Bahrain Grand Prix

Watch F1 live with the On Track GP team as they settle in for the first race of the new F1 season in Bahrain.

Join us for the first Grand Prix of the year in Bahrain. Verstappen stormed to pole position and joining him on the front row is team-mate Sergio Perez. The new season is here!

Perez pressures Leclerc Perez is just 0.7 seconds behind Leclerc and looking to reclaim that second place. Leclercs out of DRS range from Verstappen s.

It's a Red Bull lockout on the front row but it should be an exciting battle for the podium between Alonso, Ferrari and Mercedes while the midfield fight also looks incredibly tight, so lots to get excited about! Alonso is right behind Russell, and the Brit just complained his tyres are gone over the radio but he's managed to hold Alonso off for a lap. It's obviously clear skies, but the wind has dropped a so shouldn't be too much of an issue for the drivers His team have got back on the radio with a solution, we'll need to see if that works for the Dutchman. Piastri had a gearbox issue on track, the team attempted to fix it by switching steering wheels but to no avail and the Australian is the first retirement of the season. He's just got on team radio hinting he has more pace than Hamilton as the teammate games only took nine laps to begin at Mercedes but there's been no word from the pitwall for now. To add insult to injury, he's now been handed another five seconds on top of that for speeding in the pitlane. Perez has closed right up to the back of Leclerc now. Stroll had pitted a lap before and Stroll is able to make a move stick for seventh place. After he was unable to get alongside after the two DRS zones on lap 38 he caught Hamilton napping up the inside of turns 9 and 10, with the Brit seemingly focussing on defending on the next straight. Sainz is currently third but just 1.5 seconds ahead of Alonso, with Hamilton three seconds behind the Spaniard. Alonso made short work of Sainz really, but Hamilton has been unable to get the same move done.

Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton will start from seventh on the grid, and he did not exactly seem too impressed with his new car, calling it "average" and saying it ...

But then we got to qualifying and for me the car just didn't feel alive, it felt kind of average." the light at the end of the tunnel was very far at the time." He has, when compared to Alonso, another four years in him as a minimum so we just need to get it done." First, he was penalised with a 10-second penalty for moving out of his grid box at the start. "We are super critical with ourselves and what we need to achieve. "They changed the regulations at the end of last year, lifting the floor up. Red Bull, of course, still have to stop again to put on the hard tyre. According to CEO Zak Brown, it's an electrical issue for the 21-year-old. Do I need to pick up the pace?" And what a drive from Alonso, who bags only the second podium in Aston Martin's history! The Monegasque was running nicely in P3 when his engine gave up on him in the final sector. For Aston Martin to have the second best car on race one...

Lap-by-lap updates: Can Ferrari challenge the supremacy of Red Bull and Max Verstappen in the first race of 2023? Join Daniel Harris.

Lap 13/57 Hamilton pits – Russell wanted to a couple of laps ago – and here comes Alonso, looking to nail him down the straight! Hamilton, meanwhile, is out of the pits in seventh, while Piastri, the next big hope, is in the pit with some kind of issue and he looks to be done for today; what a disaster this weekend has been for him. Otherwise, Gasly is first to pit and presumably will prompt others to do the same. Lap 22/57 Alonso has been pestering his team to find out if action has been taken against the cad who he reckons impeded him on the first lap; his team, of course, don’t want to tell him it’s Stroll, his teammate. Verstappen and Perez are on softs, but Albon is the only other member of the top 10 not using hards. Lap 29/57 Lando Nozza pits again, comes out in 19th, behind Hulkenberg, and he’s another who’s had better days. Lap 16/57 “Just as well I haven’t subscribed to Sky!” sighs Anne Williams. Alonso is back in fifth, and does Hamilton have the power to respond? Lap 49/57 Verstappen’s lead has stayed around 10s for the last bit and I guess he’s no reason to push it. and he attacks down the straight, nails Hamilton on the inside … The gaps between the top four are significant, but Hamilton is 2.363s behind Sainz in fifth, with Alonso 0.596s behind him in sixth … Lap 55/57 Tsunoda is now in DRS range but we focus on Verstappen, who will have fewer more serene evenings.

Bahrain Grand Prix: What time does F1 start, Who's favourite to win 2023 Formula One crown, full schedule of races, teams and drivers, and how to watch in the ...

