Round 1 · 5 March 2023
2023 Bahrain Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, round 1 of the championship, held on 5 March 2023 at Bahrain International Circuit (Bahrain), starting from position 1. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Guanyu Zhou (1:33.996).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:33:56.736 | 25 | Finished |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | +11.987 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 5 | +38.637 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 4 | +48.052 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 7 | +50.977 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 8 | +54.502 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 6 | +55.873 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 12 | +72.647 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 20 | +73.753 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 15 | +89.774 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 14 | +90.870 s | — | Finished |
| 12 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 16 | — | — | Lapped |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 17 | — | — | Lapped |
| 14 | Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 19 | — | — | Lapped |
| 15 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 10 | — | — | Lapped |
| 16 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 13 | — | — | Lapped |
| 17 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 11 | — | — | Lapped |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | — | — | Retired |
| 19 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 3 | — | — | Retired |
| 20 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 18 | — | — | Retired |
Tyres and strategy at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2023
Max Verstappen won with 1 pit stop(s): soft (laps 1-36), hard (laps 37-57). The top ten used 2 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): soft 134 ± 6, hard 119 ± 4.
- 1. Max Verstappen: soft (laps 1-36), hard (laps 37-57)
- 2. Sergio Pérez: soft (laps 1-34), hard (laps 35-57)
- 3. Fernando Alonso: soft (laps 1-14), hard (laps 15-57)
- 4. Carlos Sainz: soft (laps 1-13), hard (laps 14-57)
- 5. Lewis Hamilton: soft (laps 1-12), hard (laps 13-57)
Data from FastF1; the degradation is an estimate from Formuradar's tyre analysis and the full lap-by-lap view is in the race analysis.