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Lando Norris wins Monaco GP ahead of Leclerc and Piastri: Formula 1
Monaco, 25 May 2025: Lando Norris kept Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri at bay and negotiated the strategic conundrum of two mandatory pit stops to convert pole position into a first Monaco Grand Prix win.
The plan to bring tactical variation and therefore more excitement to the narrow streets of Monaco by requiring all driver to use three sets of tyres during the race yielded the expected variety in terms of when teams chose to pit their drivers, but ultimately a cagey approach led to little change in the top 10 order with only Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton picking up a place when he jumped Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar in the early stops and with the drivers behind gaining a spot when Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso retired midway through.
When the lights went out at the start, pole sitter Norris recovered from a Turn 1 lock-up to take the lead ahead of Leclerc, while behind them Piastri shrugged off a challenge from Max Verstappen to hold third place as they made their way up the hill to Casino Square.
At the exit of Portier, Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto was squeezed by Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and the Brazilian nosed into the barriers. Bortoleto was able to continue but the incident resulted in a Virtual Safety Car being deployed.
Both Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly took the opportunity to pit under the VSC and the pair emerged in 17th and 18th places respectively. When the VSC ended, the field resumed in order, with Norris holding his lead ahead of Leclerc and Piastri and with Max in P5 ahead Racing Bull driver Isack Hadjar.
On lap eight, Gasly apparently suffered brake failure on the exit of the tunnel, and he slammed into the right rear wheel of Tsunoda’s Red Bull. The Japanese driver was able to continue, but Gasly, with broken front suspension, went skidding through the Nouvelle Chicane. The Frenchman was able to limp back to the pit lane and racing continued.
Hadjar was the first of the front runners to pit, on lap 15. That sparked a reaction from the drivers around him and on lap 19 Norris dived in for Hard tyres, ceding the lead to Leclerc. Attempting to undercut the Monegasque driver, McLaren then pitted Piastri, but Ferrari reacted, and Leclerc was able to pit on lap 22 and rejoin ahead of Piastri.
Delaying his pit stop, Verstappen moved into the lead, but the Red Bull driver soon reported that his starting tyres were beginning to suffer and on lap 29 he made his first stop. The Dutchman slotted back into fourth place, four seconds behind Piastri.
On lap 37, Alonso stopped at Rascasse. The Spanish driver’s Aston Martin was quickly recovered through a gap in the barriers, and any race neutralisation was avoided.
At half distance, Norris began to stretch away from the chasing pack and by lap 42 the McLaren driver had built a six-second gap back to Leclerc who was nine seconds ahead of Piastri who was struggling for grip.
McLaren brought Piastri in for his second stop on lap 49. Leclerc also pitted on the same lap and on lap 50 Norris made his final stop of the race. That pushed Verstappen back into the lead and the champion elected to stay on track, hoping for a late incident and potentially a red flag.
The Red Bull driver’s gamble meant he gradually backed Norris towards Leclerc and the Ferrari driver senses an opportunity. There was no way past, however. Norris kept his cool in the closing laps and when Verstappen finally made his second stop on the penultimate lap, the McLaren was freed to pull away, set the fastest lap of race and take a sixth career win ahead of the Ferrari man and Piastri.
Verstappen was left with his starting place of fourth, while fifth place went to the second Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton, who jumped Hadjar when the Racing Bulls driver made his two stops in quick succession early in the race. Behind the French driver, Haas’ Esteban Ocon took seventh place ahead of the second Racing Bull of Liam Lawson and the final two points positions went to the Williams pair of Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz.
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2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Race
1 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 78 1:40’33.843
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 78 1:40’36.974 3.131
3 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 78 1:40’37.501 3.658
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 78 1:40’54.415 20.572
5 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 78 1:41’25.230 51.387
6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 77 1:41’38.925 1 lap /1’05.082
7 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 77 1:41’39.872 1 lap /1’06.029
8 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 77 1:41’40.589 1 lap /1’06.746
9 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 76 1:40’45.712 2 laps /11.869
10 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 76 1:40’49.075 2 laps /15.232
11 George Russell Mercedes 76 1:41’07.687 2 laps /33.844
12 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 76 1:41’28.536 2 laps /54.693
13 Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault 76 1:41’30.957 2 laps /57.114
14 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 76 1:41’42.267 2 laps /1’08.424
15 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 76 1:41’44.238 2 laps /1’10.395
16 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 76 1:41’45.387 2 laps /1’11.544
17 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 76 1:41’45.692 2 laps /1’11.849
18 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 75 1:40’42.252 3 laps /8.409
Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 36 48’27.102 Retirement
Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 7 10’57.609 Retirement -
Lando Norris takes pole ahead of Leclerc at Monaco: Formula 1
Monaco, 24 May 2025: Lando Norris set a new track record lap to beat local hero Charles Leclerc by a tenth of a second at the end of a thrilling qualifying session for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. Third place went to championships leader Oscar Piastri.
At the start of Q1 it was Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen who set the early pace, with the Dutchman’s opening flyer of 1:11.920 taking him almost two tenths ahead of practice pacesetter Leclerc. However, both McLaren driver soon eclipsed that time, with Norris going four tenths quicker, while Piastri stopped the clock at 1:11.385 to take P1.
