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Verstappen: I’m not fighting for 2025 F1 title, just "taking part"

A deflated Max Verstappen says Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying shows he's just "taking part" in this year's Formula 1 world championship rather than fighting for the title.

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Verstappen: I’m not fighting for the 2025 F1 title, just "taking part"

A deflated Max Verstappen says Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying shows he's just "taking part" in this year's Formula 1 world championship rather than fighting for the title.

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Analysis: The three key areas Norris cost McLaren a Bahrain GP front-row lockout

The delta between Oscar Piastri's first Q3 run and his second sat at 0.392s, which rather demonstrates the progress made possible on a fresh set of tyres. Had Lando Norris improved by the same amount, we'd be talking about how the margin (which would have stood at less than 0.2s)…

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Norris downbeat with “not quick enough” Bahrain GP qualifying showing

Lando Norris pinned the blame solely on himself for only qualifying sixth for the Bahrain Grand Prix as he felt he was “just not quick enough”.

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Lando Norris ‘clueless on track at the minute’ after poor showing in Bahrain

Norris’ team-mate Oscar Piastri clinched pole position.

The Independent UK

Oscar Piastri powers to Bahrain F1 GP pole but Norris and Verstappen flounder

Oscar Piastri will start in P1 for the Bahrain Grand Prix, while Lando Norris will begin in sixth and Max Verstappen in seventh as they struggled in qualifying

The Guardian - UK

Lewis Hamilton apologises to Ferrari F1 team after poor qualifying in Bahrain

The British driver qualified six places behind his teammate Charles Leclerc in Bahrain

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Oscar Piastri outshines McLaren teammate Lando Norris to take pole in Bahrain

Piastri will start ahead of George Russell on the front row while championship leader Norris faltered

The Independent UK

Lando Norris near speechless after disastrous Bahrain qualifying: ‘Just not quick enough’

The championship leader will start down the grid while his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri took pole

The Independent UK

F1 Bahrain GP: Piastri takes pole, Norris and Verstappen outside of top five

Oscar Piastri has beaten George Russell to pole position for the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen down in sixth and seventh.

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F1: Mercedes hit with double grid penalty as Oscar Piastri clinches pole position in Bahrain

The rivalry between Piastri and Norris persists

Evening Standard

F1 Bahrain GP: Piastri takes pole, Norris and Verstappen out of top 5

Oscar Piastri beat George Russell to pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen down in sixth and seventh.

Motorsport

F1 grid: Starting positions for Bahrain Grand Prix

F1 heads to the Bahrain International Circuit for the fourth race of the 2025 season

The Independent UK

Oscar Piastri takes Bahrain GP pole as Norris and Verstappen fall short: F1 – as it happened

Oscar Piastri took pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris only sixth and Max Verstappen seventh

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Piastri roars to pole at Bahrain GP as Norris flops

McLaren's Oscar Piastri has produced a sizzling lap to take pole position for his 50th F1 grand prix start in Bahrain on a bad day for his McLaren teammate.

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F1 Bahrain GP: Piastri fastest with McLaren on top in hot FP3 conditions

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri blew away the rest of the field in third practice for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, with unrepresentative daytime conditions causing drivers to struggle for grip.

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F1 Bahrain GP: Piastri fastest in horrendous FP3 conditions

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri blew away the rest of the field in third practice for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, with unrepresentative daytime conditions causing drivers to struggle for grip.

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Why Norris believes McLaren can 'throw pre-season test data in the bin' at Bahrain GP

McLaren finished at the top of the timesheets in both FP1 and FP2 ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, but Lando Norris felt the team's pre-season testing data could be "thrown in the bin" as he lamented the change in conditions.

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Leclerc: Ferrari "just not fast enough" despite Bahrain F1 upgrades

The good news for Ferrari is its comprehensive Bahrain upgrade package appears to be working. The bad news is the Scuderia is still nowhere near enough to make a fist of challenging McLaren.

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Leclerc: Ferrari upgrades working, but McLaren still on another planet

The good news for Ferrari is its comprehensive Bahrain upgrade package appears to be working. The bad news is it's still nowhere near enough to make a fist of challenging McLaren.

AAP

Piastri sets hot practice pace to be fastest in Bahrain

Aussie Oscar Piastri has gone fastest in practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix, edging teammate Lando Norris on a dominant day for McLaren.

Evening Standard

Bahrain Grand Prix: McLaren dominate practice as Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris in one-two

Key F1 stakeholders hold “constructive” meeting over power unit direction and 2026 regulations in Sakhir

The Independent UK

Lando Norris takes fresh swipe at Red Bull and urges F1 rivals to ‘stop complaining’

The McLaren driver is one point ahead of Red Bull’s defending champion Max Verstappen in the standings

The Guardian - UK

McLaren look to shake off Bahrain hoodoo and send ominous signal

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have a chance to dominate in the desert as Max Verstappen scrambles to stay in touch

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Red Bull claims McLaren is too quick after dominant Friday at Bahrain GP

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner fears McLaren is "a few tenths" too quick for any of its rivals in Bahrain, with a repeat of Max Verstappen's outstanding Suzuka victory unlikely.

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