17:26
Q2 is underway
Antonelli, Russell, Ocon, Tsunoda and Hulkenberg hit the track.
Lewis Hamilton
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
17:20
Out in Q1
Albon, Lawson, Bortoleto, Stroll and Bearman have been knocked out in Q1.
17:19
Chequered flag
Can the two Red Bulls make it through to Q2? Verstappen improves and goes third for Red Bull.
17:18
Good lap from Hadjar
He moves up to fifth for Racing Bulls.
Verstappen starts his final lap of qualifying. Can he make it through?
17:16
Into the final minutes
Bearman, who's currently 15th, has locked up and run wide at Turn 8. That could be his lap ruined.
17:13
Current top 10
Norris leads Piastri by 0.2s. Leclerc completes the top three ahead of Antonelli, Alonso, Doohan, Russell, Hamilton, Ocon and Hulkenberg.
In the drop-zone currently: Stroll, Hadjar, Bortoleto, Verstappen and Tsunoda.
17:12
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17:02
Three cars out on track
Stroll, Alonso and Hulkenberg are out on track.
17:00
Q1 is underway
Qualifying for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix is now underway.
16:55
Five minutes until qualifying
Can anyone stop the McLarens from taking pole in Bahrain?
16:46
Our Bahrain GP qualifying prediction
Piastri, Norris, Russell, Leclerc and Verstappen
16:41
Who's taken pole so far in 2025?
Australia - Norris
China - Piastri
Japan - Verstappen
16:32
We're building up to qualifying
Qualifying in Bahrain gets underway in around 30 minutes.
McLaren are the team to beat after dominating practice. Oscar Piastri topped the timesheets in FP3 by over 0.6s. Lando Norris made it a 1-2.
Their nearest challenger was Charles Leclerc in third, 0.8s off the pace.
14:36
14:31
Top 10
Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Russell, Antonelli, Gasly, Hadjar, Verstappen, Sainz and Hamilton.
14:30
Chequered flag
Piastri tops the order ahead of Norris and Leclerc.
14:26
Ferrari
Leclerc puts his Ferrari third in the order, 0.8s down on Piastri's time.
Hamilton only manages the 10th-fastest time, 1.4s off.
14:24
Norris
Norris makes it a McLaren 1-2, 0.668s off his teammate's pace.
14:23
Russell goes second now
He's into second - but Russell has a 1.1s gap to make up on Piastri at the top of the order.
14:21
10 minutes to go
Piastri, Antonelli, Gasly, Hadjar, Verstappen, Ocon, Lawson, Norris, Albon and Alonso.
14:20
Piastri destroys Gasly's time
Piastri goes 1.3s ahead of Gasly at the top of the order - mighty time.
14:20
Gasly pips Verstappen
Gasly goes 0.053s ahead of Verstappen at the top of the timesheets.
14:19
Verstappen goes clear
A 1m33.027s for Verstappen now, 0.2s ahead of Piastri.
14:19
Some improvements
Cars are back out on track now on new tyres. Albon and Alonso have improved to fourth and fifth respectively.
14:11
The order with 20 minutes to go
Piastri, Verstappen, Norris, Alonso, Leclerc, Hamilton, Gasly, Hulkenberg, Lawson and Hadjar.
