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2018 Bahrain Grand Prix Results

Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 Bahrain Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Bahrain

Session Reports

FP1: Ricciardo puts Red Bull on top in Bahrain first practice

FP2: Ferrari's Raikkonen and Vettel shine in the Bahrain night

FP3: Raikkonen keeps Ferrari ahead in final practice in Bahrain

Qualifying: Vettel leads Raikkonen to Ferrari front row lock-out in Bahrain

Race: Vettel clings on in Bahrain to deny Bottas a last-gasp victory

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from Friday in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from Saturday in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from Sunday in Bahrain

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:31.060s		14
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.364s	+ 0.304s	24
3	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:31.458s	+ 0.398s	18
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:31.470s	+ 0.410s	17
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.272s	+ 1.212s	21
6	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:32.516s	+ 1.456s	23
7	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:32.779s	+ 1.719s	26
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:32.885s	+ 1.825s	21
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.971s	+ 1.911s	19
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.104s	+ 2.044s	18
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:33.223s	+ 2.163s	24
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:33.278s	+ 2.218s	20
13	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:33.364s	+ 2.304s	25
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:33.379s	+ 2.319s	22
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:33.467s	+ 2.407s	29
16	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:33.497s	+ 2.437s	27
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:33.508s	+ 2.448s	22
18	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:33.662s	+ 2.602s	26
19	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:33.794s	+ 2.734s	23
20	Max Verstappen	Red Bull			2

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.817s		32
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.828s	+ 0.011s	37
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.380s	+ 0.563s	31
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.472s	+ 0.655s	32
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.745s	+ 0.928s	32
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:30.751s	+ 0.934s	31
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:31.220s	+ 1.403s	34
8	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.232s	+ 1.415s	38
9	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:31.282s	+ 1.465s	29
10	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.422s	+ 1.605s	35
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.591s	+ 1.774s	33
12	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:31.601s	+ 1.784s	34
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:31.809s	+ 1.992s	31
14	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.868s	+ 2.051s	34
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.969s	+ 2.152s	35
16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:32.372s	+ 2.555s	37
17	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:32.382s	+ 2.565s	30
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:32.474s	+ 2.657s	37
19	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:32.733s	+ 2.916s	32
20	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:32.908s	+ 3.091s	38

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:29.868s		15
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.393s	+ 0.525s	8
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:30.452s	+ 0.584s	8
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.691s	+ 0.823s	14
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:30.719s	+ 0.851s	8
6	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.781s	+ 0.913s	16
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:31.144s	+ 1.276s	11
8	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:31.200s	+ 1.332s	12
9	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:31.438s	+ 1.570s	18
10	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:31.445s	+ 1.577s	13
11	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:31.460s	+ 1.592s	18
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:31.513s	+ 1.645s	14
13	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:31.554s	+ 1.686s	17
14	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:31.564s	+ 1.696s	14
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.737s	+ 1.869s	14
16	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.859s	+ 1.991s	17
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:31.860s	+ 1.992s	14
18	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:32.047s	+ 2.179s	19
19	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:32.463s	+ 2.595s	11
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:32.865s	+ 2.997s	12

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.060s	1:28.341s	1:27.958s
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:28.951s	1:28.515s	1:28.101s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.275s	1:28.794s	1:28.124s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.396s	1:28.458s	1:28.220s
5	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	1:29.552s	1:28.962s	1:28.398s
6	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	1:30.121s	1:29.836s	1:29.329s
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:29.594s	1:29.623s	1:29.358s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.260s	1:29.187s	1:29.570s
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India	1:30.338s	1:30.009s	1:29.874s
10	Carlos Sainz	Renault	1:29.893s	1:29.802s	1:29.986s
11	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso	1:30.412s	1:30.105s
12	Sergio Pérez	Force India	1:30.218s	1:30.156s
13	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	1:30.530s	1:30.212s
14	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	1:30.479s	1:30.525s
15	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.374s
16	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.530s
17	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	1:31.063s
18	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	1:31.414s
19	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	1:31.420s
20	Lance Stroll	Williams	1:31.503s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	57 laps - 1:32:01.940s	1
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 0.699s	1
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 6.512s	1
4	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso	+ 62.234s	2
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 75.046s	2
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+ 99.024s	2
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
8	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	+ 1 lap	1
10	Esteban Ocon	Force India	+ 1 lap	2
11	Carlos Sainz	Renault	+ 1 lap	2
12	Charles Leclerc	Sauber	+ 1 lap	2
13	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
14	Lance Stroll	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
15	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
16	Sergio Pérez *	Force India	+ 1 lap	2
17	Brendon Hartley *	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	2
18	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	DNF	2
19	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	1
20	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	DNF	0

* - indicates 30-second post-race penalty for formation lap infraction

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