Carlos Sainz jr. should have got the seat next to Max. But to be honest the Red Bull cars suck this year.

Good luck Yuki ! Good guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5d66qvuOQA

I think the race will be different race pace is not good for Red Bull but wow what a good round Max delivered to get Pole Position.

Man that was a boring one

Some in the British press talked about Max Verstappen "stole" the race from McLaren lol..

'Verstappen is a monster,' was the headline in Spanish Marca . 'Max achieved a majestic victory in Japan. He didn't have the best car over a single lap, nor the best race pace, but he beat the much faster McLarens in every way. For Verstappen, it was a matter of keeping his RB21 in first place after a good start, a car in which no one else would finish higher than fifth. That is the power of the four-time champion.

Italian La Gazzetta Dello Sport saw Verstappen 'making the most of' his pole position. 'That was a lap of a true champion on Saturday. The Dutchman then cashed in his pole with a race in which, in an inferior car, he had the power and class to keep McLaren behind him.'

The German Bild thinks that Verstappen could have been beaten by Oscar Piastri. The Australian finished third, but seemed faster than his teammate Lando Norris during the race. According to Bild , the Briton should have been made way for Piastri. 'A big mystery', was the headline in the tabloid. 'Why did McLaren do that? A stroke of luck for Verstappen', the Germans believe.

At the Belgian Het Laatste Nieuws they thought about Ayrton Senna several times this weekend. 'Our columnist Jan Segers wrote a book about Senna in a previous life. The right foot of God , was the title. But God has two feet. He gave the other one to Max Verstappen.

'We didn't just think about it during the Japanese race. After all, Senna's name had been mentioned before. A first time on Saturday: how Verstappen secured that pole position, almost everyone agreed: it can only happen when someone is in a kind of 'exalted' state behind the wheel. Someone who rises above himself. Indeed: 'Like Senna.'

French newspaper L'Équipe gave Verstappen a 9 for his performance. 'Magic Max, who hasn't had a pole position and a win in one weekend since the Emilia Romagna GP in May 2024, is back!'

I agree with the Germans Piastri was faster, Norris is a nice guy but Piastri is tougher McLaren should go with the Australian this season!

Italian media were stunned by the Dutchman to be truly the GOAT he should go to Ferrari in the future.
He can make Ferrari Champions again for several years even with an inferior car.

Nice Pole position for Piastri Russell and Leclerc start second and third Lewis and Max could do better in the race and Tsunoda top 10.
I believe in Yuki and noticed more people here are becoming a fan of Piastri like me.

Startopstelling Formule 1 GP Bahrein 2025

# Coureur Team
1. Oscar Piastri McLaren
2 Charles Leclerc Ferrari
3 George Russell Mercedes
4. Pierre Gasly Alpine
5. Kimi Antonelli Mercedes
6. Lando Norris McLaren
7. Max Verstappen Red Bull
8. Carlos Sainz Williams
9. Lewis Hamilton Ferrari
10. Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull
11. Jack Doohan Alpine
12. Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls
13. Fernando Alonso Aston Martin
14. Esteban Ocon Haas
15. Alex Albon Williams
16. Nico Hulkenberg Stake F1
17. Liam Lawson Racing Bulls
18. Gabriel Bortoleto Stake F1
19. Lance Stroll Aston Martin
20. Oliver Bearman Haas

Good race overall.

Piastri storms to controlled victory in Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Russell and Norris

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-ahead-of-russell.47YQh0Ex2gkZcx58fRaRqJ

Piastri is the best driver McLaren has

Marko runs out of superlatives for 'incredible' Verstappen
Max Verstappen took pole position for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in a very impressive way. Helmut Marko can't believe his eyes.

Max Verstappen surprised friend and foe by taking pole position in Saudi Arabia. The 27-year-old Dutchman squeezed out a fantastic lap in extremis and trumped Oscar Piastri. Helmut Marko runs out of superlatives for Verstappen's performance.

"I think McLaren bluffed a lot in FP3 and had very little fuel in the car," Marko told Sky DE . "We also re-set the car towards qualifying. That went exactly right, after which Max drove an incredible, unbelievable lap. He lost some time in the second sector, but the last corner was incredible again."

The cooler temperatures also played into Red Bull's hands. "Yes, definitely. The cooler it gets, the better it goes. But it's clear that the set-up was the right one. And as I said, McLaren's bluff this morning annoyed us all. But after Lando Norris hit the wall, we realised that it looked different again."

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A future World Champion no doubt. Aussies are tough.

Oscar Piastri won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Max Verstappen to score back-to-back victories for the first time in his Formula 1 career.

I loved every minute of Max fuming because that penalty was plain as day