The 2025 Formula 1 season is only three races old and we’ve already had three different winners, with McLaren winning with Lando Norris in Australia and then Oscar Piastri in China before four-time defending world champion Max Verstappen got Red Bull on the board last week in Japan. Now that trio of title contenders and the rest of the F1 field will set its sights on the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix this Sunday at the Bahrain International Circuit. Lando Norris is the +160 favorite in this week’s F1 odds from DraftKings Sportsbook and he’s followed by Piastri (+180) and Verstappen (+300), but could this be the week that Ferrari or Mercedes finally makes a move to get into the championship race?
The lights go out at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday and the race is scheduled for 57 laps around the 15-turn, 3.363-mile circuit. Before analyzing the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix starting grid and making any Formula 1 picks, be sure to check out the latest 2025 Bahrain GP predictions and betting advice from SportsLine’s proven projection model.
Developed by daily Fantasy pro and SportsLine predictive data engineer Mike McClure, this proprietary Formula 1 prediction model simulates every race 10,000 times, taking into account factors such as track history and recent results. It’s had a strong history of betting success in motorsports, correctly predicting 20 NASCAR winners since the 2021 season and its projected leaderboards have forecasted winners across multiple racing formats.
The model has been scorching hot when it comes to picking Formula 1 race events dating back to 2021 as well. It nailed both of Charles Leclerc’s wins in 2022, and at the 2021 Mexican Grand Prix, the model was strongly backing Verstappen as its top pick. The result: Verstappen dominated the field and ran away with a surprise victory.
The model followed that up by calling Verstappen’s win at the Rolex Emilia Romagna GP in April and then nailed his wins again in Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan, the United States, Mexico and Abu Dhabi. It also called all 19 of Verstappen’s wins during the 2023 season and nailed each of his first seven wins in 2024.
It went on to predict Norris as a +200 winner in the Netherlands, a +190 winner in Singapore and a +250 winner in Abu Dhabi before projecting Norris for a +185 win at the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Anyone who followed the model’s lead on those plays at sportsbooks and on betting apps could have seen huge returns.
Now, the model has dialed in on the 2025 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix and just released its coveted picks and leaderboard projections. You can head to SportsLine now to see the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix projected leaderboard.
Top 2025 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix predictions
One surprise: The model is predicting a points finish (top 10) for Williams’ Carlos Sainz Jr. that would pay out +175 at BetMGM. Sainz spent the last four years of his career with Ferrari but found himself without a ride when Hamilton made the jump to the Scuderia from Mercedes. However, he eventually landed with Williams and has one points finish so far this season.
That came in China after three teams (including both Ferraris) were disqualified for failing a post-race inspection. Now Sainz will look for his first regulation top-10 and he has recorded five consecutive points finishes in Bahrain, including podium finishes there in 2022 and 2024. His Williams teammate Alex Albon has been in the points all three races this season, so Williams has a quick car, it’s just a matter of getting Sainz dialed in. See more 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix picks right here.
How to make 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix picks
The model has revealed its win prediction and is also targeting a driver going off with double-digit odds to make a surprising surge up the 2025 Bahrain GP leaderboard. Anyone who backs him could hit it big. You can find out who he is, and see all of the model’s F1 picks and predictions, at SportsLine.
So who wins the Bahrain Grand Prix 2025, and which stunning longshot charges toward the front? Check out the latest 2025 F1 odds below, then visit SportsLine now to see the full projected 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix leaderboard, all from the model that nailed all 26 of Verstappen’s 30 wins since the start of 2023 as well as four of Norris’s five wins the last two seasons, and find out.
2025 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix odds, grid, contenders
See F1 Bahrain Grand Prix picks at SportsLine.
Lando Norris +160
Oscar Piastri +180
Max Verstappen +300
George Russell +1400
Charles Leclerc +2000
Lewis Hamilton +2000
Kimi Antonelli +6500
Yuki Tsunoda +10000
Isack Hadjar +20000
Alex Albon +20000
Carlos Sainz +20000
Liam Lawson +20000
Fernando Alonso +25000
Pierre Gasly +25000
Oliver Bearman +25000
Esteban Ocon +25000
Nico Hulkenberg +30000
Lance Stroll +30000
Jack Doohan +50000
Gabriel Bortoleto +50000
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