18:22
That's a wrap
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2025 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Qualifying - As it happened
A recap of what happened in F1 qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix
12 Apr 2025
18:16
18:11
Top 10
Piastri, Russell, Leclerc, Antonelli, Gasly, Norris, Ver🌜stappen, Sainz, Hamilton and Tsunoda.
18:11
Piastri takes pole in Bahrain
Piastri does it! He takes pole in Bahrain ahead of Russell and Lec🀅lerc.
18:09
Russell responds
A 1m30.009s for Russell, 0.2s ahead of Antonelli.
18:09
The Mercedes duo are flying
Antonelli takes provisional pole꧑ away from Piastri.
18:07
Two minutes on the clock
It's now time for the final runs in Q3.
18:05
Laps deleted
Hamilton and Antonelli have had laps deleted f꧃or track limits in Q3.
Revised order is n🌸ow: Piastri, Russell, Norris, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Gasly, Sainz, Verstappen, Antonelli and Hamilton.
18:04
Order after the first runs of Q3
Piastri, Russell, Norris, Leclerc, Hamilton, Antonelli, Tsunoda, Gasly, 🃏Sainz and Verstappen
18:03
Piastri takes provisional pole
Piastri rises to the top with a 1m30.233s, a tenth ahead of Russell. Norris slots into thi♓rd in the second McLaren.✃
18:02
Great lap from Russell
Russell sets a 1m30.364s to take🦩 provisi🤡onal pole, 1.0s ahead of Hamilton.
18:01
Verstappen radio
"My brakes are just terrible. I can't brake at all. So bad."&n♛bsp;
18:00
All 10 cars are out on track
A big moment for Verstappen at Turn 4. That Red ﷽Bull is a handful.
17:58
Q3 is underway
Will it be Piastri or Norris on pole?
17:50
Gasly impresses
Gasly was the standout driver in Q2, setting the third-fastest time for Alpine. One to watc🎃h as we head into Q3.
17:49
Out in Q2
Doohan, Hadjar, Hulkenberg, Alonso and Ocon.
17:48
Red Bull struggling
Only sevಌenth and ninth for the twಞo Red Bulls here.
17:47
Improvements
Russell improves to third in the Mercedes, while Hamilton i༺s into fifth for Ferrari.
17:46
Time for the final runs
Verstappen, Hadj꧟ar, Oc🤪on, Alonso and Tsunoda are in the drop-zone at the moment.
17:42
Leclerc
Leclerc goes third𒅌 i♈n the Ferrari, 0.6s down on Piastri.
17:42
Norris lowers the benchmark
A 1m30.560s for Norris, 0.6s ahead of Antonelli.
Pias🦋tri then beats Norri🥂s by a tenth, setting a 1m30.454s.
17:41
Antonelli sets the early pace
A 1m31.178s for Antonelli, a couple of tenth🐲s ahead of Russell.&nꦫbsp;
17:37
Q2 back underway
Ocon's Haas has been cleared and Q2 is bac💦k un♐derway in Bahrain.
17:31
Ocon
RED FLAG
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Ocon into the barriers
Esteban has radioed to say he is okay
17:29
Red flag
Ocon has crashed his Haas. Red flag.