In the final runs it was Leclerc who took top spot, with the Monegasque driver posting a lap of 1:11.229 to finish just under eight hundredths of a second ahead of Norris with Piastri third ahead of Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell.
At the other end of the order, Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto was the first to be eliminated in P16, ahead of Haas’ Oliver Bearman, who will start last due to a 10-place grid penalty for ignoring red flags in FP2. Pierre Gasly qualified in P18 ahead of Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and the second Alpine of Franco Colapinto, though the Argentinian will move ahead of Stroll due to a one-place penalty for the Canadian.
The red flags came out at the end of the session when Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, who squeezed through in 15th, hit the barriers in the Nouvelle Chicane.
Norris led the way in the first runs of Q2, with the McLaren driver taking P1 on 1:10.959. Verstappen slotted into second place with 0.065s behind, while Leclerc, with Medium tyres on board, took third place two tenths further back.
However, moments later the red flags were thrown once more. Russell slowed through the hairpin and Portier before grinding to a halt in the tunnel. In the final runs, it was Norris who took control with a lap of 1:10.570,
Just 0.016s ahead of Leclerc and two tenths ahead of Williams’ Alex Albon.
Improvements in the final runs for Haas’ Esteban Ocon and Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar meant that Williams’ Carlos Sainz was bumped out of Q3 in P11, while Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda dropped out in P12 ahead of Sauber’s Nico Hülkenberg and the sidelined Mercedes cars.
In the opening runs of Q3, it was Norris who set the pace with a lap of 1:10.464, just under seven hundredths of a second ahead of Piastri and Leclerc.
McLaren opted for two final flying laps and Norris proved unbeatable. The Briton first dropped the provisional pole time to 1:10.125 and though Leclerc briefly moved ahead on 1:10.063, Norris found more time to take pole with a lap of 1:09.954, a new track record. Behind local hero Leclerc, Piastri finished third ahead of Hamilton. Verstappen couldn’t improve on his opening lap and at the end of the session the Dutchman took fifth place ahead of Hadjar, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, Ocon, the second Racing Bulls car of Liam Lawson and Albon.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1’09.954 – –
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’10.063 0.109 0.156
3 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1’10.129 0.175 0.250
4 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1’10.382 0.428 0.612
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1’10.669 0.715 1.022
6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1’10.923 0.969 1.385
7 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’10.924 0.970 1.387
8 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1’10.942 0.988 1.412
9 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1’11.129 1.175 1.680
10 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1’11.213 1.259 1.800
11 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1’11.362 1.408 2.013
12 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1’11.415 1.461 2.089
13 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1’11.596 1.642 2.347
14 George Russell Mercedes – – –
15 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes – – –
16 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1’11.902 1.948 2.785
17 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1’11.979 2.025 2.895
18 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1’11.994 2.040 2.916
19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’12.563 2.609 3.730
20 Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault 1’12.597 2.643 3.778 -
Charles Leclerc tops both practice sessions; Piastri and Hamilton follow Leclerc in FP2
Monaco, 23 May 2025: After topping the opening practice session for home grand prix, Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc made it a Friday clean sweep as he went quickest in the second practice session for Sunday’s 2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand, beating McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton to top spot in a session twice halted by red flags.
Earlier, Leclerc went quickest in the first free practice on the streets of his hometown as the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix got underway.
In FP1, Leclerc, topped the timesheet with a lap of 1:11.964 set close to the halfway mark of the one-hour session and though with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and McLaren’s Lando Norris got close the Ferrari driver’s time kept him in control until the chequered flag.
IN FP2: It was championship leader Piastri and McLaren team-mate Lando Norris who led the way early in the session before they were usurped by Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen. However, at the 10-minute mark the session was halted for the first time when Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar clipped the barrier at the Nouvelle Chicane.
The French rookie suffered a rear left puncture and stopped on track, bringing out the red flags. He was, however, able to limp back to the pit lane and one the brief stoppage had ended he was able to rejoin the action.
When the session resumed Piastri returned to the top of the order with a lap of 1:12.548, with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli slotting into just 0.039s behind. Leclerc was going even quicker, however, and the local hero posted a lap of 1:12.103 to take top sport.
However, almost immediately after Leclerc’s heroics, Piastri brought out the red flags again. The Australian went straight on at Sainte Devote and broke his front wing. He too was able to continue and after returning to the pit lane under the caution and he was soon repaired and back out once the track went green again.
After the resumption, Aston’s Fernando Alonso and Hamilton traded the lead on hard Pirelli rubber before the field began to make the switch to the C6 Pirelli tyres for qualifying simulations.
And it was Leclerc who found the most time on the red-banded tyres. The Ferrari driver opened with a 1:11.414 before working his way down to 1:11.355 just after the halfway mark. The Monegasque driver might have gone even quicker but after a personal best opening sector he lost fractions of time across the rest of the lap.
Piastri got closest to the Ferrari star and his lap of 1:11.393 left him 0.038 off top spot and a little under seven hundredths clear of Hamilton who popped in a strong lap of 1:11.460 in the other Ferrari.
