Race · Round 1 of 22 · 5 March 2023

2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Bahrain International Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified.

Circuit: Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
Winner: Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Zhou Guanyu
Entries: 2017 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB19	1	57	Finished	25
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	RB19	2	57	Finished	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	AMR23	5	57	Finished	15
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	SF-23	4	57	Finished	12
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W14	7	57	Finished	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR23	8	57	Finished	8
7	George Russell	Mercedes	F1 W14	6	57	Finished	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	C43	12	57	Finished	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	A523	20	57	Finished	2
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	FW45	15	57	Finished	1
11	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT04	14	57	Finished	0
12	Logan Sargeant	Williams	FW45	16	56	Finished	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-23	17	56	Finished	0
14	Nyck de Vries	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AT04	19	56	Finished	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	VF-23	10	56	Finished	0
16	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	C43	13	56	Finished	0	fastest lap
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL60	11	55	Finished	0
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	A523	9	41	Withdrew	0
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF-23	3	39	Engine	0
DNF	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	MCL60	18	13	Electrical	0

F1DB layout bahrain-1 · 5.412 km · 15 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Max Verstappen	1	1	57
Sergio Perez	2	2	57
Fernando Alonso	5	3	57
Carlos Sainz	4	4	57
Sir Lewis Hamilton	7	5	57
Lance Stroll	8	6	57
George Russell	6	7	57
Valtteri Bottas	12	8	57
Pierre Gasly	20	9	57
Alexander Albon	15	10	57
Yuki Tsunoda	14	11	57
Logan Sargeant	16	12	56
Kevin Magnussen	17	13	56
Nyck de Vries	19	14	56
Nico Hulkenberg	10	15	56
Zhou Guanyu	13	16	56
Lando Norris	11	17	55
Esteban Ocon	9	DNF	41
Charles Leclerc	3	DNF	39
Oscar Piastri	18	DNF	13

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:31.295	1:30.503	1:29.708	—	—
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.479	1:30.746	1:29.846	+0.138	+0.138
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.094	1:30.282	1:30.000	+0.292	+0.154
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:30.993	1:30.515	1:30.154	+0.446	+0.154
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:31.158	1:30.645	1:30.336	+0.628	+0.182
6	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:31.057	1:30.507	1:30.340	+0.632	+0.004
7	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.543	1:30.513	1:30.384	+0.676	+0.044
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:31.184	1:31.127	1:30.836	+1.128	+0.452
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:31.508	1:30.914	1:30.984	+1.276	+0.148
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:31.204	1:30.809	—	—	—
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.652	1:31.381	—	—	—
12	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:31.504	1:31.443	—	—	—
13	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:31.615	1:31.473	—	—	—
14	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:31.400	1:32.510	—	—	—
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:31.461	—	—	—	—
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	1:31.652	—	—	—	—
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:31.892	—	—	—	—
18	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:32.101	—	—	—	—
19	Nyck de Vries	Scuderia AlphaTauri	21	1:32.121	—	—	—	—
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:32.181	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Max Verstappen	1	57	2	14, 36
Sergio Perez	2	57	2	17, 34
Fernando Alonso	3	57	2	14, 34
Carlos Sainz	4	57	2	13, 31
Sir Lewis Hamilton	5	57	2	12, 30
Lance Stroll	6	57	2	15, 30
George Russell	7	57	2	13, 31
Valtteri Bottas	8	57	2	11, 29
Pierre Gasly	9	57	3	9, 25, 40
Alexander Albon	10	57	3	11, 26, 40
Yuki Tsunoda	11	57	3	10, 26, 40
Logan Sargeant	12	56	3	12, 30, 40
Kevin Magnussen	13	56	3	15, 29, 40
Nyck de Vries	14	56	2	11, 27
Nico Hulkenberg	15	56	3	11, 26, 40
Zhou Guanyu	16	56	3	12, 32, 54
Lando Norris	17	55	6	10, 17, 27, 37, 47, 54
Esteban Ocon	DNF	41	3	12, 15, 32
Charles Leclerc	DNF	39	2	13, 33
Oscar Piastri	DNF	13	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Max Verstappen · Sergio Perez	1 · 2	1 · 2	14 · 17	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Fernando Alonso	2 · 5	2 · 3	17 · 14	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Fernando Alonso	4 · 5	4 · 3	13 · 14	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · George Russell	5 · 6	3 · 7	14 · 13	George Russell	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Sir Lewis Hamilton	4 · 7	4 · 5	13 · 12	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
George Russell · Sir Lewis Hamilton	6 · 7	7 · 5	13 · 12	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Lance Stroll	7 · 8	5 · 6	12 · 15	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
George Russell · Lance Stroll	6 · 8	7 · 6	13 · 15	George Russell	Swapped places
George Russell · Valtteri Bottas	6 · 12	7 · 8	13 · 11	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Valtteri Bottas	11 · 12	17 · 8	10 · 11	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Valtteri Bottas · Zhou Guanyu	12 · 13	8 · 16	11 · 12	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Pierre Gasly	12 · 20	8 · 9	11 · 9	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Alexander Albon · Pierre Gasly	15 · 20	10 · 9	11 · 9	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Nyck de Vries · Pierre Gasly	19 · 20	14 · 9	11 · 9	Pierre Gasly	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Alexander Albon	14 · 15	11 · 10	10 · 11	Yuki Tsunoda	Swapped places
Alexander Albon · Logan Sargeant	15 · 16	10 · 12	11 · 12	Alexander Albon	Kept their order
Zhou Guanyu · Yuki Tsunoda	13 · 14	16 · 11	12 · 10	Yuki Tsunoda	Swapped places
Yuki Tsunoda · Logan Sargeant	14 · 16	11 · 12	10 · 12	Yuki Tsunoda	Kept their order
Logan Sargeant · Kevin Magnussen	16 · 17	12 · 13	12 · 15	Logan Sargeant	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Nyck de Vries	17 · 19	13 · 14	15 · 11	Nyck de Vries	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Nyck de Vries	10 · 19	15 · 14	11 · 11	Same lap	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Zhou Guanyu	10 · 13	15 · 16	11 · 12	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Lando Norris	10 · 11	15 · 17	11 · 10	Lando Norris	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Zhou Guanyu	11 · 13	17 · 16	10 · 12	Lando Norris	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:32.758	—	—	21
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:33.196	+0.438	+0.438	22
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33.375	+0.617	+0.179	21
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:34.165	+1.407	+0.790	21
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:34.257	+1.499	+0.092	17
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:34.298	+1.540	+0.041	17
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:34.402	+1.644	+0.104	20
8	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:34.575	+1.817	+0.173	18
9	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:34.689	+1.931	+0.114	20
10	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.917	+2.159	+0.228	13
11	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:34.966	+2.208	+0.049	20
12	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:34.997	+2.239	+0.031	24
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:35.015	+2.257	+0.018	20
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:35.043	+2.285	+0.028	22
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:35.105	+2.347	+0.062	20
16	Nyck de Vries	Scuderia AlphaTauri	21	1:35.402	+2.644	+0.297	25
17	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:35.455	+2.697	+0.053	22
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	1:35.749	+2.991	+0.294	24
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:36.018	+3.260	+0.269	15
20	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:36.072	+3.314	+0.054	21

