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Relive the Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying with live commentary

Relive qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, the fourth round of the 2025 Formula 1 season, with live commentary on AUTOhebdo.

Published 12/04/2025 à 17:40

Dorian Grangier

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Relive the Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying with live commentary

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Second meeting of this first triple headers of the season in F1 : the Bahrain GP, ​​the venue for the fourth race of the championship in 2025. For the first time since 2019, the Sakhir circuit did not host the opening round of the season, a "luxury" that was reserved for Melbourne this year. The reason? The Ramadan period, which pushed the organizers and the F1 to postpone the Bahraini event exceptionally to mid-April.

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F1 – Bahrain GP
Relive the qualifications with live commentary

19h15 – 👋 Thanks everyone for watching, see you tomorrow at 17pm for the Bahrain Grand Prix! Good evening to you !

Bahrain – Qualifying: Pole for Piastri, Ocon hits the wall

Q3 – 0:00: 🏁 Pole position for Oscar piastri in Bahrain! The Australian takes his second pole in 2 ahead of Russell and Leclerc! Norris is only 6th, Verstappen 7th! Excellent performance from gasly, 5th with theAlpine !

Q3 – 1:30: Like just now, it's tsunoda who is the first to set off. The Japanese is currently 5th.

Q3 – 3:00: The drivers come out on track, it's the " money time » !

Q3 – 4:00: ⚠️ The chronos of Antonelli and Hamilton were cancelled due to runway limitations!

Q3 – 5:00: 🔎 Here is the ranking of this Q3 after everyone’s first attempt! Verstappen completely missed the mark, the Dutchman complained about his brakes.

Q3 – 6:30: ⏱️ Best time for Oscar Piastri in 1'30″233, Lando Norris is only 3rd behind George Russell!

Q3 – 7:00: ⏱️ It was beaten by Russell in 1'30″364, ahead of Antonelli.

Q3 – 8:00: ⏱️ Tsunoda sets the first mark in 1'31″637. Verstappen is behind in 1'32″057!

Q3 – 11:00: Yuki Tsunoda is first on the track. The Japanese has completed part of his goal and for the first time in 2025, the two Red Bull are in Q3!

Q3 – 12:00 p.m. : 🟢 Q3 is underway in Bahrain! Who will take pole position at the Sakhir circuit? Find out in 12 minutes!

Q2 – 0:00: ⚠️ The time of Hulkenberg was cancelled, the German is therefore ranked without a time in 15th place... behind Or with, because the Frenchman was faster in Q1.

Q2 – 0:00: Incredible time from Pierre Gasly, less than two tenths of a second behind McLaren and with the 2nd sector record. Note the fine 7th place of Carlos Sainz…and only 9th place for Max Verstappen!

Q2 – 0:00: 🏁 End of Q2 with the best time – on his first lap – for Piastri ahead of Norris and Gasly, an incredible 3rd! And Tsunoda narrowly makes it into Q3 and eliminates Hadjar, who finishes in 12th place! 

Q2 – 0:30: 🇫🇷 3rd time for Gasly! And 9th time for Hadjar.

Q2 – 1:30: Russell climbs to third place, two tenths behind McLaren. Antonelli climbs to fourth.

Q2 – 3:00: For now, only the McLarens seem safe in Q2. The drivers return to the track for their final attempt.

Q2 – 4:00: 🔎 Here are the rankings four minutes from the end of Q2! Five drivers (and Ocon obviously) have not yet set a time.

Q2 – 6:00: ⏱️ Piastri improves to 1'30″454, ahead of Norris. Hadjar and Verstappen fail their first attempt.

Q2 – 7:30: ⏱️ Antonelli sets the first reference of this Q2 in 1'31″178.

Q2 – 8:30: ⚠️ The two pilots Mercedes are under investigation because the German team sent its drivers to the end of the pit lane before the restart time was confirmed.

Q2 – 9:30: Obviously, with a truncated session, everyone immediately returns to the track... except Tsunoda, who remains in his garage for the moment.

Q2 – 11:00: 🟢 After a few minutes of interruption, the light turns green again and Q2 is restarted for 11 minutes.

Q2 – 11:00: 🔴 Esteban Ocon has lost control of his Haas on the kerb of turn 3.

Q2 – 11:00: 🔴 The Norman driver is therefore expected to start the Grand Prix in 15th place... unless Haas breaks the Parc Fermé rule. In that case, the Frenchman will have to start from the pit lane tomorrow.

Q2 – 11:00: 🔴 Esteban Ocon came out of his car and is brought back to the pits by the medical car.

Q2 – 11:00 p.m. : 🔴 Red flag! Accident for Esteban Ocon at Turn 3! The Frenchman says he's fine on the radio, but the Haas is badly damaged! Neither driver has had time to set a time.

