Round 1 of the season · 2 March 2024Official result

Bahrain Grand Prix 2024

Bahrain International Circuit · Sakhir · Night race

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Lap – / 570:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:15:25	10	Pit stop Stroll: Soft → Hard
0:18:21	12	Pit stop Russell: Soft → Hard
0:18:24	12	Pit stop Leclerc: Soft → Hard
0:19:59	13	Pit stop Pérez: Soft → Hard
0:20:08	13	Pit stop Piastri: Soft → Hard
0:20:10	13	Pit stop Hamilton: Soft → Hard
0:21:42	14	Pit stop Norris: Soft → Hard
0:23:15	15	Pit stop Sainz: Soft → Hard
0:25:07	16	Pit stop Alonso: Soft → Hard
0:27:55	18	Pit stop Verstappen: Soft → Hard
0:45:07	28	Pit stop Stroll: Hard → Hard
0:51:04	32	Pit stop Russell: Hard → Hard
0:54:22	34	Pit stop Norris: Hard → Hard
0:54:28	34	Pit stop Hamilton: Hard → Hard
0:55:56	35	Pit stop Leclerc: Hard → Hard
0:56:03	35	Pit stop Piastri: Hard → Hard
0:57:20	36	Pit stop Sainz: Hard → Hard
0:58:54	37	Pit stop Pérez: Hard → Soft
1:00:12	38	Pit stop Verstappen: Hard → Soft
1:07:41	42	Pit stop Alonso: Hard → Hard
1:31:45		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
Thu 29 Feb · 11:30
Local time 14:30
✓Free Practice 2Live
Thu 29 Feb · 15:00
Local time 18:00
✓Free Practice 3Live
Fri 1 Mar · 12:30
Local time 15:30
✓QualifyingLive
Fri 1 Mar · 16:00
Local time 19:00
✓RaceLive
Sat 2 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	Fri 02:00	20:30	18:00
Free Practice 3	7:30 am	4:30 am	23:30	18:00	15:30
Qualifying	11:00 am	8:00 am	Sat 03:00	21:30	19:00
Race	10:00 am	7:00 am	Sun 02:00	20:30	18:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull Racing	1	57	1:31:44.742	26
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	5	57	+22.457s	18
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	57	+25.110s	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	57	+39.669s	12
5	George Russell	Mercedes	3	57	+46.788s	10
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	7	57	+48.458s	8
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	9	57	+50.324s	6
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	8	57	+56.082s	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	6	57	+74.887s	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	12	57	+93.216s	1
11	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	17	56	+6.759s	0
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	15	56	+8.316s	0
13	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	14	56	+8.958s	0
14	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	11	56	+9.482s	0
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	13	56	+11.886s	0
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	10	56	+17.632s	0
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	19	56	+31.450s	0
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20	56	+32.417s	0
19	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	16	56	+83.230s	0
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	18	55	+20.795s	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:30.031	1:29.374	1:29.179
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.243	1:29.165	1:29.407
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.350	1:29.922	1:29.485
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.909	1:29.573	1:29.507
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:30.221	1:29.932	1:29.537
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.179	1:29.801	1:29.542
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.143	1:29.941	1:29.614
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.531	1:30.122	1:29.683
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.451	1:29.718	1:29.710
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:30.566	1:29.851	1:30.502
11	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:30.481	1:30.129	–	Q2
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.965	1:30.200	–	Q2
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.397	1:30.221	–	Q2
14	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:30.562	1:30.278	–	Q2
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:30.646	1:30.529	–	Q2
16	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:30.756	–	–	Q1
17	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:30.757	–	–	Q1
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.770	–	–	Q1
19	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.793	–	–	Q1
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.948	–	–	Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:32.869		23
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.901	+0.032s	25
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:33.113	+0.244s	25
4	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:33.183	+0.314s	24
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:33.193	+0.324s	20
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:33.238	+0.369s	21
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.251	+0.382s	25
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.268	+0.399s	24
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.302	+0.433s	22
10	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:33.354	+0.485s	21
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:33.385	+0.516s	26
12	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:33.413	+0.544s	24
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:33.583	+0.714s	17
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.868	+0.999s	20
15	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:33.923	+1.054s	16
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:34.213	+1.344s	19
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.807	+1.938s	21
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:35.144	+2.275s	24
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:37.477	+4.608s	25
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:37.938	+5.069s	27

