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Live coverage of Friday's first Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix in Sakhir.

Barilla, the world’s biggest pasta producer, is to join Formula 1 as a new Official Partner in a multi-year deal starting this year.

McLaren's Lando Norris sets the pace in a largely unrepresentative first practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

McLaren driver Lando Norris led the way in opening practice for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Norris led Alpine driver Pierre Gasly and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on a jumbled timesheet as teams diverged on run plans in the Bahrain daytime heat.
Friday's first practice session – on a circuit teams are intimately familiar with – proved an opportunity for six teams to slot in rookie ...Keep reading

Brad Jones Racing has emerged as the latest, and perhaps most probable, Supercars team to join Toyota for the 2026 season.
Team owner Brad Jones addressed the media in Taupo New Zealand, the scene of this weekend’s third round of the 2025 championship, and while he did not specifically confirm any plans to park his team's four Chevrolet Camaros, he did not say anything to end the ongoing ...Keep reading

The future look of General Motors’ Supercars effort took a significant step on Friday with confirmation that Team 18 will take on the role of its homologation team.
The Melbourne-based team, which runs two Camaro Supercars in the series, has competed with Holden and GM machinery since 2015 and operated as a two-car squad since 2020.
Team owner Charlie Schwerkolt has built up his team in ...Keep reading

Ferrari has brought its first update package of the 2025 Formula 1 season to the Bahrain Grand Prix, introducing a new floor to inject more performance into its SF-25.
The Italian squad has lacked significant pace so far this year, leading to both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton stating after last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that Ferrari needed upgrades to compete with McLaren, Red Bull ...Keep reading

Sauber rookie Gabriel Bortoleto has admitted he has found it tougher than expected to go from a Formula 2 winning campaign to the back of the grid in Formula 1.
Bortoleto won back-to-back junior titles in F2 and F3, which earned him his F1 promotion this year at the Audi-owned Sauber squad.
The Swiss team has thus far struggled to make much progress from its 2024 horror shows. In Australia ...Keep reading

“I wouldn’t be too vocal supporting the comeback of a V10 engine if I liked what I saw from 2026,” said Carlos Sainz during the pre-Bahrain Grand Prix press conference. As he did so, a palpable wrinkle of disdain passed across the bridge of his nose. Warming to his theme, he continued. “But as I don’t really like what I see from 2026 in terms of what the car is going to do, the ...Keep reading

BBC Sport's Harry Benjamin looks ahead at the Bahrain Grand Prix and the five things to look out for over the race weekend.

This time Max Verstappen did not bite and instead chose his words carefully. Having been punished to do ‘some work of public interest’ for giving his forthright views in a televised press conference in Singapore last year, the F1 world champion was not going to make the same mistake again. Back then, he was slapped with community service for swearing, which ultimately saw him hauled to Rwanda ...Keep reading

The fourth race weekend of the season comes from a venue the teams know well, the Bahrain international Circuit. But can Max Verstappen continue to build on the momentum from his Suzuka win, or are McLaren about to get back to winning ways?

When Katherine Legge took the green flag at Phoenix Raceway earlier this year, she became the 17th different woman to compete at the Cup level. The last woman to run a Cup race before her was Danica Patrick over seven years ago. And much like Patrick's last race, Legge's debut was eventful, spinning twice and falling 102 laps shy of the checkered flag. But the 44-year-old remains ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli has cited having confidence in the car as the main area of difference between himself and team mate George Russell, with the Italian admitting that he is still developing this as he continues to make steps forward during his rookie campaign with Mercedes.

Lando Norris believes that McLaren are “unlikely” to fend off a potential challenge from Red Bull at the Bahrain Grand Prix following Max Verstappen’s victory last time out in Japan, though the Briton hopes that his team can “make amends” for missing out on that win.

Check out the digital race programme for this weekend's Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025.

Three different winners in three different events (or four if you include the Sprints) and now we’re back where it all began in Bahrain for round four. This time, though, the temperature has been dialled up at Sakhir – and it’s hot, very hot.

Yuki Tsunoda has likened the Red Bull RB21 to “a science room with lots of chemicals” that sometimes “goes good” and other times “goes bad” – as the Japanese racer looks to tame the car at this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix.

The drivers face the press ahead of the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix weekend.

Charles Leclerc is confident that Ferrari can close the gap to their rivals in the races ahead, with the Monegasque hopeful that new parts arriving on the car in Bahrain can contribute towards the “significant step” needed to move nearer to their competitors.