2 h. ago Lando Norris confident he has ‘got what it takes’ after battling back in Bahrain

The Briton finished third in Bahrain after saying he felt “clueless” about how to get the best out of his McLaren following qualifying.

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3 h. ago Max Verstappen's manager in angry confrontation with Red Bull chief after Bahrain Grand Prix

Sky Sports pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz said he witnesses Max Verstappen's manager Raymond Vermeulen give Helmut Marko 'a piece of his mind' after the Bahrain Grand Prix

Sport

3 h. ago McLaren’s Oscar Piastri surges to dominant victory at Bahrain F1 GP

George Russell finishes second; Lando Norris thirdFerrari’s Leclerc and Hamilton take fourth and fifthFlawless was the assessment of Oscar Piastri’s race engineer after the Australian delivered an absolutely consummate victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Calm and controlled throughout, this was a champion’s drive from Piastri that has made it abundantly clear he is in contention to return said championship this season.The former Olympic rowing silver medallist Tom Stallard is Piastri’s engineer but unflappable, almost preternaturally composed, Piastri barely needed so much as a gentle nudge from him all race, such was the ease with which he drove from pole to flag to take McLaren’s first victory at the Sakhir circuit. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Lando Norris handed Bahrain Grand Prix penalty as Max Verstappen reports rule

Lando Norris started the Bahrain Grand Prix sixth on the grid after a poor qualifying and his weekend got worse when he was penalised by the stewards not long after the start of the race

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27 h. ago Lando Norris ‘clueless on track at the minute’ after poor showing in Bahrain

Norris’ team-mate Oscar Piastri clinched pole position.

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28 h. ago 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

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28 h. ago Bahrain Grand Prix 2025: Start time, grid positions, how to watch F1 and weather forecast

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri out to reassert some McLaren dominance after Max Verstappen’s victory in Japan

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28 h. ago 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 seventhLance Stroll in the Aston Martin is the first driver out onto the track.Nico Hulkenberg is out there now, too, with soft tyres the order of the day for most of these teams in qualifying. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Oscar Piastri takes Bahrain GP pole as Norris and Verstappen fall short: F1 – live

Oscar Piastri took pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris only sixth and Max Verstappen seventhLance Stroll in the Aston Martin is the first driver out onto the track.Nico Hulkenberg is out there now, too, with soft tyres the order of the day for most of these teams in qualifying. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Lando Norris and Max Verstappen struggle as Oscar Piastri takes pole for Bahrain Grand Prix

Max Verstappen wasn't fancied for a repeat of his pole heroics in Suzuka with McLaren comfortable the quickest in Bahrain practice, setting up a shootout between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

Sport

34 h. ago Lando Norris will find Max Verstappen's verdict on Red Bull title bid very interesting

Just one point currently separates Lando Norris and Max Verstappen in the drivers' standings, but the Dutchman believes Red Bull must improve his car if he is to win a fifth world title

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35 h. ago Christian Horner sends Max Verstappen 'impossible' warning amid Bahrain Grand Prix concern

Red Bull could struggle because of hot track in Bahrain, according to team chief Christian Horner as he plays down chances of repeating trick that served Max Verstappen well in Japan

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46 h. ago 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

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52 h. ago Lando Norris: Red Bull should do a better job rather than keep complaining

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

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52 h. ago 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 touchThree races into the new Formula One season and this weekend’s ­Bahrain Grand Prix represents something of a litmus test as to what may ­follow for the title protagonists. Everything points to a chance for McLaren to dominate at the Sakhir circuit but there may also be some indication if Red Bull are making real steps ­forward with their car.For McLaren, Bahrain is a chance to throw off their hoodoo at the track where they have never won and at which, in recent years, they have struggled for form. This season in testing at the circuit they gave their first evidence that they had a much improved package; one swiftly ­reinforced with dominant victories for Lando Norris in Australia and then his teammate, Oscar Piastri, in China. Continue reading...

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53 h. ago Andrea Stella admits McLaren decision could upset Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri

McLaren team-mates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri both have title ambitions while Max Verstappen is the only Red Bull Racing driver gunning for glory this season

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54 h. ago Martin Brundle thinks Lando Norris fell for 'clever' Max Verstappen trap at Bahrain GP

Max Verstappen may have got in the head of his McLaren F1 rival Lando Norris with Martin Brundle worrying that his fellow Brit may have taken the Red Bull racer's bait

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57 h. ago Max Verstappen contract options to force George Russell to sweat over new Mercedes deal

George Russell heads into this Bahrain Grand Prix weekend on the back of a strong start to the new Formula 1 season for Mercedes, yet uncertainty remains over his future

Economics

3 d. ago Bahrain Grand Prix 2025: Start time, schedule, how to watch F1 and weather forecast

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri out to reassert some McLaren dominance after Max Verstappen’s victory in Japan

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3 d. ago Lando Norris makes McLaren demand as Max Verstappen defeat highlights weakness

McLaren had the quicker cars at Suzuka last weekend but Max Verstappen beat both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole position and then the race victory regardless

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