The big Bahrain prize »Oscar Piastri starts from the pole-postion, Leclerc and Russell are sitting! Start grid on Sakhir

The Bahrain Grand Prize promises a big day show on the Sakhir circuit, the place where Oscar Piastri targets the second victory of the season. McLaren showed excellent all the weekend and is in books for a double presence on the podium. Last year, Max Verstappen was imposed in Bahrain, the Dutch mission announcing much more complicated this time.

The big Bahrain prize, live

• Live: Top 5 in the race: 1. Piastri, 2. Leclerc, 3. Russell, 4 Gasly, 5. Antonelli

UPDATE 18:00: It goes on the training tour! A few moments we break away from the start of the Bahrain Grand Prize!

UPDATE 17:40: There are twenty minutes until the beginning of the race, the monopos are already on the circuit, carefully supervised by the mechanics.

Start grid in Bahrain

I felt confident throughout the weekend, but in the first training session I went more like a rally car than as a formula 1. But from there, everything was resolved. In the third training session I had a good rhythm, the others were closer than I wanted, but we managed to break off.

I did when it mattered most, I'm very happy. The start of the race will be important, we will see how we go through the first turn.

– Oscar Piastri, after the Pole Position successful on Saturday

The first race of the year, in Australia, was won by Lando Norris, McLaren pilot. The second, in China, ended with the winning Oscar. The Papaya builder looks best this year, even though in Japan, in the third race, the Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) champion was imposed.

What the overall ranking of pilots look like before the Bahrain race:

• Lando Norris – 62 points
• Max Verstappen – 61
• Oscar Piastri – 49
• George Russell – 45
• Kimi Antonelli – 30
• Charles Leclerc – 20
• Alex Albon – 18
• Lewis Hamilton – 15
• Esteban Ocon – 10
• Lance Stroll – 10
• Nico Hulkenberg – 6
• Oliver Bearman – 5
• Isack Hadjar – 4
• Yuki Tsunoda – 3
• Carlos Sainz – 1
• Pierre Gasly – 0
• Fernando Alonso – 0
• Liam Lawson -0
• Jack Doohan – 0
• Gabriel Bortleto – 0

The hierarchy of builders:

1. McLaren – 111 points
2. Mercedes – 75
3. Red Bull – 61
4. Ferrari – 35
5. Williams – 19
6. Haas – 15
7. Aston Martin – 10
8. RB – 7
9. Kick Sauber – 6
10. Alpine – 0