2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 5 March 2023
Winner	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Pole position	Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Fastest lap	Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
Circuit	Sakhir, 57 laps
Round	1 of 23
Race numbers	The 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix was the: 1,080th World Championship race 19th World Championship Bahrain Grand Prix 20th World Championship race at Sakhir
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Previous race	2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	57	1hr 33m 56.736s	25
2		(MEX) Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	57	+11.987s	18
3	+2	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	57	+38.637s	15
4		(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	57	+48.052s	12
5	+2	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+50.977s	10
6	+2	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	57	+54.502s	8
7	-1	(GBR) George Russell	Mercedes	57	+55.873s	6
8	+4	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	57	+1m 12.647s	4
9	+11	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	57	+1m 13.753s	2
10	+5	(THA) Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	57	+1m 29.774s	1
11	+3	(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	57	+1m 30.870s
12	+4	(USA) Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1 lap
13	+4	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
14	+5	(NLD) Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	56	+1 lap
15	-5	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1 lap (15.000s)
16	-3	(CHN) Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	56	+1 lap
17	-6	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+2 laps
R		(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault		DNF
R		(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari		DNF
R		(AUS) Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes		DNF

Notes

Nico Hulkenberg received a 15-second time penalty for multiple track limit violations.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(NLD) Max Verstappen	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1:29.708
2	(MEX) Sergio Perez	Red Bull-Honda RBPT	1:29.846	0.138
3	(MCO) Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.000	0.292
4	(ESP) Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.154	0.446
5	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:30.336	0.628
6	(GBR) George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.340	0.632
7	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.384	0.676
8	(CAN) Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:30.836	1.128
9	(FRA) Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:30.984	1.276
10	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	–	–
Q2
11	(GBR) Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.381
12	(FIN) Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:31.443
13	(CHN) Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:31.473
14	(JPN) Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:32.510
15	(THA) Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	–
Q1
16	(USA) Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.652
17	(DNK) Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.892
18	(AUS) Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.101
19	(NLD) Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:32.121
20	(FRA) Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:32.181

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Oscar Piastri; Logan Sargeant (first American driver to start a race since 2015)
Milestone race start: 50th for Aston Martin (48th constructor to start 50 races)
Wins: 36th for Max Verstappen; 93rd for Red Bull
Race 1-2: 23rd for Red Bull
Podiums: 99th for Fernando Alonso (first podium since 2021; first for Aston Martin); 78th for Max Verstappen; 27th for Sergio Perez; 235th & 236th for Red Bull; 2nd for Aston Martin (first podium since 2021)
Poles: 21st for Max Verstappen; 82nd for Red Bull
Qualifying 1-2: 26th for Red Bull
Fastest laps: 2nd for Guanyu Zhou; 16th for Alfa Romeo
Front row starts: 43rd for Max Verstappen; 7th for Sergio Perez
Pole & win: 16th for Max Verstappen