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:30.907	—	—	25
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:31.076	+0.169	+0.169	24
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:31.078	+0.171	+0.002	26
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:31.367	+0.460	+0.289	26
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:31.376	+0.469	+0.009	25
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:31.450	+0.543	+0.074	28
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:31.475	+0.568	+0.025	24
8	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:31.543	+0.636	+0.068	27
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:31.570	+0.663	+0.027	27
10	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:31.586	+0.679	+0.016	27
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:31.608	+0.701	+0.022	25
12	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:31.793	+0.886	+0.185	28
13	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:31.882	+0.975	+0.089	25
14	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:31.956	+1.049	+0.074	28
15	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:32.024	+1.117	+0.068	27
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:32.110	+1.203	+0.086	18
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:32.440	+1.533	+0.330	28
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:32.525	+1.618	+0.085	27
19	Nyck de Vries	Scuderia AlphaTauri	21	1:32.605	+1.698	+0.080	28
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	1:32.749	+1.842	+0.144	29

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:32.340	—	—	13
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:32.345	+0.005	+0.005	13
3	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	11	1:32.446	+0.106	+0.101	12
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:32.555	+0.215	+0.109	17
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:32.624	+0.284	+0.069	21
6	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:32.731	+0.391	+0.107	17
7	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:32.919	+0.579	+0.188	16
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	55	1:32.945	+0.605	+0.026	21
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:33.045	+0.705	+0.100	12
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:33.064	+0.724	+0.019	13
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	31	1:33.116	+0.776	+0.052	16
12	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	24	1:33.180	+0.840	+0.064	13
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:33.202	+0.862	+0.022	16
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:33.381	+1.041	+0.179	21
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	27	1:33.423	+1.083	+0.042	23
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	22	1:33.475	+1.135	+0.052	15
17	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	77	1:33.629	+1.289	+0.154	14
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	2	1:33.665	+1.325	+0.036	15
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:33.882	+1.542	+0.217	15
20	Nyck de Vries	Scuderia AlphaTauri	21	1:34.082	+1.742	+0.200	18

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

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Where this comes from

Round: 1 of 2023
Grand Prix: Bahrain Grand Prix
Dates: 5 Mar 2023
Layout raced: Grand Prix circuit · 5.412 km · 15 turns
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Honda RBPT
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.