{"id":45668,"date":"2025-04-12T23:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T23:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=45668"},"modified":"2025-04-12T23:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T23:12:33","slug":"bahrain-grand-prix-qualifying-highlights-oscar-piastri-pole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/bahrain-grand-prix-qualifying-highlights-oscar-piastri-pole\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Piastri Takes Bahrain Grand Prix Pole As Norris And Verstappen Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Watch Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying highlights as McLaren&#8217;s Oscar Piastri took pole from Mercedes&#8217; George Russell &#8211; with teammate Lando Norris only sixth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian driver <strong>Oscar Piastri<\/strong> put his McLaren on pole for Sunday&#8217;s <strong>Bahrain Grand Prix<\/strong> ahead of George Russell&#8217;s Mercedes, but it wasn&#8217;t the front-row lockout the Papaya team were hoping for.<\/p>\n<p>A poor Q3 run from World Championship leader <strong>Lando Norris<\/strong> left the British driver down in sixth position, just one place ahead of Red Bull&#8217;s <strong>Max Verstappen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>George Russell<\/strong> recorded a phenomenal lap and looked to have taken pole before Piastri responded, but <strong>Mercedes<\/strong> appear to be the closest rivals to <strong>McLaren<\/strong> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari&#8217;s <strong>Charles Leclerc<\/strong> qualified third ahead of Russell&#8217;s Mercedes teammate\u00a0<strong>Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/strong> in fourth.<\/p>\n<p>An impressive display from <strong>Pierre Gasly<\/strong> in the Alpine saw him fifth, with <strong>Carlos Sainz<\/strong> eighth in the Williams after Norris and Verstappen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis Hamilton<\/strong> could only manage ninth on the grid, with Red Bull&#8217;s <strong>Yuki Tsunoda<\/strong> completing the top ten.<\/p>\n<p>The earlier sessions indicated McLaren were heading for a one-two on the grid, but Norris&#8217; second lap of Q3 was more than four-tenths of a second slower than his teammate as he struggled to put together a clean final run.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after his pole-securing lap, Oscar Piastri told <em><strong>Sky Sports F1<\/strong><\/em>: &#8220;I felt confident all weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Qualifying the others were a little closer than we wanted but got the lap time when it mattered. Can&#8217;t thank the team enough for the car they&#8217;ve given me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Watch: Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying Highlights<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Can anyone beat McLaren in Sakhir? \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\udded Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying highlights\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sTK3dZ4cNms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Bahrain Grand Prix Qualifying Results In Full<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Oscar Piastri (McLaren)<\/li>\n<li>George Russell (Mercedes)<\/li>\n<li>Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)<\/li>\n<li>Pierre Gasly (Alpine)<\/li>\n<li>Lando Norris (McLaren)<\/li>\n<li>Max Verstappen (Red Bull)<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Sainz (Williams)<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)<\/li>\n<li>Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)<\/li>\n<li>Jack Doohan (Alpine)<\/li>\n<li>Isack Hadjar (RB)<\/li>\n<li>Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)<\/li>\n<li>Estaban Ocon (Haas)<\/li>\n<li>Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Albon (Williams)<\/li>\n<li>Liam Lawson (RB)<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber)<\/li>\n<li>Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Bearman (Haas)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying highlights as McLaren&#8217;s Oscar Piastri took pole from Mercedes&#8217; George Russell &#8211; with teammate Lando Norris only sixth. 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