Round 1 of the season · 5 March 2023Official result

Bahrain Grand Prix 2023

Bahrain International Circuit · Sakhir · Night race

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Lap – / 570:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:22:42	14	Retirement Piastri
0:23:40	15	Penalty Ocon: 5 s
0:39:37	25	Penalty Ocon: 10 s
0:45:28	28	Penalty Ocon: 5 s
1:06:17	41	Retirement Leclerc
1:06:40	41	Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
1:08:16	42	Virtual Safety Car (VSC) ending
1:10:28	43	Retirement Ocon
1:28:33	54	Penalty Hülkenberg: 5 s
1:33:57		Chequered flag

Data: OpenF1 (positions twice per second, movement in between calculated; telemetry of the selected car 4 times per second including revs; race control messages; safety car position approximated). Reconstruction from measured data, not a broadcast.

Schedule · UK time (GMT)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 3 Mar · 11:30
Local time 14:30
✓Free Practice 2Live
Fri 3 Mar · 15:00
Local time 18:00
✓Free Practice 3Live
Sat 4 Mar · 11:30
Local time 14:30
✓QualifyingLive
Sat 4 Mar · 15:00
Local time 18:00
✓RaceLive
Sun 5 Mar · 15:00
Local time 18:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	6:30 am	3:30 am	22:30	17:00	14:30
Free Practice 2	10:00 am	7:00 am	Sat 02:00	20:30	18:00
Free Practice 3	6:30 am	3:30 am	22:30	17:00	14:30
Qualifying	10:00 am	7:00 am	Sun 02:00	20:30	18:00
Race	10:00 am	7:00 am	Mon 02:00	20:30	18:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	57	1:33:56.736	25
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	2	57	+11.987s	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	5	57	+38.637s	15
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	57	+48.052s	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	57	+50.977s	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	8	57	+54.502s	8
7	George Russell	Mercedes	6	57	+55.873s	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	12	57	+72.647s	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20	57	+73.753s	2
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+89.774s	1
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	14	57	+90.870s	0
12	Logan Sargeant	Williams	16	56	+1.136s	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	17	56	+16.757s	0
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	19	56	+22.523s	0
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	10	56	+38.911s	0
16	Guanyu ZhouFastest lap	Alfa Romeo	13	56	+39.649s	0
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	11	55	+6.636s	0
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	9	41	Retired	0
19	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	39	Retired	0
20	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	18	13	Retired	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:31.295	1:30.503	1:29.708
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:31.479	1:30.746	1:29.846
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.094	1:30.282	1:30.000
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.993	1:30.515	1:30.154
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.158	1:30.645	1:30.336
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.057	1:30.507	1:30.340
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.543	1:30.513	1:30.384
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.184	1:31.127	1:30.836
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.508	1:30.914	1:30.984
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:31.204	1:30.809	–
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.652	1:31.381	–	Q2
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.504	1:31.443	–	Q2
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.615	1:31.473	–	Q2
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.400	1:32.510	–	Q2
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.461	–	–	Q2
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:31.652	–	–	Q1
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:31.892	–	–	Q1
18	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.101	–	–	Q1
19	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:32.121	–	–	Q1
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32.181	–	–	Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:32.758		21
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:33.196	+0.438s	22
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:33.375	+0.617s	21
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.165	+1.407s	21
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.257	+1.499s	17
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:34.298	+1.540s	17
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:34.402	+1.644s	20
8	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:34.575	+1.817s	18
9	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:34.689	+1.931s	20
10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.917	+2.159s	13
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.966	+2.208s	20
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:34.997	+2.239s	24
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:35.015	+2.257s	20
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:35.043	+2.285s	22
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.105	+2.347s	20
16	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:35.402	+2.644s	25
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:35.455	+2.697s	22
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:35.749	+2.991s	24
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:36.018	+3.260s	15
20	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:36.072	+3.314s	21

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.907		25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:31.076	+0.169s	24
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:31.078	+0.171s	26
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.367	+0.460s	26
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:31.376	+0.469s	25
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.450	+0.543s	28
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.475	+0.568s	24
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.543	+0.636s	27
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.570	+0.663s	27
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.586	+0.679s	27
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.608	+0.701s	25
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.793	+0.886s	28
13	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.882	+0.975s	25
14	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:31.956	+1.049s	28
15	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.024	+1.117s	27
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:32.110	+1.203s	18
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:32.440	+1.533s	28
18	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:32.525	+1.618s	27
19	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:32.605	+1.698s	28
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:32.749	+1.842s	29