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi): November 26 São Paulo Grand Prix (Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo): November 5 Italian Grand Prix (Monza Circuit, Monza): September 3 British Grand Prix (Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone): July 9 Bahrain Grand Prix (Bahrain International Circuit): March 5 Here’s the full list:

1. Verstappen, Red Bull · 2. Perez, Red Bull · 3. Leclerc, Ferrari · 4. Sainz, Ferrari · 5. Alonso, Aston Martin · 6. Russell, Mercedes · 7. Hamilton, Mercedes · 8.

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SportsLine's model analyzes Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and the rest of the field's chances at the F1 Bahrain GP 2023 race.

Perez has the third-shortest odds to win the race, but the model prefers going in another direction with 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix bets. Perez is likely going to regress this year, and the Bahrain Grand Prix has not been his best event. Some of the other 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix contenders include Sergio Perez (13-2) and Carlos Sainz (18-1). Before analyzing the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix starting grid and making any Formula 1 picks, Max Verstappen is the -133 favorite (risk $133 to win $100) in the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix odds at Caesars Sportsbook, while Fernando Alonso is 9-2. The long winter break will finally come to an end when the Formula 1 World Championship returns Sunday with the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix at 10 a.m.

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Fernando Alonso: +38.637 (2 pit stops) Max Verstappen: – (2 pit stops) Alonso surged into third place after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, in an all-too-familiar circumstance, had to retire due to a power unit failure.

Veteran double F1 world champion Fernando Alonso then passed Carlos Sainz's Ferrari with a thrilling wheel-to-wheel move 12 laps from the end to secure the ...

We might be hearing those a few more times in 2023... No power" over the team radio. F1 will pack up and head home for a weekend back in the factory before a return to the Middle East. “In terms of qualifying pace, they are actually pretty similar to us, at least we managed to extract the lap time yesterday, but then we come to the race and we are one second a lap off the pace which was huge. [Bahrain Grand Prix](/topic/bahrain-grand-prix) LIVE! [Formula One](/topic/formula-one) world champion [Max Verstappen](/topic/max-verstappen) won the season-opening [Bahrain](/topic/bahrain) Grand Prix on Sunday in a dominant one-two with [Red Bull](/topic/red-bull) team mate [Sergio Perez](/topic/sergio-perez) as [Ferrari](/topic/ferrari) suffered agony under the floodlights.

Max Verstappen made a dream start to the 2023 campaign as he romped to victory during the Bahrain Grand Prix, leading home team mate Sergio Perez in an ...

[READ MORE: Verstappen leads 1-2 in Bahrain season opener as Leclerc retires and Alonso takes final podium place in style](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-leads-1-2-in-bahrain-season-opener-as-leclerc-retires-and-alonso.40788dU0VkiLz0gxRPo7n1.html) Max Verstappen made a dream start to the 2023 campaign as he romped to victory during the Bahrain Grand Prix, leading home team mate Sergio Perez in an emphatic Red Bull one-two finish. HIGHLIGHTS: Watch the action from the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix as Verstappen and Red Bull start the new season in style

Max Verstappen cruised to victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, stamping his authority on the season in the opening race.

“Every race try to lead this midfield and get closer to the top three teams. Let’s start with being in the points. Also a big thank you to the team, what they’ve done over the winter to give us such a quick race car again.” I was also very happy to finally win here in Bahrain. And if eventually we can be in the podium, if we can fight for wins or whatever it comes, you know, that will be a plus.” “I think we have a good race package, of course it will depend a bit race to race but we can definitely fight with this.

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen won by 12 seconds from his teammate Sergio Pérez while Fernando Alonso was third and Lewis Hamilton fifth.

For Verstappen the win opens his season with the same confident and controlled statement of intent with which he closed out his dominant, championship-winning year in 2022. For Alonso, who drove the socks off the Aston, this was a mighty result, his first podium since Qatar in 2021 with Alpine. Indeed such was his control it would not have been entirely surprising had the screen cut to show the avid gamer indulging in a spot of Super Mario on his steering wheel dash, so unperturbed was he in the clean air of the lead. Indeed for all the anticipation a new season generates, such was his and Red Bull’s authority over this race, it was a pedestrian affair for the leader. Out front, Verstappen won with faultless precision from pole to flag, in complete control at the Sakhir circuit as he put what looks to be a fearsomely competitive car through its paces with ease. The Dutchman’s relentless, clinical win could not be faulted but in his wake was the verve, dash and sheer daredevilry of Fernando Alonso, claiming a mighty third place for Aston Martin and reminding everyone that even at 41 the double world champion remains absolutely gripping to watch.