Lando Norris ended up in fourth place, 0.322 off Leclerc in the other McLaren, while Liam Lawson took a surprise fifth for Racing Bulls with a lap of 1:11.823, while team-mate Isack Hadjar recovered to finish sixth, just two hundredths of a second behind the New Zealander.
Alonso finished in P7 ahead of Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli, while Verstappen and Red Bull team-mate Yuki Tsunoda finished 10th and 11th respectively.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix – Free Practice 2
1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:11.355 32 168.358
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:11.393 0.038 28 168.268
3 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:11.460 0.105 30 168.110
4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:11.677 0.322 32 167.601
5 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:11.823 0.468 32 167.261
6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:11.842 0.487 17 167.216
7 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:11.890 0.535 30 167.105
8 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:11.918 0.563 34 167.040
9 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:12.002 0.647 32 166.845
10 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:12.068 0.713 29 166.692
11 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:12.072 0.717 30 166.683
12 George Russell Mercedes 1:12.092 0.737 32 166.637
13 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1:12.151 0.796 32 166.500
14 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1:12.234 0.879 29 166.309
15 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1:12.259 0.904 33 166.251
16 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1:12.262 0.907 32 166.245
17 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:12.404 1.049 34 165.919
18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:12.512 1.157 30 165.671
19 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1:12.541 1.186 33 165.605
20 Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault 1:13.415 2.060 31 163.634 -
Max Verstappen takes fourth win at Imola; Oscar Piastri finishes P3 behind Norris to keep title lead
Imola (Italy), 18 May 2025: Max Verstappen took a superb fourth straight win in Imola, overtaking Oscar Piastri with a brilliant move at the start to take the lead and then controlling the race from the front despite a Safety Car narrowing the gap at the front. Second place went to Lando Norris who used fresher tyres to pass McLaren team-mate Piastri in the closing stages of the race.
When the lights went out, Piastri made the best getaway, and it looked like the Australian would comfortably hold his advantage. But as they went into Tamburello, the McLaren driver braked slightly early, Verstappen held his line on the outside and in a super move he squeezed past the McLaren to steal the lead.
Behind them, Mercedes’ George Russell held third ahead of Norris and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso. Meanwhile, at the edge of the top 10, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was pressuring Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and when the Frenchman went wide under braking, Leclerc swept through to move into the points.
At the front, Verstappen began to build a gap and by lap 10 the Red Bull driver was almost two seconds clear of Piastri. Behind them Russell was coming under heavy pressure from Norris, and on lap 11, the McLaren driver barged past in the Villeneuve chicane.
Russell then took the decision to shed his starting Mediums and moved to the Hard tyre. Leclerc also made the switch and when Williams Carlos Sainz also pitted, it seemed to push McLaren into action and on lap 14, they brough Piastri in for the undercut. However, the Australian had a slow stop and rejoined in in P12. Verstappen chose to stay out, however, and on lap 15 he had 10 seconds in hand over Norris who also held firm.
Piastri began to claw his way back through the field and lap 21 the Australian was up to P8. However, he was now 33s behind Verstappen, who was looking more and more comfortable on his starting Mediums.
Norris made his stop for Hards on lap 29, but seconds later Haas’ Esteban Ocon pulled over and halted at the side of the track just after Tosa. The VSC was deployed and that sparked a rush towards the pit lane. Verstappen took on Hards and when the order shook out, he led Norris by 20 seconds, with Williams’ Alex Albon in third place. Meanwhile, Piastri, who made a second stop under the caution, was in fourth ahead of Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
On lap 46, however, Antonelli suddenly slowed and like Ocon he ground to a halt just after Tosa. This time the physical Safety Car was deployed and with his lead erased, Verstappen pitted for another set of Hard tyres. Norris mirrored the move, but Piastri stayed out, rising to second place, ahead of his team-mate. Leclerc also stayed out and took fourth ahead of Albon and Russell.
The Safety Car peeled off track at the end of lap 53 and Verstappen controlled the restart well to hold his lead. Behind him the McLarens squabbled for second place, and they settled the battle with Norris, on fresher tyres, muscling his way past his team-mate to take second place, Verstappen was too far ahead and after 63 laps the Dutchman crossed the line to take his fourth straight Imola win and to Red Bull’s 400th race in F1.
With Norris and Piastri taking the remaining podium places, fourth place went to Lewis Hamilton. The Ferrari driver made the most of new tyres after the Safety Car and passed both Albon and team-mate Leclerc to grab 10 points. Albon took fifth, passing Leclerc, who had stuck with old tyres during the SC. The Monegasque driver was left with sixth place ahead of Russell, Sainz and Hadjar, while Yuki Tsunoda took 10thplace and the final point after a pit lane start.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Race
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 63 1:31’33.199
2 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 63 1:31’39.308 6.109
3 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 63 1:31’46.155 12.956
4 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 63 1:31’47.555 14.356
5 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 63 1:31’51.144 17.945
6 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 63 1:31’53.973 20.774
7 George Russell Mercedes 63 1:31’55.233 22.034
8 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 63 1:31’56.097 22.898
9 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 63 1:31’56.785 23.586
10 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 63 1:31’59.645 26.446
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 63 1:32’00.449 27.250
12 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 63 1:32’03.495 30.296
13 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 63 1:32’04.623 31.424
14 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 63 1:32’05.710 32.511
15 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 63 1:32’06.192 32.993
16 Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault 63 1:32’06.610 33.411
17 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 63 1:32’07.007 33.808
18 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 63 1:32’11.771 38.572
Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 44 1:01’29.744 Retirement
Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 27 37’42.335 Retirement -
Oscar Piastri grabs pole ahead of Verstappen and Russell: Italian Grand Prix
Imola (Italy), 17 May 2025: McLaren’s Oscar Piastri grabbed pole position for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix just 0.034s ahead of Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ George Russell at the end of a lengthy qualifying session at Imola that was twice halted by red flags.
