Bahrain 2023: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.295	1:30.503	1:29.708
2	Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.479	1:30.746	1:29.846	+0.138
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.094	1:30.282	1:30.000	+0.292
4	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:30.993	1:30.515	1:30.154	+0.446
5	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.158	1:30.645	1:30.336	+0.628
6	Russell	Mercedes	1:31.057	1:30.507	1:30.340	+0.632
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.543	1:30.513	1:30.384	+0.676
8	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.184	1:31.127	1:30.836	+1.128
9	Ocon	Alpine	1:31.508	1:30.914	1:30.984	+1.276
10	Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.204	1:30.809		+0.527
11	Norris	McLaren	1:31.652	1:31.381		+1.099
12	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.504	1:31.443		+1.161
13	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:31.615	1:31.473		+1.191
14	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.400	1:32.510		+2.228
15	Albon	Williams	1:31.461			+0.468
16	Sargeant	Williams	1:31.652			+0.659
17	Magnussen	Haas	1:31.892			+0.899
18	Piastri	McLaren	1:32.101			+1.108
19	De Vries	AlphaTauri	1:32.121			+1.128
20	Gasly	Alpine	1:32.181			+1.188

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	57	1:33:56.736	2	Honda RBPT
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	2	57	+11.987	2	Honda RBPT
3	Fernando AlonsoDriver of the Day	Aston Martin	5	57	+38.637	2	Mercedes
4	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	4	57	+48.052	2	Ferrari
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	7	57	+50.977	2	Mercedes
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	8	57	+54.502	2	Mercedes
7	George Russell	Mercedes	6	57	+55.873	2	Mercedes
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	12	57	+1:12.647	2	Ferrari
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20	57	+1:13.753	3	Renault
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	15	57	+1:29.774	3	Mercedes
11	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	14	57	+1:30.870	3	Honda RBPT
12	Logan Sargeant	Williams	16	56	+1 lap	3	Mercedes
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	17	56	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
14	Nyck de Vries	AlphaTauri	19	56	+1 lap	2	Honda RBPT
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	10	56	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
16	Guanyu ZhouFastest lap	Alfa Romeo	13	56	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	11	55	+2 laps	6	Mercedes
DNF	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	9	41	Withdrew	3	Renault
DNF	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	3	39	Engine	2	Ferrari
DNF	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	18	13	Electrical	0	Mercedes

Race

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Places gained

Gasly20→9+11
Albon15→10+5
De Vries19→14+5
Bottas12→8+4
Sargeant16→12+4
Magnussen17→13+4
Tsunoda14→11+3
Alonso5→3+2
Hamilton7→5+2
Stroll8→6+2
Verstappen1→10
Pérez2→20
Sainz Jr.4→40
Russell6→7-1
Zhou13→16-3
Hülkenberg10→15-5
Norris11→17-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Sainz Jr.24.227R31
2Pérez24.264R17
3Verstappen24.289R14
4Leclerc24.345R13
5Tsunoda24.372R26
6Russell24.406R31
7Albon24.458R40
8Sainz Jr.24.500R13
9Stroll24.639R30
10Leclerc24.644R33

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen1422212 stops
Pérez1717232 stops
Alonso1420232 stops
Sainz Jr.1318262 stops
Hamilton1218272 stops
Stroll1515272 stops
Russell1318262 stops
Bottas1118282 stops
Gasly91615173 stops
Albon111514173 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

OconWithdrewAlpine
LeclercEngineFerrari
PiastriElectricalMcLaren

This race in history

19 races here since 2004Won from pole: 8 of 19

Win from furthest back (P5): Sergio Pérez 2020

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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