Piastri signed the pole and Norris sank into a shocking classification in Bahrein

McLaren came as a great favorite. The best car, on a track that goes like an orange car ring. The ones Woking They walked throughout the weekend, with a efficiency that was scared. But the story is repeated. Oscar Piastri knows how to take advantage of that car, as happened two races in China, to get the pole and put on McLaren Captain Bracelet. Meanwhile, the leader of the World Cup, Norris He sank again With more mistakes in the decisive moment to be the 6th of the Bahrein GP Exit Grid of F1 2025, far, too far.

Result of classification in Bahrain

Norris has a career this Sunday (5:00 PM But if Piastri is doing his debt, this career can be his and approach the leadership. It can also be placed on the leader of the world if Lando fails again. If Australia didn’t leave the track in Melbourne when she started raining, she would be leading.

It shows more continuous and speed than a Norris started in the year as a good candidate to be -dehrone max. But Lando sees a little bit, The 24 -Year -old from Melbourne gets beardsdoing what asked Norris, How to sign the pole this Saturday to go for his second success of the year’s racing year this week.

Kapana -excited ending

All this, after another demonstration of the large specific quality of Oscar’s production this year in classificationIts main weakness in 2024. The soul of ‘killer’ showed by having to play pole in a specific Q3 attemptwith excessive pressure to know that Mercedes gave a surprise to a George Russell first placed in an unexpected rhythm.

Piastri gave the first blow to the first attempt of Q3, with Norris starring his first failure, 0 ”163 of his partner And see how George Russell was placed between the two McLaren in the second position, at 0 ”131. But there is a final attempt at a new tire. Everyone needs to be improved, so nothing can be provided. The pole is on that certain return, if the steering wheel is burning more.

Then came the improvement of Antonelli, Leclerc and Russell. George took the temporary pole from two McLaren. There, at the time of greater pressure, One pilot is crushed and the other is sinking. Piastri is right and there are no mistakes to overcome Russell (tho -2) by 0 “168 and Leclerc (th -3) of 0” 334. Antonelli was placed on -4 and a shocking gasly, 5 to 0 “375. And NorrisIt was quickly seen that it was not his day. His first sector was bad and his choices escaped. His return was not good and ended with th -6, on 0 “426 of his partnerThis Sunday has a golden chance to confirm that McLaren should start focusing more on Piastri than his English protected.

Penalty to two Mercedes and changing positions
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Despite this, the exit grill changed after the classification of a subsequent penalty of a position in two Mercedes. So, Piastri starts against Leclerc (th -2), with Russell coming down to the 3 -3th of a gasly winning a place for punishment to Antonelli (th -5). Both Mercedes will be punished by a grill position for the same offense: after the red flag originated in an Ocon accident in Q2, They went to Boxes Street before FIA ​​announced what time the session would continuesomething that regulation does not allow.

Verstappen, with a brake problem, minimizes losses

Behind Norris, Vrstappen rubbed his hands. One day to forget for the Dutchman, where they resumed the problems he had on the brakes of his car (he said they were “terrible” and that he couldn’t stop anything), reduced losses just at the end of Lando, in the 7th position half a second with a very poor Red Bull.

Sainz, captain in Williams

Carlos Sainzshe took another step in her process of adapting her Williams. Hamilton that she still lost her Ferrari (9º aa 0 “931), and also in Red Bull de Tsunana (10 to 1 “4). Nothing else Williams. He took everything and that was to maximize his result.

Madrid managed to enter Q3, clearly exceeded his partner, a Alex Albon melted to start, removed in Q1 with half a second time worse than Madrid. Of course, Thai was struck by the FIA ​​delay, which removed Hülkenberg’s Q1 time 45 minutes after Quy. If they did this immediately, Alebon would have a stadium in Q2. That is the cost of the positions of Hülkenberg 2 (from the14 to the 16th) and Alebon will start 15º.

Carlos made it clear to Japan that he still had to continue his car style and his vehicle adjustments to be comfortable finding the tenth of the classification that was very difficult to achieve, and he succeeded in Bahrain. He arrived at Q3 with the 7th best Chrono but very difficult to get a lot of positions in Q3. From the central zone, only the alpine of gasly is very fast in one turn. His fighting struggle could be harmful or with a lost Hamilton with his Ferrari.

In his first turn, Sainz led a verstappen with brake problems. Also to Antonelli and Hamilton, who saw how their time was removed by track limits. But there is a final attempt. There, Carlos managed to -Maximize

Alonso and another little miracle: th -13

Fernando Alonso I said that it was “a little miracle” to finish 11 in Suzuka With a Aston Martin full of weaknesses. And to BahrainThe challenge is bigger because the track is worse for green, from the worst at this beginning for the English car, and above, Aston Martin has not brought evolution to the track. He had to fight those elements.

It was very difficult for Alonso to pass the cut and enter Q2. But He or she has succeeded by maximizing the potential of a car with very bad performance in the slow curve and at the straight peak speed. Asturian knows this maximum and impossible to think about Q3, something he decided to burn his 3 new soft tires in Q1 To be the 13th in Q1 up to a single tenth of the 10th and two on th -5 with another turnover where he can’t get more of his vehicle.

However, In Q2 I will not fight more because I have no new rubber games. I need to track the used tires. Despite this, He was able to win two positions for the mistakes of his rivals: from Ocon, who had been crashed without marking an hour, and Hülkenberg, who was removed at his time. So, Alonso is thou -13 With a car in which his partner Stroll starts 19, penultimate, 6 tenth slower than Fernando in Q1. The data is devastating and saying everything about what Asturian does in the shadow, taking the most of the car he has in his hands.