2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date: 5 Mar 2023
Circuit: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Round: 1 of 22
Winner: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Tyre compounds: C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft source
Pole position: Max Verstappen (1:29.708)

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1	57	1:33:56.736		25
2	11	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	2	57	+11.987		18
3	14	ALOFernando Alonso	Aston Martin	5	57	+38.637		15
4	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	57	+48.052		12
5	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	57	+50.977		10
6	18	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	8	57	+54.502		8
7	63	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	6	57	+55.873		6
8	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	12	57	+72.647		4
9	10	GASPierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	20	57	+73.753		2
10	23	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+89.774		1
11	22	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	14	57	+90.870		0
12	2	SARLogan Sargeant	Williams	16	56	+1 Lap		0
13	20	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	17	56	+1 Lap		0
14	21	DEVNyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	19	56	+1 Lap		0
15	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	10	56	+1 Lap		0
16	24	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	13	56	+1 Lap	1:33.996	0
17	4	NORLando Norris	McLaren	11	55	+2 Laps		0
R	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	9	41	Mechanical		0
R	16	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	39	Engine		0
R	81	PIAOscar Piastri	McLaren	18	13	Electrical		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 99 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 14, 36), stints of 14 soft, 22 soft, 21 hard laps
2nd: Sergio Pérez: 2 stops (laps 17, 34), stints of 17 soft, 17 soft, 23 hard laps
3rd: Fernando Alonso: 2 stops (laps 14, 34), stints of 14 soft, 20 hard, 23 hard laps
Finishers: 2 stops: 9 · 3 or more: 8
First stops: median lap 12 of 57

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
VERMax Verstappen	2	14 (24.3 s), 36 (24.9 s)	142221
PERSergio Pérez	2	17 (24.3 s), 34 (25.1 s)	171723
ALOFernando Alonso	2	14 (25.8 s), 34 (24.9 s)	142023
SAICarlos Sainz	2	13 (24.5 s), 31 (24.2 s)	131826
HAMLewis Hamilton	2	12 (24.7 s), 30 (24.7 s)	121827
STRLance Stroll	2	15 (25.4 s), 30 (24.6 s)	151527
RUSGeorge Russell	2	13 (27.1 s), 31 (24.4 s)	131826
BOTValtteri Bottas	2	11 (25.4 s), 29 (25.6 s)	111828
GASPierre Gasly	3	9 (25.9 s), 25 (24.9 s), 40 (24.7 s)	9161517
ALBAlexander Albon	3	11 (25.1 s), 26 (24.9 s), 40 (24.5 s)	11151417
TSUYuki Tsunoda	3	10 (25.3 s), 26 (24.4 s), 40 (25.8 s)	10161417
SARLogan Sargeant	3	12 (25.6 s), 30 (25.7 s), 40 (25.0 s)	12181016
MAGKevin Magnussen	3	15 (25.4 s), 29 (25.3 s), 40 (25.1 s)	15141116
DEVNyck de Vries	2	11 (25.0 s), 27 (25.2 s)	111629
HULNico Hülkenberg	3	11 (26.1 s), 26 (37.8 s), 40 (27.1 s)	11151416
ZHOGuanyu Zhou	3	12 (25.8 s), 32 (25.3 s), 54 (30.2 s)	122022
NORLando Norris	6	10 (32.8 s), 17 (33.7 s), 27 (33.5 s), 37 (33.2 s), 47 (30.7 s), 54 (31.5 s)	1071010108
OCOEsteban Ocon	3	12 (25.0 s), 15 (41.5 s), 32 (44.5 s)	12209
LECCharles Leclerc	2	13 (24.3 s), 33 (24.6 s)	13206
PIAOscar Piastri	0		13

Bar colours are the tyre compound of each stint: hard medium soft intermediate wet not known (the records disagree). Compounds from Pirelli's post-race pit-stop graphic (press.pirelli.com).

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.295	1:30.503	1:29.708	fastest Q3
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.479	1:30.746	1:29.846	+0.138 Q3
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.094	1:30.282	1:30.000	+0.292 Q3
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.993	1:30.515	1:30.154	+0.446 Q3
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.158	1:30.645	1:30.336	+0.628 Q3
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.057	1:30.507	1:30.340	+0.632 Q3
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.543	1:30.513	1:30.384	+0.676 Q3
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.184	1:31.127	1:30.836	+1.128 Q3
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:31.508	1:30.914	1:30.984	+1.206 Q2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:31.204	1:30.809		+1.101 Q2
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.652	1:31.381		+1.673 Q2
12	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.504	1:31.443		+1.735 Q2
13	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.615	1:31.473		+1.765 Q2
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.400	1:32.510		+1.692 Q1
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.461			+1.753 Q1
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:31.652			+1.944 Q1
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:31.892			+2.184 Q1
18	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:32.101			+2.393 Q1
19	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	1:32.121			+2.413 Q1
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:32.181			+2.473 Q1

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	25
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	0	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	0	15
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	0	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	0	8
7	George Russell	Mercedes	0	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	0	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	0	2
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	0	1

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Red Bull	1	43
2	Aston Martin	0	23
3	Mercedes	0	16
4	Ferrari	0	12
5	Alfa Romeo	0	4
6	Alpine F1 Team	0	2
7	Williams	0	1
8	AlphaTauri	0	0
9	Haas F1 Team	0	0
10	McLaren	0	0

Full 2023 standings