Formula 1 / 2021 / Bahrain Grand Prix / Fastest laps Bahrain Grand Prix 2021 — fastest laps Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend in Sakhir, Bahrain: 1:28.997 in Qualifying. Below, every driver's quickest lap of each session with the gap to the fastest, the three sector times and the tyre it was set on.
Round 1 · 28 March 2021 · Sakhir, Bahrain
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:28.997 28.349 38.229 22.419 soft 14 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:29.385 +0.388 28.372 38.536 22.477 soft 17 3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:29.586 +0.589 28.493 38.642 22.451 soft 16 4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:29.678 +0.681 28.419 38.598 22.661 soft 14 5 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:29.809 +0.812 28.585 38.658 22.566 soft 14 6 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:29.927 +0.930 28.568 38.772 22.587 soft 17 7 Lando Norris McLaren 1:29.974 +0.977 28.624 38.659 22.691 soft 17 8 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:30.009 +1.012 28.628 38.679 22.702 soft 10 9 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:30.249 +1.252 28.747 38.806 22.696 soft 14 10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:30.601 +1.604 28.765 39.016 22.820 soft 14 11 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:30.607 +1.610 28.857 39.030 22.720 soft 2 12 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:30.659 +1.662 28.959 38.994 22.706 medium 10 13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1:30.708 +1.711 28.773 39.283 22.652 soft 11 14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing 1:31.238 +2.241 28.858 39.388 22.992 soft 11 15 George Russell Williams 1:31.316 +2.319 28.861 39.291 23.164 soft 7 16 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:31.724 +2.727 28.999 39.813 22.912 soft 5 17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:31.936 +2.939 29.174 39.581 23.181 soft 7 18 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:32.056 +3.059 28.858 39.905 23.293 soft 2 19 Mick Schumacher Haas F1 Team 1:32.449 +3.452 29.295 39.918 23.236 soft 5 20 Nikita Mazepin Haas F1 Team 1:33.273 +4.276 29.349 40.391 23.533 soft 4
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:32.090 29.640 39.508 22.942 medium 56 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:33.228 +1.138 30.009 40.188 23.031 hard 41 3 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:33.970 +1.880 30.180 40.395 23.395 medium 44 4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.015 +1.925 29.976 40.631 23.408 hard 44 5 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:34.090 +2.000 30.355 40.472 23.263 hard 48 6 Lando Norris McLaren 1:34.396 +2.306 30.463 40.629 23.304 hard 38 7 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:34.509 +2.419 30.505 40.529 23.475 hard 48 8 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:34.761 +2.671 30.233 41.069 23.459 hard 38 9 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:34.865 +2.775 30.232 41.178 23.455 hard 31 10 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:34.932 +2.842 30.613 40.879 23.440 hard 36 11 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:34.988 +2.898 30.584 40.862 23.542 hard 39 12 George Russell Williams 1:35.036 +2.946 30.228 41.415 23.393 medium 40 13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing 1:35.122 +3.032 30.002 41.403 23.717 medium 32 14 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing 1:35.192 +3.102 30.616 41.219 23.357 medium 45 15 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:35.250 +3.160 30.044 41.491 23.715 hard 33 16 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:35.566 +3.476 30.692 41.169 23.705 hard 26 17 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:36.063 +3.973 30.408 41.815 23.840 hard 31 18 Mick Schumacher Haas F1 Team 1:36.134 +4.044 30.497 41.575 24.062 hard 38 19 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:36.602 +4.512 30.861 42.065 23.676 medium 16
