Bahrain 2023! Everything You Need To Know...
Updated: Mar 5
After a long 3 months Formula 1 is back! Welcome to the first Grand Prix of the 2023 season in Bahrain.
This is the first time we get to see the new cars on track to race along with seeing how the rookies perform for the first time under the pressure of an F1 race.
I'll be updating this post over the weekend when new results/news come up!
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Bahrain Schedule (GMT)
Friday 3rd March 2023:
Free Practice 1: 11:30 - 12:30
Free Practice 2: 15:00 - 16:00
Saturday 4th March 2023:
Free Practice 3: 11:30 - 12:30
Qualifying: 15:00 - 16:00
Sunday 5th March 2023:
The Race: 15:00
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About The Track
The Bahrain International Circuit was built in 2002 with the first Grand Prix being held in 2004.
The circuit has three DRS zones with a speed trap just before Turn 1.
The race will have 57 laps of the 5.412km circuit.
The lap record was set by Pedro de la Rosa at 1:31.447 in 2005.
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Free Practice Updates
Free Practice 1 -
Times By Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P9. 1:34.689. Completed 20 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P8. 1:34.575. Completed 18 laps.
AlphaTauri
Yuki Tsunoda: P13. 1:35.015. Completed 20 laps.
Nyck De Vries: P16. 1:35.402. Completed 25 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P15. 1:35.105. Completed 20 laps.
Pierre Gasly: P17. 1:35.455. Completed 22 laps.
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso: P2. 1:33.196. Completed 22 laps.
Lance Stroll: P6. 1:34.298. Completed 17 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P20. 1:36.072. Completed 21 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P5. 1:34.257. Completed 17 laps.
Haas
Kevin Magnussen: P7. 1:34.402. Completed 20 laps.
Nico Hulkenberg: P14. 1:35.043. Completed 22 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P4. 1:34.165. Completed 21 laps.
Oscar Piastri: P12. 1:34.997. Completed 24 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P10. 1:34.917. Completed 13 laps.
George Russell: P11. 1:34.966. Completed 20 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P3. 1:33.375. Completed 21 laps.
Sergio Perez: P1. 1:32.758. Completed 21 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P19. 1:36.018. Completed 15 laps.
Logan Sargeant: P18. 1:35.749. Completed 24 laps.
Overall Rankings For FP1:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:32.758 |
2 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +0.438 |
3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.617 |
4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +1.407 |
5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +1.499 |
6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +1.540 |
7 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.644 |
8 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa ROmeo | +1.817 |
9 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1.931 |
10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +2.159 |
11 | George Russell | Mercedes | +2.208 |
12 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +2.239 |
13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +2.257 |
14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +2.285 |
15 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +2.347 |
16 | Nyck De Vries | AlphaTauri | +2.644 |
17 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +2.697 |
18 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +2.991 |
19 | Alex Albon | Williams | +3.260 |
20 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +3.314 |
Free Practice 2 -
Times By Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P12. 1:31.793. Completed 28 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P10. 1:31.586. Completed 27 laps.
AlphaTauri
Yuki Tsunoda: P18. 1:32.525. Completed 27 laps.
Nyck De Vries: P19. 1:32.605. Completed 28 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P11. 1:31.608. Completed 25 laps.
Pierre Gasly: P7. 1:31.475. Completed 24 laps.
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso: P1. 1:30.907. Completed 25 laps.
Lance Stroll: P6. 1:31.450. Completed 28 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P14. 1:31.956. Completed 28 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P4. 1:31.367. Completed 26 laps.
Haas
Kevin Magnussen: P16. 1:32.110. Completed 18 laps.
Nico Hulkenberg: P5. 1:31.376. Completed 25 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P9. 1:31.570. Completed 27 laps.
Oscar Piastri: P15. 1:32.024. Completed 27 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P8. 1:31.542. Completed 27 laps.
George Russell: P13. 1:31.882. Completed 25 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P2. 1:31.076. Completed 24 laps.
Sergio Perez: P3. 1:31.078. Completed 26 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P17. 1:32.440. Completed 28 laps.
Logan Sargeant: P20. 1:32.749. Completed 29 laps.
Overall Rankings For FP2:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:30.907 |
2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.169 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.171 |
4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.460 |
5 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +0.469 |
6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +0.543 |
7 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +0.568 |
8 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.636 |
9 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.663 |
10 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +0.679 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +0.701 |
12 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +0.886 |
13 | George Russell | Mercedes | +0.975 |
14 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +1.049 |
15 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +1.117 |
16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.203 |
17 | Alex Albon | Williams | +1.533 |
18 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.618 |
19 | Nyck De Vries | AlphaTauri | +1.698 |
20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | +1.842 |
Free Practice 3 -
Times By Teams:
Alfa Romeo
Valtteri Bottas: P17. 1:33.629. Completed 14 laps.
Zhou Guanyu: P12. 1:33.180. Completed 13 laps.
AlphaTauri
Yuki Tsunoda: P16. 1:33.475. Completed 15 laps.
Nyck De Vries: P20. 1:34.082. Completed 18 laps.
Alpine
Esteban Ocon: P11. 1:33.116. Completed 16 laps.
Pierre Gasly: P10. 1:33.064. Completed 13 laps.
Aston Martin
Fernando Alonso: P1. 1:32.340. Completed 13 laps.
Lance Stroll: P7. 1:32.919. Completed 16 laps.
Ferrari
Carlos Sainz: P8. 1:32.945. Completed 21 laps.
Charles Leclerc: P5. 1:32.624. Completed 21 laps.
Haas
Kevin Magnussen: P14. 1:33.381. Completed 21 laps.
Nico Hulkenberg: P15. 1:33.423. Completed 23 laps.
McLaren
Lando Norris: P13. 1:33.202. Completed 16 laps.
Oscar Piastri: P9. 1:33.045. Completed 12 laps.
Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: P4. 1:32.555. Completed 17 laps.
George Russell: P6. 1:32.731. Completed 17 laps.
Red Bull
Max Verstappen: P2. 1:32.345. Completed 13 laps.
Sergio Perez: P3. 1:32.446. Completed 12 laps.
Williams
Alex Albon: P19. 1:33.882. Completed 15 laps.
Logan Sargeant: P18. 1:33.665. Completed 15 laps.
Overall Rankings For FP3:
Position | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:32.340 |
2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.005 |
3 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.106 |
4 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.215 |
5 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.284 |
6 | George Russell | Mercedes | +0.391 |
7 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +0.579 |
8 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.605 |
9 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +0.705 |
10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +0.724 |
11 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +0.776 |
12 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +0.840 |
13 | Lando Norris | McLaren | +0.862 |
14 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +1.041 |
15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | +1.083 |
16 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +1.135 |
17 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | +1.289 |
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