At the start of qualifying, Williams’ Alex Albon set the early pace with a time of 1:16.164 and the Thai driver was one of the few to get a time on the board before the first red flag was shown.
At the start of his opening flying lap, Yuki Tsunoda took too much kerb on the left side of the Villeneuve chicane and after bottoming out he spun off at high speed. His car skipped through the gravel trap, became momentarily airborne and then flipped above the barrier and hit the catch-fencing. Despite the huge amount of damage, the Red Bull Racing driver was unhurt and able to climb out of the car.
After a 14-minute halt to recover the Japanese driver’s cars and repair the barriers, the session resumed, and Verstappen quickly took top spot with a lap of 1:15.175. Piastri slotted into P2, three tenths of a second behind the champion.
In the final runs, Verstappen elected to stay in the garage as his rivals headed out, but in the end, few were able to complete their laps, as with the red flags were soon thrown for a second time. The returning Franco Colapinto put a wheel into the dirt on the exit of Tamburello and he too spun off into barriers. The Argentinian was able to climb out of his wrecked car, but the crash meant that several drivers were denied the chance to climb out of the drop zone. Liam Lawson exited in P16 followed by Sauber’s Nico Hülkenberg, the Haas pair of Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman and the unfortunate Tsunoda.
After a 26-minute delay, Piastri who set the pace in the opening runs of Q2. The Australian crossed the line in 1:15.241, two hundredths of a second clear of McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, with Verstappen in third place, 0.159s off top spot and 0.151 ahead of the fourth-placed Mercedes George Russell.
Verstappen and both McLaren drivers opted to head out for the final runs on used tyres. That left the way open for Williams’ Carlos Sainz to claim top spot at the end of the session with a lap of 1:15.198. Piastri took P2 ahead of Norris and Russell and Verstappen went through in fifth place.
Behind the Dutchman, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, who each had a set of Medium tyres in reserve, used the yellow-banded C5 to claim sixth and seventh respectively. Their climb up the order, as well as good final flyers from Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar and Williams’ Albon behind them, meant that both Ferrari cars were sensationally dumped out of qualifying, with Charles Leclerc out in P11 and Lewis Hamilton in P12. Also ruled out at the end were local favourite Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes in P13, followed by Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto and Colapinto.
At the start of Q3 it was Verstappen who took provisional pole. Norris was the first of the main contenders across the line and the Briton stopped the clock at 1:14.962. Piastri was next and with a purple middle sector he demoted his team-mate by 1500ths of a second. Verstappen then posted the fastest first sector to beat both with a lap of 1:14.772 setting an intriguing flurry of final flyers.
Piastri was first out for the final runs and the Australian set a tough marker with a lap of 1:14.670. Verstappen was again quick in the first sector, but the champion wasn’t able to duplicate the pace in the middle sector and in the end Piastri claimed pole by 0.034s.
Behind the top two, Russell jumped to P3 in the final moments, while Norris was forced to settle for the rear of row two. Alonso, astonishingly, claimed fifth on a set of used Medium tyres, while the Williams pair of Sainz and Albon qualified in sixth and seventh ahead of Stroll, also on Mediums, Hadjar and Gasly.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1’14.670 – –
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1’14.704 0.034 0.046
3 George Russell Mercedes 1’14.807 0.137 0.183
4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1’14.962 0.292 0.391
5 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’15.431 0.761 1.019
6 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1’15.432 0.762 1.020
7 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1’15.473 0.803 1.075
8 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’15.581 0.911 1.220
9 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1’15.746 1.076 1.441
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1’15.787 1.117 1.496
11 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’15.604 0.934 1.251
12 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1’15.765 1.095 1.466
13 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1’15.772 1.102 1.476
14 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1’16.260 1.590 2.129
15 Franco Colapinto Alpine/Renault – – –
16 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1’16.379 1.709 2.289
17 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1’16.518 1.848 2.475
18 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1’16.613 1.943 2.602
19 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1’16.918 2.248 3.011
20 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT – – – -
Oscar Piastri wins Miami Grand Prix ahead of Lando Norris; extends championship lead
Miami, 4 May 2025: Oscar Piastri went from fourth on the grid at the Miami Grand prix to first at the flag to take a third win in a row and to extend his championship lead over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who recovered from a first-corner clash with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to second place ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell.
