton's dream Ferrari Formula 1 move started so brightly with consistent enthusiasm and a (sprint) pole and race victory in only their second weekend together.Even through the difficulties of the Melbourne strategy missteps and the double disqualification at the Chinese Grand Prix, a visibly re-energised Hamilton was buoyant about his start to life at Ferrari.But that glorious honeymoon p...
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Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 F1 starting grid after two penalties
Oscar Piastri carried McLaren's Bahrain Grand Prix practice domination through to pole position, but his Formula 1 world championship leading team-mate Lando Norris was only sixth fastest.Mercedes duo George Russell and Kimi Antonelli initially qualified in second and fourth but both were handed one-place grid penalties for a red flag breach. Mercedes sent the drivers to the end of the pitlane whe...
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Mercedes duo get Bahrain grid drops for pitlane error
Both Mercedes drivers will drop one place on the grid for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix because of a team error during a red flag in qualifying. Russell and Antonelli initially qualified second and fourth for the Bahrain GP - comfortably marking the team's best qualifying of the 2025 season so far. But they'll now start from third and fifth instead due to an error during the early stages of Q2. Q...
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Williams wants answers from FIA over costly delayed laptime deletion
Williams is seeking answers from the FIA after a bizarrely lengthy delay to punish Nico Hulkenberg for exceeding track limits cost Alex Albon a place in Q2 during qualifying for Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Albon was knocked out in Q1 in 16th by just 0.042 seconds, suffering his first intra-team qualifying defeat to new Williams team-mate Carlos Sainz, who went on to qualify an impressive eight...
Piastri beats Russell, Norris only sixth on mixed up Bahrain grid
Oscar Piastri took pole position for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, but team-mate Lando Norris ended up down in sixth with a disastrous Q3 run.McLaren topped every practice session as well as Q1 and Q2 but it came under intense pressure during the closing stages of Q3.Both McLarens had their early benchmarks beaten by multiple drivers, with George Russell going fastest for Mercedes ahead of Charl...
Despondent Norris feels 'clueless' after bad qualifying
Lando Norris says he feels "clueless on track at the minute" with the 2025 McLaren Formula 1 car after qualifying sixth for the Bahrain Grand Prix.Norris was more than four tenths of a second slower than pole-winning team-mate Oscar Piastri in Q3 and ended up behind both Mercedes, Charles Leclerc's Ferrari and the Alpine of Pierre Gasly.Despite leading the drivers' championship Norris has been voc...
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Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 F1 starting grid
Oscar Piastri carried McLaren's Bahrain Grand Prix practice domination through to pole position, but his Formula 1 world championship leading team-mate Lando Norris was only sixth fastest.1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)2 George Russell (Mercedes)3 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)4 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)5 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)6 Lando Norris (McLaren)7 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)8 Carlos Sainz (Williams)9 Lewis...
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Bahrain Grand Prix F1 practice results
Free practice threeMcLaren completed a clean sweep of Bahrain Grand Prix practice sessions, as Oscar Piastri enjoyed a massive lead in the daytime.1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren), 1m331.646s2 Lando Norris (McLaren), +0.668s3 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), +0.834s4 George Russell (Mercedes), +1.181s5 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), +1.270s6 Pierre Gasly (Alpine), 1.328s7 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), +1.377s8 Max ...
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Piastri dominates final Bahrain GP practice
Oscar Piastri had a huge margin over his Formula 1 rivals in another McLaren-dominated practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix.Practice three is not the most relevant session at Sakhir, given how much hotter the conditions in it were than what's expected in the evening qualifying session that's coming up.But that's just as well for everyone not in a McLaren, with Charles Leclerc's Ferrari the ...
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The rare Pirelli change that can impact Bahrain GP
After an opening day of action in Bahrain where Formula 1 drivers were left bemoaning a “shocking” lack of grip due to the extreme temperatures, teams were given some hope on Saturday morning that things may not be as bad going forwards.Ahead of final free practice, F1 tyre supplier Pirelli notified competitors that, for the remainder of the weekend, it would be lowering the rear tyre temperatures...
