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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

About The Track

Free Practice Updates

Qualifying Updates

Pre-race Penalties

The Race

Any Other News

Championship Standings

 

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

 

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.

Image taken from official Formula One website
 

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

18