When the lights went out at the start, polesitter Verstappen Max got away well to take the lead, but as he went into Turn 1 the Dutchman locked up and went wide. That allowed front-row started Norris to pull alongside as they went into Turn 2. The two appeared to bang wheels as Verstappen’s car slithered around and Norris was forced to go off track. Verstappen continued at the front, but the McLaren driver dropped back to sixth behind Williams’ Alex Albon.
Further back, Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson was hit by the Alpine of Jack Doohan and with the New Zealander spun around and the Alpine limping to an eventual halt, the Virtual Safety Car was deployed.
When the track went green again Verstappen controlled the resumption well and held the lead. Second-placed Kimi Antonelli, though, was passed by Piastri, while Norris powered past Williams’ Alex Albon to claw his way back into the top five and then, on lap seven, the McLaren driver powered past Mercedes’ George Russell to put himself back in contention.
At the front, Verstappen was coming under heavy pressure from Piastri and on lap 10 the Australian got into DRS range. Piastri pushed hard through each DRS zone, but Verstappen was initially solid in defence.
At the start of lap 14, however, Verstappen’s armour was pierced. The Dutchman forced Piastri to go wide on the approach to Turn1, but in doing so the Red Bull driver outbraked himself and when locked up, Piastri was able to cut back underneath to take the lead.
The tussle between the leading pair allowed Norris to come back into the fight and after Piastri took the lead, Verstappen soon found himself under pressure from the second McLaren. Once again, the Red Bull driver defended hard and for three crucial laps he kept Norris at bay as Piastri, in clean air, carved out a big lead ahead. On lap 18, though, Norris at last got the move done and chased after his team-mate.
Behind the top three, Antonelli held on to fourth place ahead of Mercedes team-mate Russell, while the Williams pair of Albon and Carlos Sainz held sixth and seventh.
Mercedes brought Antonelli in at the end of lap 25, attempting to undercut Verstappen, but the youngster’s pit stop was slowed when he had to wait in his box to let Sainz pass by and when Red Bull responded by bringing Verstappen in at the end of the following lap the delay meant the Dutchman emerged well clear of the Italian.
But while Verstappen was able to keep one Mercedes behind, he couldn’t keep Russell behind. On lap 29, Ollie Bearman slowed and as he pulled over at Turn 8 with a power unit issue, the VSC was deployed. Both McLarens took the opportunity to make their pit stops while the race was neutralised and so did Russell. With Verstappen slowed by the VSC the Mercedes driver was able to save time in his stop and he emerged in third, ahead of the Dutchman.
At the front, Norris closed in on Piastri in the closing stages, but the Australian was comfortably managing his pace, and he took his third win in a row with 4.6s in hand over his team-mate. Behind Verstappen, fifth place went to Albon, with Antonelli sixth ahead of the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. Sainz was ninth and Yuki Tsunoda managed to eke out a 5.1s gap to Hadjar that kept him in 10th at the flag after the Japanese driver had been given a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix – Race
1 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 57 1:28’51.587
2 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 57 1:28’56.217 4.630
3 George Russell Mercedes 57 1:29’29.231 37.644
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 57 1:29’31.543 39.956
5 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 57 1:29’39.654 48.067
6 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 57 1:29’47.089 55.502
7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 57 1:29’48.623 57.036
8 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 57 1:29’51.773 1’00.186
9 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 57 1:29’52.164 1’00.577
10 22 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 57 1:30’06.021 1’14.434
11 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 57 1:30’06.189 1’14.602
12 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 57 1:30’13.593 1’22.006
13 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 57 1:30’22.032 1’30.445
14 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 56 1:28’52.742 1 lap /1.155
15 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 56 1:29’12.566 1 lap /20.979
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 56 1:29’16.749 1 lap /25.162
Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 36 59’06.511 Retirement
Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 30 49’03.459 Retirement
Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 27 43’10.773 Power Unit
Jack Doohan Alpine/Renault 0 – Accident -
Max Verstappen beats Lando Norris to Miami pole: F1
Miami (US), 3 May 2025: Max Verstappen took his third pole of 2025 with a superb final lap of Q3 that saw him beat pre-session favourites McLaren, with Lando Norris second and championship leader Oscar Piastri only fourth behind Mercedes’ teen sensation Kimi Antonelli.
At the start of Q1 Verstappen was one of the first on track and he posted an opening flyer of 1:27.573 to take P1. That time was soon beaten by Piastri who went 0.266s quicker, with Norris’s slotting into P3.
Antonelli then lowered the benchmark to 1:27.077. Verstappen, though, was powering through a purple first sector and after setting personal best times across the rest of the lap, the champion once again jumped to the top of the order with a time of 1:26.870, 0.136 clear of Piastri with Mercedes’ George Russell in third, 0.008s off the Australian. Verstappen headed back to the pits leaving Norris to edge ahead of team-mate Piastri to take P2.
Ruled out of the second session were Sauber’s Nico Hülkenberg in P16 followed by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, the second Aston of Lance Stroll and Haas’ Ollie Bearman exited in 20th place.