Q2 – 11:30: It's off to Yuki Tsunoda who, as we recall, is aiming for Q3 and points this weekend in Bahrain.

“Q3 and points”: Tsunoda shows his ambitions before Bahrain

Q1 – 13:00: Antonelli, Russell, Ocon, Tsunoda and Hulkenberg are the first to go out on track.

Q2 – 15:00: 🟢 We catch our breath, it's time for Q2!

Q1 – 0:00: Note the excellent time of Jack Doohan, 5th in this Q1, three tenths off the reference!

Q1 – 0:00: 🇫🇷 Our three French drivers advance to Q2 with Gasly's 8th time, Hadjar's 10th time and Ocon's 12th time.

Q1 – 0:00: For now, Verstappen's time remains...

Q1 – 0:00: 🏁 It's all over for Q1! Norris sets the fastest time ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen... but the Dutchman's time is under threat for exceeding track limits before the start of his final attempt! Albon, Lawson, Bortoleto, Stroll and Bearman are eliminated.

Q1 – 0:30: 🇫🇷 5th time for Hadjar who should move on to Q2!

Q1 – 1:00: Antonelli climbs back to 3rd place in his Mercedes. Bearman moves up to only 13th place.

Q1 – 2:30: Bearman is first on the track and therefore the first to begin his final attempt. All the drivers are on the track except Leclerc, who is third.

Q1 – 4:00: The drivers line up at the pit exit, almost all of them coming out for a second attempt.

Q1 – 5:00: 🔎 Here are the rankings five minutes from the checkered flag! The two Red Bulls are in danger, as they have no time to their name.

Q1 – 6:00: 🇫🇷 Ocon clocked the ninth fastest time, just behind Hamilton. Behind him, Hadjar missed out and was only 9th, 17 seconds behind Norris's benchmark.

Q1 – 7:30: Antonelli takes 4th place ahead Alonso, who climbs to 5th on his second lap. Russell is in 7th place, behind Doohan.

Q1 – 8:00: ⏱️ Norris clocked a time of 1'31″107 and took the lead ahead of Piastri and Leclerc. Hamilton falls behind Doohan: the Australian has set an excellent lap!

Q1 – 10:00: ⏱️ The times are going crazy: Doohan takes the best time in 1'31″919, ahead of Sainz and Gasly. Tsunoda's time was erased for exceeding the limits in the final corner.

Q1 – 11:00: ⏱️ Tsunoda logically improves the best time to 1'32″096. Verstappen made a mistake and aborted his first lap.

Q1 – 13:00: That's it, things are getting active on the track. Stroll's time has been erased.

Q1 – 14:00 p.m. : ⏱️ Alonso sets the first benchmark in 1'32″362, ahead of Hülkenberg.

Q1 – 16:00 p.m. : It's off for these three drivers, for the moment alone on the track.

Q1 – 17:00 p.m. : Stroll, Alonso and Hülkenberg are the first on track, on soft tires obviously.

Q1 – 18:00 p.m. : 🟢 The light turns green at the end of the pit lane, it's time for Q1 in Bahrain! 

17h58 – 🔎 Who will beat their teammate in Bahrain? Here's the scoreboard before the start of qualifying in Sahkir.

Qualifying duels: who dominates his teammate after the Japanese GP?

17h55 – 🌡️ Even though night has fallen on the Sakhir track, it is still very hot: F1 is announcing a temperature of 32°C on the track and 26°C in the air.

17h53 – 💬 In any case, if there's one person who isn't very optimistic, it's Max Verstappen. The recent winner of the Japanese Grand Prix believes that McLaren has a "huge gap" to the rest of the competition. As at Suzuka, will the Dutchman be able to close that gap in qualifying in Bahrain?

Verstappen already fatalistic? The gap with McLaren is "huge"

17h50 – 🔎 McLaren had a clean sweep of Free Practice: three sessions, three fastest times… with a considerable lead! Yesterday, during FP2, which was held at night – as was the case for qualifying – Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were almost five tenths ahead of the rest of the field! Will the Woking team take a third pole in 2025?

17h47 – 📸 We're getting ready less than a quarter of an hour before qualifying: the drivers are getting into their cars, like Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls.

17h45 – 🔎 In the first three rounds of the season, we've had three different polesitters (Norris in Australia, Piastri in China, Verstappen in Japan), and even four if we include the Shanghai Sprint (Hamilton). Will you have a new polesitter this Saturday?

17h42 – ⏪ If you missed the last Free Practice session earlier in the afternoon, don’t panic: here’s the summary!

Bahrain – EL3: Oscar Piastri crushes the competition

17h40 – 👋 Hello everyone! Welcome to this live commentary to follow the qualifying rounds of the Bahrain GP, ​​the fourth round of the 2025 Formula 1 season! The green light for Q1 will be given in a few minutes, at 18:00 p.m.!

Live commentary of the Bahrain F1 GP

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Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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