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:32.340		13
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:32.345	+0.005s	13
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:32.446	+0.106s	12
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.555	+0.215s	17
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.624	+0.284s	21
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:32.731	+0.391s	17
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.919	+0.579s	16
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.945	+0.605s	21
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:33.045	+0.705s	12
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:33.064	+0.724s	13
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.116	+0.776s	16
12	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:33.180	+0.840s	13
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.202	+0.862s	16
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:33.381	+1.041s	21
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:33.423	+1.083s	23
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.475	+1.135s	15
17	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:33.629	+1.289s	14
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:33.665	+1.325s	15
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:33.882	+1.542s	15
20	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:34.082	+1.742s	18

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Watch the pole lap

0km/h

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Throttle

Brake

0:00.0000,00 km

Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:29.708)	Sergio Pérez (1:29.846)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 305 · 65 km/h · gear 2	braking from 325 · 70 km/h · gear 2
The second corner: slight right kink	braking from 305 · 195 km/h · gear 5	braking from 325 · 175 km/h · gear 3
The third corner: right-left chicane	braking from 300 · 125 km/h · gear 4	braking from 285 · 125 km/h · gear 4
The fourth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 245 · 210 km/h · gear 5	braking from 230 · 205 km/h · gear 5
The fifth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 210 · 125 km/h · gear 3	braking from 225 · 155 km/h · gear 3
The sixth corner: left-hand hairpin	braking from 200 · 85 km/h · gear 2	braking from 240 · 90 km/h · gear 2
The seventh corner: left-right chicane	braking from 305 · 210 km/h · gear 5	braking from 295 · 205 km/h · gear 5
The eighth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 255 · 150 km/h · gear 4	braking from 265 · 145 km/h · gear 4
The ninth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 265 · 125 km/h · gear 4	braking from 240 · 125 km/h · gear 4

Data: OpenF1 (telemetry, approx. 4 data points per second, movement in between calculated).

Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid position	Driver	Penalty
1	Max Verstappen
2	Sergio Pérez
3	Charles Leclerc
4	Carlos Sainz
5	Fernando Alonso
6	George Russell
7	Lewis Hamilton
8	Lance Stroll
9	Esteban Ocon
10	Nico Hülkenberg
11	Lando Norris
12	Valtteri Bottas
13	Guanyu Zhou
14	Yuki Tsunoda
15	Alexander Albon
16	Logan Sargeant
17	Kevin Magnussen
18	Oscar Piastri
19	Nyck de Vries
20	Pierre Gasly

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
15	Esteban Ocon	Time penalty 5 s	INACCURATE GRID POSITION
25	Esteban Ocon	Time penalty 10 s	SERVING TIME PENALTY INCORRECTLY
28	Esteban Ocon	Time penalty 5 s	SPEEDING IN THE PIT LANE
54	Nico Hülkenberg	Time penalty 5 s	MULTIPLE TRACK LIMITS
57	Nico Hülkenberg	Time penalty 10 s	MULTIPLE TRACK LIMITS

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:29.708

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:33.996

Guanyu Zhou

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car periods

plus 1 × VSC

Weather at the start

28 °C

Air · track 32 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
25 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
18 points
−7
3
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
15 points
−10
4
Carlos SainzFerrari
12 points
−13
5
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
10 points
−15
6
Lance StrollAston Martin
8 points
−17
7
George RussellMercedes
6 points
−19
8
Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo
4 points
−21
9
Pierre GaslyAlpine
2 points
−23
10
Alexander AlbonWilliams
1 point
−24

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
43 points
Leader
2
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
23 points
−20
3
MercedesKonstrukteure
16 points
−27
4
FerrariKonstrukteure
12 points
−31
5
Alfa RomeoKonstrukteure
4 points
−39

Full standings →

Bahrain International Circuit

Length

approx. 5.37 km

Lap record

1:33.996

Safety car rate

33 %

Win from pole

50 %

Full throttle

64.6 %

Top speed

315 km/h

A lap of Bahrain International Circuit →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2023?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2023.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.