Round 16 of the season · 4 October 2026Official result

Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026

Sepang International Circuit · Kuala Lumpur

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Relive the race

Lap – / 550:00:00
Events Race
TimeLapEvent
0:00:00Start
0:05:302Piastri overtakes Verstappen – P1
0:06:453Pit stop Piastri: Intermediate → Hard
0:09:394Pit stop Leclerc: Intermediate → Soft
0:18:559Retirement Bottas
0:19:159Safety Car
0:20:0210Pit stop Antonelli: Intermediate → Medium
0:20:0310Pit stop Verstappen: Soft → Soft
0:20:1710Pit stop Hadjar: Soft → Soft
0:20:2710Pit stop Lawson: Hard → Hard
0:20:3310Pit stop Lindblad: Hard → Hard
0:20:4110Pit stop Piastri: Hard → Medium
0:21:3510Pit stop Norris: Hard → Soft
0:21:3710Pit stop Leclerc: Soft → Soft
0:21:4510Pit stop Alonso: Hard → Soft
0:27:4112Safety Car coming in
0:42:0921Penalty Bortoleto: 10 s
0:56:0029Pit stop Leclerc
0:56:0729Pit stop Lindblad: Hard → Soft
0:59:2831Pit stop Lawson
1:00:5032Pit stop Hadjar
1:00:5232Pit stop Hamilton
1:01:2032Pit stop Alonso
1:03:4834Pit stop Verstappen
1:03:5834Pit stop Antonelli: Medium → Soft
1:04:3534Pit stop Piastri
1:06:2035Pit stop Norris
1:19:4943Retirement Albon
1:20:0043Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
1:21:1244Pit stop Verstappen
1:21:5444Pit stop Hamilton: Medium → Soft
1:22:1344Pit stop Leclerc: Soft → Soft
1:22:5144Pit stop Lindblad
1:23:4145Pit stop Antonelli: Soft → Soft
1:24:0645Pit stop Hadjar: Soft → Soft
1:25:2545Safety Car
1:26:4246Pit stop Piastri
1:26:5146Pit stop Norris: Soft → Soft
1:27:0346Pit stop Lawson: Hard → Soft
1:27:1446Pit stop Alonso
1:35:5250Retirement Russell
1:40:4151Safety Car coming in
1:47:15Chequered 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 (BST)

  1. ✓Free Practice 1Live
    Local time 12:30
  2. ✓Free Practice 2Live
    Local time 16:00
  3. ✓Free Practice 3Live
    Local time 12:30
  4. ✓QualifyingLive
    Local time 16:00
  5. ✓RaceLive
    Local time 15:00
Other time zones
SessionUS Eastern (ET)US Pacific (PT)Australia (Sydney)India (IST)Local time
Free Practice 112:30 amThu 9:30 pm14:3010:0012:30
Free Practice 24:00 am1:00 am18:0013:3016:00
Free Practice 312:30 amFri 9:30 pm14:3010:0012:30
Qualifying4:00 am1:00 am18:0013:3016:00
Race3:00 am12:00 am18:0012:3015:00

