Round 16 of 23 · 4 October 2026

Bahrain Grand Prix 2026

Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia, Malaysia. 55 laps of 5.543 km (304.9 km).

Max Verstappen won the Bahrain Grand Prix 2026 for Red Bull Racing, ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton. Pole position: Max Verstappen. Fastest lap: Max Verstappen, 1:38.220 on lap 55. Moved from April and relocated to Sepang, F1's first visit to Malaysia in nine years. Verstappen's first win of 2026, from pole.

Race classification

55 laps

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / retired	Grid	Pts
1	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	55	1:47:14.808	1	25
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	55	+2.307s	3	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	55	+4.919s	2	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	55	+7.258s	4	12
5	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	55	+8.571s	8	10
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	55	+9.454s	6	8
7	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	55	+12.753s	11	6
8	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	55	+13.372s	12	4
9	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	55	+13.993s	5	2
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	55	+15.928s	22	1
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	55	+17.404s	15	0
12	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	55	+18.052s	14	0
13	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	55	+18.997s	21	0
14	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	55	+22.305s	16	0
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	55	+22.532s	17	0
16	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	55	+23.315s	9	0
17	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	+25.431s	13	0
18	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	55	+28.233s	10	0
19	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	55	+29.310s	20	0
20	63	George Russell	Mercedes	49	+6 laps	7	0
Ret	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	41	DNF	18	0
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	7	DNF	19	0

Starting grid

Penalties and pit lane starts

Colapinto: 5 places for causing a collision at the previous round plus 10 for power unit elements. Lindblad: 30 places and Hadjar: 5 places for power unit elements.

Qualifying

Q1 · Q2 · Q3

Pos	No	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	3	Max Verstappen	1:36.477	1:35.696	1:35.130
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	1:36.595	1:36.032	1:35.428
3	6	Isack Hadjar	1:36.898	1:36.192	1:35.558
4	12	Kimi Antonelli	1:37.041	1:35.959	1:35.631
5	16	Charles Leclerc	1:36.730	1:35.970	1:35.666
6	1	Lando Norris	1:37.092	1:36.173	1:35.757
7	81	Oscar Piastri	1:36.852	1:36.020	1:35.762
8	63	George Russell	1:37.264	1:36.245	1:35.871
9	10	Pierre Gasly	1:37.174	1:36.410	1:37.210
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:37.106	1:36.814	1:37.673
11	30	Liam Lawson	1:37.332	1:37.023
12	14	Fernando Alonso	1:37.721	1:37.220
13	55	Carlos Sainz	1:37.651	1:37.527
14	18	Lance Stroll	1:37.729	1:37.566
15	43	Franco Colapinto	1:37.179	DNF
16	41	Arvid Lindblad	1:37.883	DNF
17	27	Nico Hulkenberg	1:37.970
18	87	Oliver Bearman	1:37.980
19	31	Esteban Ocon	1:38.233
20	23	Alexander Albon	1:38.600
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	1:38.611
22	11	Sergio Perez	1:38.933

Practice 1

Best lap per driver

Pos	No	Driver	Time / gap	Laps
1	3	Max Verstappen	1:37.520	23
2	63	George Russell	+0.383s	25
3	6	Isack Hadjar	+0.783s	23
4	16	Charles Leclerc	+0.847s	25
5	12	Kimi Antonelli	+1.060s	23
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	+1.070s	21
7	10	Pierre Gasly	+1.195s	22
8	30	Liam Lawson	+1.586s	22
9	41	Arvid Lindblad	+1.677s	27
10	27	Nico Hulkenberg	+1.691s	23
11	81	Oscar Piastri	+1.756s	23
12	1	Lando Norris	+1.773s	21
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	+2.028s	25
14	14	Fernando Alonso	+2.163s	22
15	31	Esteban Ocon	+2.638s	23
16	87	Oliver Bearman	+2.791s	23
17	23	Alexander Albon	+2.801s	22
18	18	Lance Stroll	+2.893s	19
19	43	Franco Colapinto	+3.011s	22
20	55	Carlos Sainz	+3.085s	25
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	+3.280s	23
22	11	Sergio Perez	+3.300s	24

Practice 2

Best lap per driver

Pos	No	Driver	Time / gap	Laps
1	16	Charles Leclerc	1:37.528	29
2	6	Isack Hadjar	+0.099s	23
3	1	Lando Norris	+0.137s	25
4	3	Max Verstappen	+0.257s	20
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	+0.305s	28
6	81	Oscar Piastri	+0.371s	26
7	63	George Russell	+0.492s	28
8	12	Kimi Antonelli	+0.532s	28
9	30	Liam Lawson	+0.968s	30
10	10	Pierre Gasly	+1.060s	29
11	41	Arvid Lindblad	+1.352s	33
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	+1.523s	25
13	27	Nico Hulkenberg	+1.581s	30
14	31	Esteban Ocon	+1.833s	29
15	14	Fernando Alonso	+1.950s	28
16	87	Oliver Bearman	+2.178s	30
17	55	Carlos Sainz	+2.402s	31
18	18	Lance Stroll	+2.622s	26
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	+2.658s	27
20	23	Alexander Albon	+2.693s	30
21	11	Sergio Perez	+3.410s	28
22	43	Franco Colapinto	+5.863s	31

Practice 3

Best lap per driver

Pos	No	Driver	Time / gap	Laps
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	1:36.302	12
2	3	Max Verstappen	+0.278s	12
3	6	Isack Hadjar	+0.558s	15
4	63	George Russell	+0.610s	11
5	16	Charles Leclerc	+0.714s	19
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	+0.739s	15
7	1	Lando Norris	+0.859s	15
8	81	Oscar Piastri	+1.064s	16
9	43	Franco Colapinto	+1.618s	20
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	+1.782s	24
11	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	+1.902s	15
12	14	Fernando Alonso	+1.921s	13
13	10	Pierre Gasly	+1.939s	20
14	31	Esteban Ocon	+1.950s	12
15	30	Liam Lawson	+1.964s	17
16	27	Nico Hulkenberg	+2.054s	14
17	87	Oliver Bearman	+2.390s	12
18	55	Carlos Sainz	+2.414s	21
19	18	Lance Stroll	+2.509s	12
20	23	Alexander Albon	+2.747s	18
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	+3.629s	14
22	11	Sergio Perez	+3.921s	20

Tyres

Pirelli compounds: C2 (hard), C3 (medium), C4 (soft).

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