17:11
That's a wrap
That concludes our live coverage from qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix.
You can keep across Crash.net now for our post-practice reaction. We will be back tomorrow afternoon for FP3.
Lewis Hamilton
2025 F1 Bahrain Grand Prix - Friday Practice - As it happened
A recap of what happened in Friday practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix
11 Apr 2025
17:07
Dominant from McLaren
The main conclusion from Friday in Bahrain is that McLaren are clearly the team to beat heading into qualifying tomorrow.
Mercedes and Ferrari look closely matched in the battle for third on the grid. Red Bull look like they will be relying on more brilliance from Verstappen.
17:01
Top 10
Piastri, Norris, Russell, Leclerc, Antonelli, Hadjar, Verstappen, Hamilton, Bearman and Sainz.
17:01
Chequered flag
FP2 is done and dusted. Piastri will top the session.
16:54
Race pace
Hard to get a read of the race simulations with teams running on the softs. It's likely they will favour the mediums and hards on Sunday.
16:49
Into the final 10 minutes
Piastri, Norris, Russell, Leclerc, Antonelli, Hadjar, Verstappen, Hamilton, Bearman and Sainz is the top 10.
16:44
Alonso's issue from earlier
A closer look at the steering issue which impacted Alonso early on in FP2
Alonso
16:43
Alonso improves
Alonso moves into 15th in the Aston Martin, 1.3s down on Piastri's top time.
Don't expect any other improvements or changes to the leaderboard as teams focus on heavy fuel running for the rest of the session.
16:39
Order with 20 minutes to go
Piastri, Norris, Russell, Leclerc, Antonelli, Hadjar, Verstappen, Hamilton, Bearman and Sainz.
16:39
Improvement from Leclerc
Leclerc moves his Ferrari up to fifth. He's 0.5s off Piastri's top time, however.
16:35
Slightly better lap from Hamilton
He moves up to seventh despite a major mistake in the final corner.
16:32
Current top 10
Piastri, Norris, Russell, Antonelli, Hadjar, Verstappen, Bearman, Sainz, Leclerc and Albon.
16:28
Piastri
Piastri goes even quicker and sets a 1m30.505s, a tenth ahead of Norris.
16:26
Norris smashes the fastest time
A 1m30.659s for Norris which puts him 0.6s clear of the field.
16:26
Good lap from Verstappen
He lowers the benchmark again to a 1m31.330s to go 0.3s ahead of Albon.
16:24
Albon beats the Ferraris
A strong lap from Albon to go ahead of the Ferraris - less than a tenth ahead of Leclerc.
16:23
Leclerc makes it a Ferrari 1-2
A 1m31.729s puts Leclerc top of the order, a tenth ahead of teammate Hamilton.
16:20
Hamilton improves on the softs
A 1m31.915s on the softs as Hamilton goes fastest again.
16:18
The FP2 order after 20 minutes
Russell (S), Hamilton (M), Antonelli (S), Verstappen (S), Piastri (H), Gasly (H), Leclerc (M), Hadjar (M), Norris (H) and Albon (M).
16:15
Russell goes fastest
Russell takes to the top now with a 1m31.945s to go 0.2s ahead of Hamilton.
16:11
Alonso
Replays show Alonso's steering wheel detaching itself when driving into the final couple of corners. An unusual issue.
16:10
The order after 10 minutes
Hamilton, Antonelli, Russell, Piastri, Gasly, Leclerc, Hadjar, Norris, Albon and Tsunoda.
16:09
A problem of Alonso
Something wrong with his steering wheel as Alonso returns to the pit lane.
16:08
Russell gets a time on the board
It's third-fastest for Russell in the Mercedes, a couple of tenths off Hamilton. The two Mercedes drivers have set their best time on the soft.s
16:06
Verstappen radio
"The ride is very bad. The car is jumping a lot," Verstappen reports after his mistake.