Verstappen was first out on track at the start of the second session and the Dutchman posted an opener of 1:26.643 to take an early P1. Once again, his time was eclipsed by the McLarens, however, as Piastri took P1 with a time of 1:26.269 and Norris made his way to second place. Antonelli also managed to find a little over three hundredths over the Red Bull driver to steal third place.
Piastri elected to stay in the pit lane for the final runs and when none of his close rivals delivered a significant improvement, including Verstappen, who was marginally slower on his second run than this first, the Australian held on to top spot. Russell, languishing in 11th after the first run, did make a leap forward, however, and he climbed to P3 ahead of Antonelli, leaving Verstappen in fifth.
There was no place in Q3, however, for Isack Hadjar who went out in P11 ahead of Hamilton, Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto, Alpine’s Jack Doohan and the second Racing Bull of Lawson.
After two sessions in which he’d set the pace only to be bounced out of P1, Verstappen upped the ante at the start of Q3 it. The Dutchman took provisional pole with a time of 1:26.492, just 0.003s ahead of Norris and 0.017s clear of Piastri.
However, with Piastri having already gone two tenths quicker than Max’s time in Q2 the final runs began with the expectation that the McLarens would find more time. And when Max suffered a snap on entry to Turn 1 that suspicion appeared to be confirmed.
The champion was in no mood to let a “tiny moment” derail his quest for pole, however and over the remainder of the lap he dragged back the deficit and eventually crossed the liner in
1:26.204. And when Norris locked up in Turn 17 Verstappen’s 43rd career pole was as good as sealed. The Briton took P2 0.065s off the Dutchman with Antonelli taking third ahead of Piastri and Russell. Carlos Sainz took sixth for Williams ahead of team-mate Alex Albon, with Charles Leclerc in P8 for Ferrari. Esteban Ocon finished ninth for Ferrari and the final top 10 spot went to Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunoda.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:26.204 – –
2 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:26.269 0.065 0.075
3 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:26.271 0.067 0.078
4 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:26.375 0.171 0.198
5 George Russell Mercedes 1:26.385 0.181 0.210
6 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1:26.569 0.365 0.423
7 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:26.682 0.478 0.554
8 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:26.754 0.550 0.638
9 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1:26.824 0.620 0.719
10 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:26.943 0.739 0.857
11 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:26.987 0.783 0.908
12 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:27.006 0.802 0.930
13 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1:27.151 0.947 1.099
14 Jack Doohan Alpine/Renault 1:27.186 0.982 1.139
15 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:27.363 1.159 1.344
16 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1:27.473 1.269 1.472
17 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:27.604 1.400 1.624
18 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:27.710 1.506 1.747
19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:27.830 1.626 1.886
20 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1:27.999 1.795 2.08 -
Oscar Piastri wins in Jeddah to take title lead as Verstappen penalised: F1
Jeddah, 20 April 2025: McLaren’s Oscar Piastri took a composed Saudi Arabian Grand Prix win to take the lead of the Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship after a first corner tussle with Max Verstappen resulted in the Red Bull driver being handed a time penalty that eventually dropped him to second behind the Australian.
At the start of the race, Verstappen got away well from pole, but on the other side of the front row Piastri’s reactions were marginally quicker. On the run to Turn 1 the McLaren driver nosed ahead of the Red Bull driver on the inside and in Turn Verstappen was forced to cut the corner. The Dutchman continued in the lead, however.
Further back in the pack, Yuki Tusnoda, in the other Red Bull, had Pierre Gasly on his right-hand side and as the pair went into a corner there was contact. Both drivers spun into the wall and while Gasly sustained heavy damage Tsunoda was able to limp back to the pits where the damage was judged to be too great and get retired.
The Safety Car was deployed and during the caution, the Race Stewards ruled that Verstappen had left the track and gained an advantage at the start and he was handed a five-second time penalty.
The Dutchman controlled the lap 8 restart well and he quickly built a one-second lead over Piastri, with Russell third ahead of Leclerc and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton was sixth. McLaren’s Lando Norris, who had started in tenth on Hard tyres, had risen to eighth after the lap one incident and after the restart muscled his way past Williams’ Carlos Sainz to take P7.
He then set about was tussling with Hamilton and after twice getting past the Ferrari driver only to be passed again on the pit straight, the Briton at last chose to bide his time and on Lap 15 he held back ahead of the final corner, got DRS, and finally dismissed the seven-time champion. The McLaren driver then began to close up to Antonelli and on lap 18 he powered past the Italian to claim fifth place.
At the front, Verstappen began to pull away from Piastri and by lap 19 he had carved out a three-second gap to the Australian as the pit window opened. On lap 20 Piastri blinked. He dived into the pits to take on Hard tyres and emerged behind Hamilton. Verstappen though stayed out, with his race engineer urging him to keep his good pace going.
At the end of lap 21, the Dutchman made his stop. But after serving his time penalty and bolting on a set of Hard tyres he exited the pit lane three seconds behind Piastri. The Australian then began to post fastest laps to build the gap to over four seconds. At the front, Leclerc, on aged Mediums, now led the race, with Norris, on starting Hard tyres and still setting competitive times, in P2.