Result

Race

Race result
PosDriverTeamGridLapsTime / gapPoints
1Max VerstappenFastest lapRed Bull Racing1551:47:14.80825
2Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes355+2.307s18
3Lewis HamiltonFerrari255+4.919s15
4Charles LeclercFerrari455+7.258s12
5Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing855+8.571s10
6Oscar PiastriMcLaren655+9.454s8
7Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1155+12.753s6
8Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1255+13.372s4
9Lando NorrisMcLaren555+13.993s2
10Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls2255+15.928s1
11Nico HülkenbergAudi1555+17.404s0
12Lance StrollAston Martin1455+18.052s0
13Franco ColapintoAlpine2155+18.997s0
14Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1655+22.305s0
15Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1755+22.532s0
16Pierre GaslyAlpine955+23.315s0
17Carlos SainzWilliams1355+25.431s0
18Gabriel BortoletoAudi1055+28.233s0
19Sergio PérezCadillac2055+29.310s0
20George RussellMercedes749+-696.638s0
21Alexander AlbonWilliams1841Retired0
22Valtteri BottasCadillac197Retired0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
PosDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Eliminated in
1Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:36.4771:35.6961:35.130
2Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:36.5951:36.0321:35.428
3Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:36.8981:36.1921:35.558
4Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:37.0411:35.9591:35.631
5Charles LeclercFerrari1:36.7301:35.9701:35.666
6Lando NorrisMcLaren1:37.0921:36.1731:35.757
7Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:36.8521:36.0201:35.762
8George RussellMercedes1:37.2641:36.2451:35.871
9Pierre GaslyAlpine1:37.1741:36.4101:37.210
10Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:37.1061:36.8141:37.673
11Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:37.3321:37.023–Q2
12Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:37.7211:37.220–Q2
13Carlos SainzWilliams1:37.6511:37.527–Q2
14Lance StrollAston Martin1:37.7291:37.566–Q2
15Franco ColapintoAlpine1:37.179––Q2
16Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:37.883––Q2
17Nico HülkenbergAudi1:37.970––Q1
18Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:37.980––Q1
19Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:38.233––Q1
20Alexander AlbonWilliams1:38.600––Q1
21Valtteri BottasCadillac1:38.611––Q1
22Sergio PérezCadillac1:38.933––Q1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGapLaps
1Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:37.52023
2George RussellMercedes1:37.903+0.383s25
3Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:38.303+0.783s23
4Charles LeclercFerrari1:38.367+0.847s25
5Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:38.580+1.060s23
6Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:38.590+1.070s21
7Pierre GaslyAlpine1:38.715+1.195s22
8Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:39.106+1.586s22
9Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:39.197+1.677s27
10Nico HülkenbergAudi1:39.211+1.691s23
11Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:39.276+1.756s23
12Lando NorrisMcLaren1:39.293+1.773s21
13Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:39.548+2.028s25
14Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:39.683+2.163s22
15Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:40.158+2.638s23
16Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:40.311+2.791s23
17Alexander AlbonWilliams1:40.321+2.801s22
18Lance StrollAston Martin1:40.413+2.893s19
19Franco ColapintoAlpine1:40.531+3.011s22
20Carlos SainzWilliams1:40.605+3.085s25
21Valtteri BottasCadillac1:40.800+3.280s23
22Sergio PérezCadillac1:40.820+3.300s24

Free Practice 2

Free Practice 2 result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGapLaps
1Charles LeclercFerrari1:37.52829
2Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:37.627+0.099s23
3Lando NorrisMcLaren1:37.665+0.137s25
4Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:37.785+0.257s20
5Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:37.833+0.305s28
6Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:37.899+0.371s26
7George RussellMercedes1:38.020+0.492s28
8Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:38.060+0.532s28
9Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:38.496+0.968s30
10Pierre GaslyAlpine1:38.588+1.060s29
11Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:38.880+1.352s33
12Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:39.051+1.523s25
13Nico HülkenbergAudi1:39.109+1.581s30
14Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:39.361+1.833s29
15Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:39.478+1.950s28
16Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:39.706+2.178s30
17Carlos SainzWilliams1:39.930+2.402s31
18Lance StrollAston Martin1:40.150+2.622s26
19Valtteri BottasCadillac1:40.186+2.658s27
20Alexander AlbonWilliams1:40.221+2.693s30
21Sergio PérezCadillac1:40.938+3.410s28
22Franco ColapintoAlpine1:43.391+5.863s31