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How Audi's most important signing has started
Jonathan Wheatley's arrival as Sauber Formula 1 team principal at the start of this month might have passed you by given the lack of fanfare.He attended last week's Japanese Grand Prix, is here in Bahrain and regards the current triple-header as the ideal opportunity to appraise the team's trackside operations rather than a personal soapbox to shout about his grand plans after taking the helm of F...
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What's making Tsunoda's start at Red Bull so challenging
Yuki Tsunoda always knew that he faced an uphill battle to get on top of Red Bull's tricky RB21 2025 Formula 1 car.And, while having been initially confident that things would not be too bad when he first tried it out in the simulator, a reality check at the Japanese Grand Prix highlighted that it's going to be far from easy for him to get the most out of it.
But what has served as a bit more o...
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Who's improved most since F1 testing? Edd Straw's trackside verdict
Formula 1's return to Bahrain six weeks after pre-season testing presents a rare opportunity to compare cars of today and a month-and-a-half ago from trackside.With teams running similar programmes in Friday practice, it meant a far narrower distribution than witnessed in the scattergun of testing. Even with only two hours to watch them in action, it’s at least easier to know you are comparing lik...
Mark Hughes: What gives McLaren such a big Bahrain advantage
It was only a little over a month ago that the Formula 1 cars were last at Sakhir for pre-season testing, but it may as well have been a year ago, so different were the conditions for Bahrain Grand Prix practice and therefore the behaviour of the cars. Or more specifically, their tyres. Grip levels and degradation rates at a track temperature of 36°C was of an entirely different order to the tests...
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'Just too slow' - Red Bull-Verstappen bracing for big McLaren defeat?
Max Verstappen says Red Bull "is just too slow" at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with the team racing to avoid a hefty defeat to Formula 1 rival McLaren.Verstappen was eighth in second practice, over eight tenths slower than McLaren pacesetter Oscar Piastri.That continued a trend of Red Bull failing to place inside the top six in an FP2 session this season.Red Bull had to "turn the car upside down" to r...
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Six things we've learned from F1's V10 engine summit
Formula 1 has parked the idea of an early switch to V10 engines for now, in the wake of the summit between car makers and series chiefs in Bahrain on Friday.Following a get-together arranged by the FIA, grand prix racing’s manufacturers were all given the opportunity to offer their opinion of how they saw the future of F1’s engines.
The major decisions from F1's crunch engine meeting
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Bahrain Grand Prix F1 practice results
Free practice twoMcLaren enjoyed a comfortable 1-2 as Friday running concluded, with Oscar Piastri ahead of Lando Norris - and no other driver within half a second of Piastri's time.1 Oscar Piastri (McLaren), 1m30.505s2 Lando Norris (McLaren), +0.154s3 George Russell (Mercedes), +0.527s4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), +0.540s5 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), +0.722s6 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls), +0.733s7 M...
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Everything you need to know about second Bahrain GP F1 practice
Oscar Piastri ended Friday at the Bahrain Grand Prix with the fastest time as he and McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Lando Norris set an ominous pace in second practice.Leading positions1 Norris2 Piastri3 RussellFull results at bottom of pagePiastri's best lap of 1m30.505s - which was actually marginally slower than the best time from last year's corresponding session, a 1m30.374s - gave him a 0.154-s...
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Bahrain Grand Prix F1 practice results
Free practice oneChampionship leader Lando Norris led the opening F1 session of the weekend, a quarter of a second up on Pierre Gasly.Luke Browning was quickest of the six FP1-only drivers in the Williams.Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli was limited to just three laps by car issues.1 Lando Norris (McLaren), 1m33.204s2 Pierre Gasly (Alpine), +0.238s3 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari), +0.596s4 Alex Albon (Wil...
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Everything that happened in first Bahrain GP practice
Lando Norris kicked off Friday at Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix by topping an opening practice session that featured six FP1-only rookies.McLaren did the most soft tyre running in FP1 of any of the frontrunners, with Norris topping the session on a 1m33.204s.Last time F1 was at the Sakhir circuit for pre-season testing, Alpine appeared to be the class of the midfield, only to go point-less in 202...
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