Leclerc finally decided he’d had enough of his tyres at the end of lap 29 and after switching to Hard tyres he rejoined in fifth place, behind Russell. Norris finally made his pit stop at the end of lap 34 and after fitting a set of Mediums, he dropped into fifth place, behind Leclerc.
Their stops propelled Piastri back to the lead, 4.5s ahead of Verstappen who was 6.5s clear of Russell. Leclerc was on the move, though, and with fresh Hard tyres on board he quickly reeled in Russell. On lap 38 he closed right up to the Mercedes and powered past on the pit straight to claim the final podium place. Russell, struggling for pace, was then reeled in by Norris who eased past under DRS to take fourth place.
And though the McLaren driver tried to close on Leclerc, the order at the top stabilised and after 50 laps Piastri took victory just 2.8s ahead of Verstappen. Leclerc hung on to third ahead of Norris with Russell in fifth. Antonelli took sixth in the second Mercedes with Hamilton in P7 ahead of Sainz and Alex Albon who handed Williams a double points finish. Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar took the final point with tenth place
2025 FIA Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Race
1 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 50 1:21’06.758
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 50 1:21’09.601 2.843
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 50 1:21’14.862 8.104
4 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 50 1:21’15.954 9.196
5 George Russell Mercedes 50 1:21’33.994 27.236
6 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 50 1:21’41.446 34.688
7 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 50 1:21’45.831 39.073
8 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 50 1:22’11.388 1’04.630
9 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 50 1:22’13.273 1’06.515
10 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 50 1:22’13.849 1’07.091
11 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 50 1:22’22.675 1’15.917
12 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 50 1:22’25.209 1’18.451
13 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 50 1:22’25.952 1’19.194
14 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 50 1:22’46.481 1’39.723
15 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 49 1:21’11.367 1 lap /4.609
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 49 1:21’12.285 1 lap /5.527
17 Jack Doohan Alpine/Renault 49 1:21’26.022 1 lap /19.264
18 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 49 1:21’26.064 1 lap /19.306
Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1 2’45.662 Accident damage
Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 0 – Accident. -
Max Verstappen takes Jeddah pole ahead of Oscar Pisastri: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Jeddah, 19 April 2025: Max Verstappen turned around a slow start to his weekend at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit by beating Oscar Piastri to pole position for the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, as championship leader Lando Norris crashed in Q3 and will start 10th.
In the first runs of Q1, Piastri set the pace as he posted a lap of 1:28.019, seven thousandths of a second ahead of McLaren team-mate Norris. Verstappen slotted into third, 0.129s off top spot and ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell and the second Red Bull of Yuki Tsunoda. Norris then went for another attempt, and his 1:27.805 lifted him two tenths of a second above his team-mate.
Piastri improved on his final run, but only by a tenth of a second and he failed to climb back to P1. With Norris staying put in the McLaren garage that left the door open, and Verstappen strode through, posting a final time of 1:27.778 to take top spot ahead of the McLaren pair. Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took fourth at the end of the session ahead of Tsunoda, Williams’ Alex Albon and Mercedes’ George Russell.
There was no place in the second session, though, for Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll who exited in P16, behind Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar, who progressed seven hundredths of a second ahead of the Canadian. Also ruled out at the end of Q1 were Alpine’s Jack Doohan, Sauber’s Nico Hülkenberg, Haas’ Esteban Ocon and second Sauber of Gabriel Bortoleto.
In Q2, Piastri again set the initial pace at 1:27.690 but almost as soon as the Australian crossed the line, Verstappen bounced him out of P1 with a lap of 1:27.529. Norris, though, found enough to go top once more, five hundredths of a second ahead of the Dutchman. Norris stayed in the pit lane for the final runs but this time, with used tyres on board, Verstappen couldn’t haul his way past the McLaren, and he went through to the top 10 shootout in P2 and with two new sets of Softs to play with.
Eliminated at the end of Q2 were Albon in P11, followed by Racing Bulls’ Liam Lawson, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, the second Racing Bulls car of Isack Hadjar and Haas’ Ollie Bearman.
At the start of the final top 10 shootout, Piastri took provisional pole with a lap of 1:27.560. No one else was able to get across the line, however, as Norris took too much kerb in Turn 4 and slid into the barriers on exit. The McLaren driver was unhurt, but the red flags came out.
While Norris’ crash had wrecked the flying laps of some drivers, Verstappen wasn’t one of them. The Dutchman had been on an out lap when Norris crashed and when the session resumed the Red Bull driver was quickly out on track on scrubbed tyres and a two-run fuel load, as he attempted to get two runs in. And with his first run he stole provisional pole from Piastri by the narrowest of margins – 0.001s.
In the final runs, Russell laid down the gauntlet with a lap of 1:27.407. Piastri followed and the Australian found 0.256s over his first run to bounce Russell out of top spot.
However, Verstappen now with less fuel on board and with his RB21 “coming alive” as he later put it roared to his second pole of the season and the 42nd of his career.
