12:47
Albon improves
Albon improves to within a tenth of Norris at the top of the order.
Lewis Hamilton
2025 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Friday Practice - As it happened
A recap of what happened in Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix
11 Apr 2025
12:43
Norris lowers the benchmark
Norris has improved his best lap time to a 1m35.249s, 0.5s ahead of Albon in second.
12:41
Hamilton's feedback on team radio
"Balance feels like the car is not working at all but it's probably just the grip of the tyres," he tells his race engineer.
12:39
Current order
Norris on top ahead of Albon, Ocon, Gasly, Piastri, Hamilton, Hirakawa, Hadjar, Bortoleto and Tsunoda.
12:37
A problem for Antonelli
"No power!" he reports over team radio.
He's going around the track slowly as he looks to make it back into the pit lane.
12:35
Hamilton goes second
An important session for Ferrari, with Hamilton running the new upgrades. He's just gone second fastest in the Ferrari, a tenth off Ocon.
12:34
First times on the board
Ocon leads the way with Haas on a 1m36.579s, 1.6s ahead of Lawson.
12:30
FP1 is underway in Bahrain
The first 60 minutes of practice is underway at the Bahrain International Circuit.
12:14
Six rookies in action in FP1
There will be six rookie drivers in action during FP1.
Dino Beganovic - Ferrari
Ayumu Iwasa - Red Bull
Fred Vesti - Mercedes
Felipe Drugovich - Aston Martin
Ryo Hirakawa - Haas
Luke Browning - Williams
12:08
Upgrades galore at Ferrari
Ferrari have a number of upgrades for this weekend in Bahrain as they look to turn their season around following a lacklustre start to the 2025.
Click here for a full rundown of the upgrades Ferrari have in Bahrain
Lewis Hamilton
12:06
Hello everyone
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Crash.net live blog for the 2025 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Friday practice kicks off in just under 25 minutes' time in Bahrain.
