Round 1 · 2 March 2024
2024 Bahrain Grand Prix: results
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) won the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix, round 1 of the championship, held on 2 March 2024 at Bahrain International Circuit (Bahrain), starting from position 1. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) completed the podium. He won from pole. The fastest lap was set by Max Verstappen (1:32.608).
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 1:31:44.742 | 26 | Finished |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 5 | +22.457 s | 18 | Finished |
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 4 | +25.110 s | 15 | Finished |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 2 | +39.669 s | 12 | Finished |
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | 3 | +46.788 s | 10 | Finished |
| 6 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 7 | +48.458 s | 8 | Finished |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 9 | +50.324 s | 6 | Finished |
| 8 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 8 | +56.082 s | 4 | Finished |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 6 | +74.887 s | 2 | Finished |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 12 | +93.216 s | 1 | Finished |
| 11 | Guanyu Zhou | Sauber | 17 | — | — | Lapped |
| 12 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 15 | — | — | Lapped |
| 13 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB F1 Team | 14 | — | — | Lapped |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB F1 Team | 11 | — | — | Lapped |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 13 | — | — | Lapped |
| 16 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 10 | — | — | Lapped |
| 17 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 19 | — | — | Lapped |
| 18 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 20 | — | — | Lapped |
| 19 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 16 | — | — | Lapped |
| 20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 18 | — | — | Lapped |
Tyres and strategy at the Bahrain Grand Prix 2024
Max Verstappen won with 2 pit stop(s): soft (laps 1-17), hard (laps 18-37), soft (laps 38-57). The top ten used 2 different strategies. Estimated degradation by compound (ms per lap lost by the tyre, fuel excluded): soft 126 ± 5, hard 111 ± 2.
- 1. Max Verstappen: soft (laps 1-17), hard (laps 18-37), soft (laps 38-57)
- 2. Sergio Pérez: soft (laps 1-12), hard (laps 13-36), soft (laps 37-57)
- 3. Carlos Sainz: soft (laps 1-14), hard (laps 15-57)
- 4. Charles Leclerc: soft (laps 1-11), hard (laps 12-57)
- 5. George Russell: soft (laps 1-11), hard (laps 12-57)
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.