Formula 1 / 2023 / Bahrain Grand Prix / Fastest laps Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 — fastest laps Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend in Sakhir, Bahrain: 1:29.708 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 · 5 March 2023 · Sakhir, Bahrain
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:29.708 28.736 38.514 22.458 soft 14 2 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:29.846 +0.138 28.723 38.537 22.586 soft 14 3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:30.000 +0.292 28.825 38.614 22.561 soft 16 4 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:30.154 +0.446 28.739 38.700 22.715 soft 17 5 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:30.336 +0.628 28.852 38.774 22.710 soft 14 6 George Russell Mercedes 1:30.340 +0.632 28.911 38.870 22.559 soft 14 7 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:30.384 +0.676 28.939 38.829 22.616 soft 14 8 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:30.809 +1.101 29.042 38.957 22.810 soft 13 9 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:30.836 +1.128 29.033 39.070 22.733 soft 17 10 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:30.914 +1.206 29.111 39.107 22.696 soft 11 11 Lando Norris McLaren 1:31.381 +1.673 29.235 39.210 22.936 soft 12 12 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:31.400 +1.692 29.242 39.229 22.929 soft 8 13 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:31.443 +1.735 29.235 39.327 22.881 soft 11 14 Alexander Albon Williams 1:31.461 +1.753 29.250 39.224 22.987 soft 5 15 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:31.473 +1.765 29.041 39.427 23.005 soft 11 16 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:31.652 +1.944 29.352 39.343 22.957 soft 5 17 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:31.892 +2.184 29.428 39.369 23.095 soft 5 18 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:32.101 +2.393 29.561 39.454 23.086 soft 6 19 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri 1:32.121 +2.413 29.382 39.634 23.105 soft 5 20 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:32.181 +2.473 29.330 39.764 23.087 soft 2
# Driver Team Best lap Gap S1 S2 S3 Tyre Lap 1 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:33.996 30.183 40.533 23.280 soft 56 2 Pierre Gasly Alpine 1:35.068 +1.072 30.069 41.393 23.606 soft 42 3 Lando Norris McLaren 1:35.822 +1.826 30.749 41.366 23.707 soft 51 4 Logan Sargeant Williams 1:36.037 +2.041 30.492 41.875 23.670 soft 42 5 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1:36.156 +2.160 30.895 41.462 23.799 hard 36 6 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:36.236 +2.240 30.783 42.005 23.448 hard 44 7 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing 1:36.344 +2.348 30.919 41.914 23.511 hard 37 8 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team 1:36.471 +2.475 30.737 42.113 23.621 soft 42 9 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:36.546 +2.550 30.869 42.013 23.664 hard 36 10 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:36.546 +2.550 30.853 41.993 23.700 hard 32 11 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 1:36.616 +2.620 30.788 42.011 23.817 soft 42 12 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:36.637 +2.641 30.997 41.735 23.905 soft 42 13 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:36.797 +2.801 30.920 42.107 23.770 hard 34 14 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:37.130 +3.134 31.018 42.443 23.669 hard 37 15 Alexander Albon Williams 1:37.144 +3.148 30.767 42.589 23.788 soft 43 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:37.170 +3.174 31.070 42.385 23.715 hard 37 17 George Russell Mercedes 1:37.221 +3.225 30.915 42.756 23.550 hard 33 18 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:37.379 +3.383 31.079 42.337 23.963 hard 31 19 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri 1:37.709 +3.713 31.186 42.605 23.918 hard 30 20 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:40.691 +6.695 31.877 43.986 24.828 soft 3
