Saturday, 12 April 2025:
- Free Practice 3: P9, 1:33.092, 15 laps
- Qualifying: P8, 1:30.680, 19 laps

• Carlos Sainz put together in Bahrain his best Qualifying of the season to date, clinching an eighth grid position that puts him in the fight for important points in tomorrow’s race.
• The Spanish race driver made it through Q1 (1:31.591) without any issues and found seven tenths in Q2 (1:30.844), which enabled to make the cut to the last round with a four-tenth buffer.
• In Q3, the Williams race driver improved yet another two tenths (1:30.680) in his last flying lap to clinch a spot in the fourth row of the grid. Another step forward in his adaptation to the FW47.

QUOTES:
"It seems like we made a step in the right direction, but we need to keep our heads down and carry on trying different things. I feel I still have margin for improvement and I want to be higher than P8! Having said that, I’m happy with today and I definitely felt more in control, knowing where to push, where there is potential lap time, and staying disciplined with my driving. I’m confident in what we are doing, the speed is there and I have a great team around me, so I just need to stick to my plan and continue taking the right steps, starting with the race tomorrow and trying to score some points!".

COMING UP:
Sunday, 13 April 2024:
- Race: 18:00 local time (17:00 CEST)