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Home / Seasons / 2023 F1 World Championship Season / 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

DateSunday, 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
CircuitSakhir, 57 laps
Round1 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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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT571hr 33m 56.736s25
2 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT57+11.987s18
3+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes57+38.637s15
4 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari57+48.052s12
5+2(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes57+50.977s10
6+2(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes57+54.502s8
7-1(GBR) George RussellMercedes57+55.873s6
8+4(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari57+1m 12.647s4
9+11(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault57+1m 13.753s2
10+5(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes57+1m 29.774s1
11+3(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT57+1m 30.870s  
12+4(USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes56+1 lap  
13+4(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari56+1 lap 
14+5(NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT56+1 lap 
15-5(DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari56+1 lap (15.000s) 
16-3(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari56+1 lap 
17-6(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes55+2 laps 
R (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault DNF 
R (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari DNF 
R (AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes DNF 

Notes

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

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT
2 (MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT
3 (MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari
4 (ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari
5 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes
6 (GBR) George RussellMercedes
7 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes
8 (CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes
9 (FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault
10 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari
11 (GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes
12 (FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
13 (CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari
14 (JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
15 (THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes
16 (USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes
17 (DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari
18 (AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes
19 (NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT
20 (FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(NLD) Max VerstappenRed Bull-Honda RBPT1:29.708 
2(MEX) Sergio PerezRed Bull-Honda RBPT1:29.846 0.138
3(MCO) Charles LeclercFerrari1:30.0000.292
4(ESP) Carlos SainzFerrari1:30.1540.446
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoAston Martin-Mercedes1:30.3360.628
6(GBR) George RussellMercedes1:30.3400.632
7(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:30.3840.676
8(CAN) Lance StrollAston Martin-Mercedes1:30.8361.128
9(FRA) Esteban OconAlpine-Renault1:30.9841.276
10(DEU) Nico HulkenbergHaas-Ferrari––
Q2
11(GBR) Lando NorrisMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.381 
12(FIN) Valtteri BottasAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:31.443 
13(CHN) Guanyu ZhouAlfa Romeo-Ferrari1:31.473 
14(JPN) Yuki TsunodaAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:32.510 
15(THA) Alexander AlbonWilliams-Mercedes– 
Q1
16(USA) Logan SargeantWilliams-Mercedes1:31.652 
17(DNK) Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:31.892 
18(AUS) Oscar PiastriMcLaren-Mercedes1:32.101 
19(NLD) Nyck de VriesAlphaTauri-Honda RBPT1:32.121 
20(FRA) Pierre GaslyAlpine-Renault1:32.181 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NLD) Max Verstappen25
2(MEX) Sergio Perez18
3(ESP) Fernando Alonso15
4(ESP) Carlos Sainz12
5(GBR) Lewis Hamilton10
6(CAN) Lance Stroll8
7(GBR) George Russell6
8(FIN) Valtteri Bottas4
9(FRA) Pierre Gasly2
10(THA) Alexander Albon1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Honda RBPT43
2Aston Martin-Mercedes23
3Mercedes16
4Ferrari12
5Alfa Romeo-Ferrari4
6Alpine-Renault2
7Williams-Mercedes1

Statistics & milestones

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

See also

  • Bahrain Grand Prix
  • Sakhir circuit
  • 2023 World Championship season

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