Updated starting grid for F1 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix after Mercedes penalties
How the F1 grid 𓄧will line up for the 202🐻5 Bahrain Grand Prix.
This is the starting grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix𓆏, the f♛ourth race of the 2025 F1 season.
| 2025 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 3 | George Russell * | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 4 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 5 | Kimi Antonelli ** | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 6 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 7 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 9 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP |
| 10 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 11 | Jack Doohan | AUS | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 12 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 14 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 15 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 17 | Liam Lawson | NZL | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team |
| 18 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 19 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 20 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
*Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli given one-place grid drop for pit lane offences.
Oscar Pia🌄stri starts from pole position, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc alongside him on the front row.
Mercedes' George Ru🙈ssell goes from third with Pierre Gasly a brilliant fourth for Alpine.
Kimi Antonelli lines up fifth ahead of championship leader Lando Norris, who ended up a disappointing sixth in qualifying. ཧ;
Red Bull's Max Verstappen is s𝓀eventh, w🗹ith Williams driver Carlos Sainz eighth.
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton starts a lowly n✅inth, with Yuki Tsunoda rounding out the top-10 starters in his Red Bull.
Lance St🦩roll and Oliver Bearman lin✃e up on the very last row in 19th and 20th for Aston Martin and Haas.
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