Oscar Piastri storms to pole position for Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 at BIC!
Oscar Piastri storms to pole position for Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 at BIC!
- McLaren star clocks fastest lap of 1:29.841 in qualifying
- Marti secures F2 sprint race win for Campos Racing
- De Haan claims pole-to-flag win in PCCME first race
McLaren star Oscar Piastri secured pole position this evening for Sunday’s Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC).
Piastri shone brightest under lights at ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’ in this evening’s qualifying sessions, setting a fastest lap time of 1:29.841 under BIC’s bright floodlights.
Piastri captured the leading grid position on his very last lap in Q3. He came away with the first-ever pole for McLaren in Bahrain, putting them in prime position to claim their maiden F1 victory in Sakhir.
George Russell of Mercedes will start alongside him on the front row after qualifying 0.168 seconds behind, while Charles Leclerc of Ferrari will be in third on the starting positions after going 0.334s from Piastri. Kimi Antonelli in the other Mercedes joins him on row two. He was 0.372s from the top.
Pierre Gasly (+0.375s) of Alpine and Lando Norris (+0.426s) start on row three, Max Verstappen (+0.582s) and Carlos Sainz (+0.839s) are on row four, and Lewis Hamiulton (+0.931s) and Yuki Tsunoda (+1.462s) will be on row five.
Earlier in tonight’s qualifying, dropping out in Q2 were Jack Doohan of Alpine, Isack Hadjar of Racing Bulls, Nico Hulkenberg of Kick Sauber, Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin, and Esteban Ocon of Haas. Ocon crashed out at the beginning of the session to bring out the red flags. They will start from 11th to 15th, respectively.
Dropping out of Q3 and set to start 16th to 20th were Alex Albon of Williams, Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls, Gabriel Bortoleto of Kick Sauber, Lance Stroll of Aston Martin, and Oliver Bearman of Haas.
Sunday’s 57-lap grand prix is scheduled to flag off at 6pm. It will be the fourth round of the 2025 FIA F1 World Championship. It is celebrating the 75th anniversary of both F1 and Bahrain’s national carrier and grand prix title sponsor Gulf Air.
Marti secures F2 sprint race win for Campos Racing
Josep Maria Marti secured the sprint race victory this evening in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, held in support of the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 at Bahrain International Circuit.
Marti won the tightly contested 23-lap event in a time of 46:24.663. He finished 0.922 seconds ahead of Richard Verschoor of MP Motorsport, while Joshua Durksen of AIX Racing completed the podium 1.537s behind.
F2 is back in action in the weekend’s 32-lap feature race tomorrow starting at 2.25pm.
De Haan claims pole-to-flag win in PCCME first race
Robert De Haan maintained his perfect weekend tonight in the Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East (PCCME) at Bahrain International Circuit, supporting the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025.
The Dutch driver won the 12-lap sprint from pole and enjoyed a comfortable gap of 11.5 seconds ahead of runner-up Janne Stiak of Germany. Caleb Sumich from Australia joined them on the podium in third place after finishing 15.4 seconds from De Haan.
All three were also the top finishers in the PCCME’s Pro class.
Taking first in the ProAm was Khaled Alahmadi from Saudi Arabia, while winning the Masters category was Bankcy from Japan.
The PCCME is holding the fifth round of its 2024/2025 season in Bahrain during F1 weekend.
They will be back on the track on Sunday for the second 12-lap sprint, scheduled to flag off at 11.45am.
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