F1 Live: 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix third practice

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Max Verstappen, not for the first time in a practice session this year, declares himself profoundly unhappy with his car’s set-up.

Oscar Piastri improves to a 1’33.324 which puts him almost half a second ahead of his team mate.

Lando Norris goes fastest on a 1’33.796 which puts him 1.05s ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

Both Ferrari drivers have put up times on the softs, Charles Leclerc ahead by five-hundredths of a second with a 1’34.846.

Lewis Hamilton is out on softs but hasn’t set a time yet. He begins a lap now.

Ocon reports his car is still bouncing a lot in turn 12 and he can’t tackle the corner flat-out as a result.

Ocon joins his team mate on track. The air temperatures is 32C, slightly lower than it was in first practice, and the track temperature is also down a little at 43C.

We’re used to seeing Pirelli increase tyres pressures after Friday running but this weekend they’ve taken the rare step of reducing them. The mandatory minimum rear tyre pressures are 1psi lower than yesterday at 20psi.

Oliver Bearman heads out first as final practice begin. He put his Haas an encouraging ninth yesterday.

McLaren were comfortably quickest yesterday, Oscar Piastri half a second ahead of their closest rivals in second practice, but expect that gap to narrow quite a bit today.

As was the case with first practice yesterday, the hot temperatures at the track will make this a less than useful session for the teams.

Third practice for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix is coming up next.