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2025 Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying: Oscar Piastri took pole

Oscar Piastri took pole for McLaren ahead of George Russell and Charles Leclerc at Sakhir.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Oscar Piastri
Pole team
McLaren
Front row
Oscar Piastri and George Russell
Classified
Top 20
Round
4
Circuit
Sakhir
Qualifying date
April 12, 2025

The front of the grid

Oscar Piastri qualified first for McLaren. George Russell secured the other front-row place for Mercedes, with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Oscar Piastri, George Russell, and Charles Leclerc. P4 through P20 were Kimi Antonelli, Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lewis Hamilton, Yuki Tsunoda, Jack Doohan, Isack Hadjar, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Alexander Albon, Nico Hülkenberg, Liam Lawson, Gabriel Bortoleto, Lance Stroll, and Oliver Bearman.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Dec 18, 2025.

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