Behind Piastri and Russell, Leclerc took P4 for Ferrari ahead of Antonelli, while Carlos Sainz took sixth for Williams ahead of the second Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton. Tsunoda qualified in P8, ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly and the unfortunate Norris.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Qualifying
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1’27.294 – –
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1’27.304 0.010 0.011
3 George Russell Mercedes 1’27.407 0.113 0.129
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1’27.670 0.376 0.431
5 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1’27.866 0.572 0.655
6 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1’28.164 0.870 0.997
7 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1’28.201 0.907 1.039
8 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1’28.204 0.910 1.042
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1’28.367 1.073 1.229
10 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes – – –
11 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1’28.109 0.815 0.934
12 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1’28.191 0.897 1.028
13 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’28.303 1.009 1.156
14 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1’28.418 1.124 1.288
15 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1’28.648 1.354 1.551
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1’28.645 1.351 1.548
17 Jack Doohan Alpine/Renault 1’28.739 1.445 1.655
18 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1’28.782 1.488 1.705
19 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1’29.092 1.798 2.060
20 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber/Ferrari 1’29.462 2.168 2.484 -
Lando Norris tops FP2 on Friday: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Jeddah, 18 April 2025: At the start of the session, it was Red Bull’s Max Verstappen who set the pace on Medium tyres. The Dutchman posted a lap of 1:29.89 on his first flying lap but he was soon usurped McLaren’s Lando Norris who jumped to the top with a 1:29.27s lap on the same compound on Good Friday evening.
Charles Leclerc also beat Verstappen’s time, slotting into second with a 1:29.477s that included a purple final sector. Moments later the yellow flags came out Turns 1-2 to cover Lance Stroll, who spun into the run-off area as he suffered rear locking.
There was also a nervy moment for Williams’ Alex Albon too. The Thai driver had to take evasive action when he came across a slow Lewis Hamilton at Turn 18. The Ferrari driver was set to be investigated after the session. Piastri then posted a lap 1:29.273s but Leclerc then went quicker to take top spot on 1:29.002s.
Racing Bulls’ Lawson was the first to move to Softs and the New Zealander posted a time 0.5s off Leclerc. George Russell then moved up to P1 on Softs, but the Mercedes driver was not happy with the balance of his car and Williams Carlos Sainz jumped to P1 on 1:28.942s. Verstappen was the next to go for a qualifying simulation and the Red Bull Racing driver posted a time of 1:28.547 to open a solid half-second gap to the Spaniard.
Verstappen’s stay wasn’t long, however, as Piastri went a tenth clear at the top with a lap of 1:28.430. Norris was one of the last out for his Soft tyre run and with a purple first sector the championship leader jumped above his team-mate with a lap of 1:28.340.
However, Piastri wasn’t done and after cool down laps and a trip through the pit lane he went for another attempt on the same tyres. However, he abandoned the lap after he clipped the wall and failed to improve on his personal best.
Norris repeated that tactic but unlike his team-mate the Briton was able to find an improvement and he shaved seven hundredths of a second off his best lap to seal P1 0.163s clear of Piastri.
With the focus then turning to high fuel runs, mostly conducted on Medium tyres, Verstappen held onto third place, a little under three tenths of a second off Norris. Leclerc also went out for a later Soft run and the Ferrari driver moved up to fourth place with a time of 1:28.749 that left him two tenths clear of Sainz. Yuki Tsunoda was sixth in the second Red Bull, four tenths off his team-mate Verstappen, while Russell’s uncomfortable Soft tyre run left him seventh ahead of Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, Sauber’s Nico Hülkenberg and Williams’ Alex Albon.
However, with nine minutes remaining the red flags came out when Tsunoda touched the wall on the inside of the final corner and was pitched into the opposite wall at the exit of the corner. With broken left suspension and significant damage to the right of his RB21, the session was halted.
The session did resume, but with just a minute left on the clock there was just time for the bulk of the field to make it out of the pit lane to perform a practice start from the grid.
2025 FIA Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – Free Practice 2
1 Lando Norris McLaren/Mercedes 1:28.267 21 251.808
2 Oscar Piastri McLaren/Mercedes 1:28.430 0.163 22 251.344
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:28.547 0.280 23 251.012
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:28.749 0.482 22 250.441
5 Carlos Sainz Williams/Mercedes 1:28.942 0.675 24 249.897
6 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull/Honda RBPT 1:28.963 0.696 19 249.838
7 George Russell Mercedes 1:28.973 0.706 21 249.810
8 Pierre Gasly Alpine/Renault 1:29.106 0.839 22 249.437
9 Nico Hülkenberg Sauber/Ferrari 1:29.193 0.926 21 249.194
10 Alexander Albon Williams/Mercedes 1:29.220 0.953 23 249.119
11 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1:29.242 0.975 16 249.057
12 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:29.306 1.039 17 248.879
13 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1:29.371 1.104 23 248.698
14 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls/Honda RBPT 1:29.488 1.221 22 248.372
15 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:29.662 1.395 18 247.890
16 Oliver Bearman Haas/Ferrari 1:29.754 1.487 19 247.636
17 Jack Doohan Alpine/Renault 1:29.912 1.645 21 247.201
18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin/Mercedes 1:30.007 1.740 18 246.940
19 Esteban Ocon Haas/Ferrari 1:30.019 1.752 22 246.907