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.374		25
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.580	+0.206s	23
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.660	+0.286s	22
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.769	+0.395s	25
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.784	+0.410s	27
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:30.851	+0.477s	25
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:30.884	+0.510s	23
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.891	+0.517s	26
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.113	+0.739s	26
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:31.115	+0.741s	26
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.333	+0.959s	26
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:31.516	+1.142s	26
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:31.715	+1.341s	27
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:31.764	+1.390s	27
15	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:31.881	+1.507s	29
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.951	+1.577s	25
17	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:32.001	+1.627s	24
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.027	+1.653s	25
19	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:32.048	+1.674s	28
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.608	+2.234s	25

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.824		18
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.965	+0.141s	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:31.062	+0.238s	16
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.094	+0.270s	17
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.118	+0.294s	12
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.190	+0.366s	12
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:31.210	+0.386s	13
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:31.248	+0.424s	17
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:31.278	+0.454s	13
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.396	+0.572s	17
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:31.449	+0.625s	13
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.452	+0.628s	20
13	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:31.631	+0.807s	14
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:31.671	+0.847s	20
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.965	+1.141s	17
16	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:32.000	+1.176s	17
17	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:32.096	+1.272s	16
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.124	+1.300s	11
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:32.125	+1.301s	16
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32.382	+1.558s	14

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Watch the pole lap

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Throttle

Brake

0:00.0000,00 km

Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:29.179)	Charles Leclerc (1:29.407)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 315 · 70 km/h · gear 3	braking from 315 · 65 km/h · gear 2
The second corner: slight right kink	braking from 315 · 185 km/h · gear 4	braking from 315 · 185 km/h · gear 4
The third corner: right-left chicane	braking from 285 · 120 km/h · gear 4	braking from 300 · 130 km/h · gear 4
The fourth corner: fast right-hander	braking from 245 · 220 km/h · gear 6	braking from 250 · 220 km/h · gear 6
The fifth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 250 · 115 km/h · gear 3	braking from 260 · 150 km/h · gear 4
The sixth corner: left-hand hairpin	braking from 250 · 75 km/h · gear 3	braking from 255 · 75 km/h · gear 3
The seventh corner: left-right chicane	braking from 295 · 215 km/h · gear 5	braking from 305 · 205 km/h · gear 5
The eighth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 275 · 140 km/h · gear 4	braking from 275 · 145 km/h · gear 4
The ninth corner: medium-speed right-hander	braking from 285 · 135 km/h · gear 4	braking from 290 · 135 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	Charles Leclerc
3	George Russell
4	Carlos Sainz
5	Sergio Pérez
6	Fernando Alonso
7	Lando Norris
8	Oscar Piastri
9	Lewis Hamilton
10	Nico Hülkenberg
11	Yuki Tsunoda
12	Lance Stroll
13	Alexander Albon
14	Daniel Ricciardo
15	Kevin Magnussen
16	Valtteri Bottas
17	Guanyu Zhou
18	Logan Sargeant
19	Esteban Ocon
20	Pierre Gasly

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:29.179

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:32.608

Max Verstappen

pit stops

across the whole field

Weather at the start

18 °C

Air · track 24 °C

Tyres

Hard · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
26 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
18 points
−8
3
Carlos SainzFerrari
15 points
−11
4
Charles LeclercFerrari
12 points
−14
5
George RussellMercedes
10 points
−16
6
Lando NorrisMcLaren
8 points
−18
7
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
6 points
−20
8
Oscar PiastriMcLaren
4 points
−22
9
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
2 points
−24
10
Lance StrollAston Martin
1 point
−25

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
44 points
Leader
2
FerrariKonstrukteure
27 points
−17
3
MercedesKonstrukteure
16 points
−28
4
McLarenKonstrukteure
12 points
−32
5
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
3 points
−41

Full standings →

Bahrain International Circuit

Length

approx. 5.37 km

Lap record

1:32.608

Safety car rate

33 %

Win from pole

50 %

Full throttle

64.6 %

Top speed

315 km/h

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Frequently asked questions

Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2024?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2024.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.