April 12, 2025

Mercedes drivers George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have received a one-place grid drop each for a Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying infraction.Russell loses his front-row spot to Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, while Alpine driver Pierre Gasly is promoted to fourth on the grid at Antonelli’s expense.After Q2 was red flagged for a crash for Haas driver Esteban Ocon, both Mercedes …Keep reading

Marc Marquez reclaimed the lead of the MotoGP world championship after leading every lap from pole position in the sprint race at the Qatar GP.The victory marked his fourth successive sprint win over his brother and previous championship leader Alex Marquez at the start of 2025.Franco Morbidelli came home in third for the VR46 Ducati team, while Marquez’s team-mate Francesco Bagnaia …Keep reading

George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli have both been summoned by the Bahrain Grand Prix stewards for entering the fast lane of the pitlane before a Q2 restart time was officially declared in Formula 1 qualifying.The intermediate stage of qualifying was interrupted by Esteban Ocon’s crash at Turn 3, which enforced a short hiatus in running to extricate his Haas from the gravel and check the …Keep reading

Helmut Marko revealed that a “massive problem” led to Max Verstappen’s disappointing qualifying session in the Bahrain desert Saturday night. The Dutchman could only secure P7, and will start tomorrow’s grand prix just one place behind his championship rival Lando Norris.“It was worse than expected because we changed a few things on the car which we thought would be an improvement …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri beat George Russell to pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen down in sixth and seventh.Piastri looked the quicker of the two McLaren cars from Q2 and after being fastest on the first run of Q2, and he then cemented his pole on the deciding run on a rapidly improving Bahrain international Circuit.Charles Leclerc was third for Ferrari ahead of the …Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.McLarenOscar …Keep reading