Round 1 · 2023

Bahrain Grand Prix

Sakhir, Bahrain · 5 Mar 2023

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from pole, finishing 11.987s ahead of Sergio Perez.

There was 1 Virtual Safety Car.
Pierre Gasly was the big mover, climbing from P20 to P9.
Guanyu Zhou set the fastest lap: 1:33.996 on lap 56.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Soft → Soft → Hard.
3 drivers didn't finish: Charles Leclerc, Esteban Ocon and Oscar Piastri.
A dry race, with the track around 31°C.
394 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:33:56.736	25
2	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	2	+11.987s	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	5 ▲2	+38.637s	15
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	4	+48.052s	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7 ▲2	+50.977s	10
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	8 ▲2	+54.502s	8
7	George Russell	Mercedes	6 ▼1	+55.873s	6
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	12 ▲4	+72.647s	4
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20 ▲11	+73.753s	2
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	15 ▲5	+89.774s	1
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	14 ▲3	+90.87s	0
12	Logan Sargeant	Williams	16 ▲4	+1 LAP	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	17 ▲4	+1 LAP	0
14	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	19 ▲5	+1 LAP	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	10 ▼5	+1 LAP	0
16	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	13 ▼3	+1 LAP	0
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	11 ▼6	+2 LAPS	0
–	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	DNF	0
–	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	9	DNF	0
–	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	18	DNF	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.