Bahrain Grand Prix

Results

Bahrain Grand Prix 2026 Results

Max Verstappen won the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix for Red Bull Racing, finishing 2.307s ahead of Kimi Antonelli. Lewis Hamilton completed the podium. Max Verstappen took pole position with a 1:35.130. Arvid Lindblad made up the most ground, gaining 6 places from the grid.

Race winner · Bahrain Grand Prix 2026

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

Kimi Antonelli

Second

Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton

Third

Ferrari

Max Verstappen

Pole

1:35.130

Biggest gain

Arvid Lindblad

How the race unfolded

Start and finish position, highest and lowest position held, and on-track passes for every driver.
Driver	Team	Start	Finish	+/-	Highest	Lowest	Passes made	Passes lost
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	1	=	1	6	6	6
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	3	2	+1	1	8	7	6
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	2	3	−1	2	18	10	15
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	4	=	4	22	12	4
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	8	5	+3	3	12	7	6
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	6	6	=	1	10	9	10
Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	11	7	+4	4	13	8	5
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	12	8	+4	8	18	8	7
Lando Norris	McLaren	5	9	−4	4	16	11	16
Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	22	10	+12	7	21	15	8
Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	15	11	+4	4	15	19	14
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	12	+2	3	15	12	16
Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	21	13	+8	12	22	3	1
Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	16	14	+2	13	20	1	5
Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	17	15	+2	6	18	12	7
Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	9	16	−7	13	20	1	6
Carlos Sainz	Williams	13	17	−4	6	20	8	14
Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	10	18	−8	2	21	9	13
Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	20	19	+1	5	22	1	5
George Russell	Mercedes	7	20	−13	2	10	8	5
Alexander Albon	Williams	18	DNF	—	7	20	11	7
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	DNF	—	19	22	0	2

Race pace

Who was actually quickest on Sunday — not who won. Each driver’s median lap, with the opening lap, pit in-laps/out-laps and anything 7%+ off their own pace stripped out to clear away safety cars and traffic.

#	Driver	Team	Median lap	Gap	Clean laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:41.186	—	32
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:41.576	+0.390	33
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:41.858	+0.672	31
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:41.875	+0.689	31
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:42.087	+0.901	32
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:42.116	+0.930	29
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:42.908	+1.722	32
8	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:43.109	+1.924	31
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:43.123	+1.937	34
10	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	1:43.161	+1.975	33
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:43.229	+2.043	31
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:43.236	+2.050	32
13	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	1:43.239	+2.053	33
14	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	1:43.388	+2.203	32
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.502	+2.317	31
16	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:43.673	+2.487	33
17	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:43.707	+2.521	31
18	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:43.762	+2.576	32
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:43.776	+2.590	34
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:43.781	+2.596	24
21	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	1:45.173	+3.987	34

Race

Pos	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	+/-	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:47:14.808	=	25
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+2.307s	+2	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+4.919s	−1	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+7.258s	+1	12
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+8.571s	−2	10
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+9.454s	+1	8
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+12.753s	+4	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+13.372s	+4	4
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	+13.993s	−3	2
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+15.928s	+6	1
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+17.404s	+6	—
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+18.052s	+2	—
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+18.997s	+2	—
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+22.305s	+4	—
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+22.532s	+4	—
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+23.315s	−7	—
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+25.431s	−4	—
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+28.233s	−8	—
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+29.310s	+3	—
20	George Russell	Mercedes	DNF	−12	—
NC	Alexander Albon	Williams	DNF	—	—
NC	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	DNF	—	—

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:35.130	12
2	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:35.428	15
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	1:35.558	12
4	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:35.631	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.666	12
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.757	12
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:35.762	12
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:35.871	12
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:37.210	18
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:37.673	18
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:37.023	12
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:37.220	9
13	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:37.527	12
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:37.566	12
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	DNF	8
16	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	DNF	9
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	1:37.970	6
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:37.980	9
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:38.233	9
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:38.600	6
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:38.611	6
22	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	1:38.933	6

FP3

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:36.302	12
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.278s	12
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+0.558s	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.610s	11
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.714s	19
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.739s	15
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.859s	15
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.064s	16
9	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.618s	20
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.782s	24
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.902s	15
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.921s	13
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.939s	20
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.950s	12
15	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.964s	17
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+2.054s	14
17	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+2.390s	12
18	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.414s	21
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2.509s	12
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.747s	18
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+3.629s	14
22	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.921s	20

FP2

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:37.528	29
2	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+0.099s	23
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.137s	25
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.257s	20
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.305s	28
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.371s	26
7	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.492s	28
8	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.532s	28
9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+0.968s	30
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.060s	29
11	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.352s	33
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.523s	25
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.581s	30
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.833s	29
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.950s	28
16	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+2.178s	30
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.402s	31
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2.622s	26
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+2.658s	27
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.693s	30
21	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.410s	28
22	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+5.863s	31

FP1

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:37.520	23
2	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.383s	25
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+0.783s	23
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.847s	25
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+1.060s	23
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+1.070s	21
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.195s	22
8	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.586s	22
9	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.677s	27
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.691s	23
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.756s	23
12	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.773s	21
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+2.028s	25
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+2.163s	22
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+2.638s	23
16	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+2.791s	23
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.801s	22
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2.893s	19
19	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+3.011s	22
20	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+3.085s	25
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+3.280s	23
22	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.300s	24

Every round this season

Round	Winner	Team	Second	Third
Bahrain Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Kimi Antonelli	Lewis Hamilton
Singapore Grand Prix	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Charles Leclerc	Kimi Antonelli	Full results
Azerbaijan Grand Prix	George Russell	Mercedes	Max Verstappen	Isack Hadjar	Full results
spain	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Max Verstappen	Lando Norris	Full results
italy	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	George Russell	Max Verstappen	Full results
Dutch Grand Prix	Lando Norris	McLaren	Kimi Antonelli	George Russell	Full results
Hungarian Grand Prix	Lando Norris	McLaren	Max Verstappen	Kimi Antonelli	Full results
Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Charles Leclerc	Max Verstappen	Full results
British Grand Prix	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	George Russell	Lewis Hamilton	Full results
Austrian Grand Prix	George Russell	Mercedes	Max Verstappen	Kimi Antonelli	Full results
Grand Prix de Barcelona-Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	George Russell	Lando Norris	Full results
Monaco Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	Isack Hadjar	Full results
Canadian Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton	Max Verstappen	Full results
Miami Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Lando Norris	Oscar Piastri	Full results
Japanese Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Oscar Piastri	Charles Leclerc	Full results
Chinese Grand Prix	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	George Russell	Lewis Hamilton	Full results
Australian Grand Prix	George Russell	Mercedes	Kimi Antonelli	Charles Leclerc	Full results

About these results

Classifications come from official Formula 1 timing and are re-checked after every session, so post-race penalties and reinstated positions show up here without waiting for the next round.

+/-is places gained or lost between the qualifying classification and the finish. It’s worked out here by joining the two tables on this page - official results publish finishing order only, so a driver who recovered from a bad grid slot looks the same as one who qualified there. Drivers who retired show a dash rather than an invented loss.

Passes made and lostare counted from lap-by-lap positions: a driver was behind someone at the end of one lap and ahead of them at the end of the next. The first lap is excluded, because a standing start isn’t overtaking, and so is any change where either car was on an in-lap or out-lap, because that’s the pit stop rather than a pass. Places inherited when a car retires aren’t counted either. Positions are published once per lap, so a pass and an immediate re-pass on the same lap cancel out — treat these as a floor, not a broadcast count.

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