Free Practice 3

Free Practice 3 result
PosDriverTeamBest timeGapLaps
1Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:36.30212
2Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing1:36.580+0.278s12
3Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing1:36.860+0.558s15
4George RussellMercedes1:36.912+0.610s11
5Charles LeclercFerrari1:37.016+0.714s19
6Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:37.041+0.739s15
7Lando NorrisMcLaren1:37.161+0.859s15
8Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:37.366+1.064s16
9Franco ColapintoAlpine1:37.920+1.618s20
10Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:38.084+1.782s24
11Gabriel BortoletoAudi1:38.204+1.902s15
12Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:38.223+1.921s13
13Pierre GaslyAlpine1:38.241+1.939s20
14Esteban OconHaas F1 Team1:38.252+1.950s12
15Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:38.266+1.964s17
16Nico HülkenbergAudi1:38.356+2.054s14
17Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team1:38.692+2.390s12
18Carlos SainzWilliams1:38.716+2.414s21
19Lance StrollAston Martin1:38.811+2.509s12
20Alexander AlbonWilliams1:39.049+2.747s18
21Valtteri BottasCadillac1:39.931+3.629s14
22Sergio PérezCadillac1:40.223+3.921s20
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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
CornerMax Verstappen (1:35.130)Lewis Hamilton (1:35.428)
The first corner: right-left chicanebraking from 305 · 70 km/h · gear 1braking from 275 · 75 km/h · gear 1
The second corner: medium-speed right-hander105 km/h · gear 1braking from 105 · 90 km/h · gear 1
The third corner: fast right-hander250 km/h · gear 6245 km/h · gear 6
The fourth corner: right-left chicanebraking from 265 · 210 km/h · gear 5braking from 280 · 210 km/h · gear 5
The fifth corner: fast right-hander250 km/h · gear 6255 km/h · gear 6
The sixth corner: medium-speed right-handerbraking from 260 · 195 km/h · gear 5braking from 255 · 195 km/h · gear 5
The seventh corner: left-right chicanebraking from 245 · 165 km/h · gear 4braking from 275 · 160 km/h · gear 3
The eighth corner: left-right chicanebraking from 245 · 215 km/h · gear 7braking from 250 · 235 km/h · gear 6
The ninth corner: left-hand hairpinbraking from 290 · 80 km/h · gear 1braking from 255 · 85 km/h · gear 2

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

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Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid positionDriverPenalty
1Max Verstappen
2Lewis Hamilton
3Andrea Kimi Antonelli
4Charles Leclerc
5Lando Norris
6Oscar Piastri
7George Russell
8Isack Hadjar
9Pierre Gasly
10Gabriel Bortoleto
11Liam Lawson
12Fernando Alonso
13Carlos Sainz
14Lance Stroll
15Nico Hülkenberg
16Oliver Bearman
17Esteban Ocon
18Alexander Albon
19Valtteri Bottas
20Sergio Pérez
21Franco Colapinto
22Arvid Lindblad

Penalties

Penalties
LapDriverTypeReason
21Gabriel BortoletoTime penalty 10 sCAUSING A COLLISION (17:01:01)

The race in numbers

Pole position
1:35.130
Max Verstappen
Fastest lap
1:38.220
Max Verstappen
pit stops
73
across the whole field
Safety Car periods
2
plus 1 × VSC
Weather at the start
26 °C
Air · track 33 °C
Tyres
Hard · Intermediate · Medium · Soft
compounds used

Standings after this race

Drivers

  1. 1
    Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes
    320 points
    Leader
  2. 2
    George RussellMercedes
    236 points
    −84
  3. 3
    Lewis HamiltonFerrari
    214 points
    −106
  4. 4
    Charles LeclercFerrari
    191 points
    −129 ▲1
  5. 5
    Lando NorrisMcLaren
    188 points
    −132 ▼1
  6. 6
    Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
    188 points
    −132
  7. 7
    Oscar PiastriMcLaren
    128 points
    −192
  8. 8
    Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing
    96 points
    −224
  9. 9
    Liam LawsonRed Bull Racing
    65 points
    −255
  10. 10
    Pierre GaslyAlpine
    41 points
    −279

Teams

  1. 1
    MercedesKonstrukteure
    556 points
    Leader
  2. 2
    FerrariKonstrukteure
    405 points
    −151
  3. 3
    McLarenKonstrukteure
    316 points
    −240
  4. 4
    Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
    298 points
    −258
  5. 5
    Racing BullsKonstrukteure
    90 points
    −466
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Sepang International Circuit

Length
approx. 5.48 km
Lap record
1:38.220
Safety car rate
100 %
Win from pole
50 %
Full throttle
63.6 %
Top speed
321 km/h
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Frequently asked questions

Who won the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.