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 Credit: GSI Formula One returns this coming weekend for the second round of the first triple header in 2025, by a trip to the Bahrain International Circuit, situated in the capital Sakhir. The Bahrain Grand Prix has been a regular on the Formula One calendars since its debut back in 2004, and has featured on the calendar every year - barring the 2011 Formula One World Championship. Sakhir, the capital city of Bahrain, will play host to round four of the 2025 season, with it having played host to the season opener for the last four consecutive Formula One World Championships - from 2021 onwards. Max Verstappen is the driver who has won the previous two Bahrain Grand Prix, in 2023 and 2024, where he dominated in both of them. The reigning world champion comes into this weekend's round in Bahrain, having won the most recent Formula One Grand Prix in Japan and also being one point of the championship lead. The championship leader currently in 2025 is Lando Norris of McLaren, who after finishing in the top three of the Grand Prix so far sits on 62 points, one point clear of Verstappen's 61 in second place. Norris leads a seemingly very tight battle for the 2025 FIA Formula One World Championship, with the top four in the current standings, heading into round four, separated by 17 points. The other McLaren driver of Oscar Piastri is third in the standings, 13 points off the lead, with George Russell of Mercedes in fourth. McLaren at this point in the season look to have a comfy lead so far at the top of the Constructors' Championship standings. The Papaya-liveried team sit on 111 points at the top of the table, which is 36 points clear of Mercedes in second place. The Bahrain International Circuit itself is situated in a desert, which is located within the capital city of Sakhir and is one that has become well recognised as a top motorsport venue throughout other world championships. Bahrain International Circuit played host to the final round of the 2024 World Endurance Championship (WEC) and it is set to do the same in 2025 - showing the recognition FIA competitions have for this infamous race track. The circuit itself is made up of 15 corners and has a lap distance of 5.412km. Three DRS zones are located on this Bahrain race track, which in their own right provide plenty of overtaking opportunities. The DRS Zones run into turns 1, 4 and 11. 57 laps of racing are to come in this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, with the race distance set to last 308.238km. Spanish racing driver Pedro De La Rosa once set the lap record at the Bahrain International Circuit back in 2005. Remarkably, he still has it to this day with the lap record being a 1:31.447. This coming weekend in Bahrain, it will be a Free Practice 1 session where six drivers of the 2025 Formula One grid will give up their seats to young rookie and test drivers, who are learning the skills and trickiness of Formula One cars to prepare them for the future and put them in line for potential future seats. Red Bull Racing, Ferrari, Mercedes, Aston Martin, Haas and Williams Racing are the teams that will be using their young drivers to get some running completed in Free Practice 1. In doing so, it will also tick off one of the two mandatory Free Practice 1 sessions each driver has to give up in 2025 for a young rookie or test driver. The drivers competing in the Friday Free Practice 1 session are as follows:
2025 FIA Formula One World Championship: Round 4 - Bahrain Grand Prix session times
 Brandon Whiteside
Writer - F1 Journal
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