Bahrain 2025: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Piastri	McLaren	1:31.392	1:30.454	1:29.841
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:31.494	1:30.664	1:30.009	+0.168
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.454	1:30.724	1:30.175	+0.334
4	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.415	1:30.716	1:30.213	+0.372
5	Gasly	Alpine	1:31.462	1:30.643	1:30.216	+0.375
6	Norris	McLaren	1:31.107	1:30.560	1:30.267	+0.426
7	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.303	1:31.019	1:30.423	+0.582
8	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:31.591	1:30.844	1:30.680	+0.839
9	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.219	1:31.009	1:30.772	+0.931
10	Tsunoda	Red Bull	1:31.751	1:31.228	1:31.303	+1.462
11	Doohan	Alpine	1:31.414	1:31.245		+0.791
12	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:31.591	1:31.271		+0.817
13	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.634	1:31.886		+1.432
14	Ocon	Haas	1:31.594			+0.487
15	Albon	Williams	1:32.040			+0.933
16	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:32.067			+0.960
17	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:32.165			+1.058
18	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:32.186			+1.079
19	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.283			+1.176
20	Bearman	Haas	1:32.373			+1.266

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Oscar PiastriFastest lap	McLaren	1	57	1:35:39.435	2	Mercedes
2	George Russell	Mercedes	3	57	+15.499	2	Mercedes
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	57	+16.273	2	Mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	57	+19.679	2	Ferrari
5	Lewis HamiltonDriver of the Day	Ferrari	9	57	+27.993	2	Ferrari
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	7	57	+34.395	2	Honda RBPT
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	4	57	+36.002	2	Renault
8	Esteban Ocon	Haas	14	57	+44.244	2	Ferrari
9	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	10	57	+45.061	2	Honda RBPT
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas	20	57	+47.594	2	Ferrari
11	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	5	57	+48.016	3	Mercedes
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+48.839	2	Mercedes
13	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	12	57	+56.314	2	Honda RBPT
14	Jack Doohan	Alpine	11	57	+57.806	2	Renault
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	13	57	+1:00.340	2	Mercedes
16	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	17	57	+1:04.435	2	Honda RBPT
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	19	57	+1:05.489	2	Mercedes
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	18	57	+1:06.872	2	Ferrari
DNF	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	8	45	Collision damage	3	Mercedes
DSQ	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	16		Illegal skid block wear	2	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Russell Qualified 2, started 3 · 1-place penalty
Antonelli Qualified 4, started 5 · 1-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Bearman20→10+10
Ocon14→8+6
Hamilton9→5+4
Norris6→3+3
Albon15→12+3
Stroll19→17+2
Russell3→2+1
Verstappen7→6+1
Tsunoda10→9+1
Lawson17→16+1
Piastri1→10
Bortoleto18→180
Hadjar12→13-1
Leclerc2→4-2
Alonso13→15-2
Gasly4→7-3
Doohan11→14-3
Antonelli5→11-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Norris24.035R32
2Russell24.044R13
3Russell24.100R32
4Bortoleto24.143R13
5Lawson24.191R32
6Hülkenberg24.229R5
7Leclerc24.241R32
8Hülkenberg24.291R27
9Sainz Jr.24.315R32
10Hamilton24.340R17

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Piastri1418252 stops
Russell1319252 stops
Norris1022252 stops
Leclerc1715252 stops
Hamilton1715252 stops
Verstappen1016312 stops
Gasly1018292 stops
Ocon819302 stops
Tsunoda1121252 stops
Bearman1418252 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

Sainz Jr.Collision damageWilliams
HülkenbergIllegal skid block wearKick Sauber

This race in history

21 races here since 2004Won from pole: 10 of 21

Win from furthest back (P5): Sergio Pérez 2020

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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