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2019 Bahrain Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Sakhir

Session Reports

FP1: Leclerc and Vettel put Ferrari back in charge in Bahrain

FP2: Vettel and Leclerc remain in command in cool night session

FP3: Leclerc and Vettel continue to lead the way with scorching pace

Qualifying: Leclerc snatches maiden pole as Ferrari locks out Bahrain front row

Race: Hamilton picks up Bahrain win after heartbreak for Leclerc

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Bahrain

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Bahrain

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.354s		20
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:30.617s	+ 0.263s	21
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.328s	+ 0.974s	26
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.601s	+ 1.247s	23
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.673s	+ 1.319s	21
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:31.815s	+ 1.461s	17
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:31.952s	+ 1.598s	28
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:32.040s	+ 1.686s	17
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:32.339s	+ 1.985s	24
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:32.385s	+ 2.031s	23
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:32.401s	+ 2.047s	19
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:32.602s	+ 2.248s	21
13	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:32.874s	+ 2.520s	24
14	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:32.885s	+ 2.531s	20
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.945s	+ 2.591s	29
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.949s	+ 2.595s	22
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:32.994s	+ 2.640s	22
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:33.518s	+ 3.164s	16
19	George Russell	Williams	1:34.188s	+ 3.834s	26
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:34.253s	+ 3.899s	27

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:28.846s		32
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.881s	+ 0.035s	32
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.449s	+ 0.603s	33
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.557s	+ 0.711s	36
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:29.669s	+ 0.823s	32
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.725s	+ 0.879s	34
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.000s	+ 1.154s	33
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.017s	+ 1.171s	25
9	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.068s	+ 1.222s	34
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:30.093s	+ 1.247s	36
11	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:30.192s	+ 1.346s	33
12	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:30.429s	+ 1.583s	31
13	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:30.458s	+ 1.612s	36
14	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:30.716s	+ 1.870s	32
15	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:30.848s	+ 2.002s	30
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.088s	+ 2.242s	6
17	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:31.129s	+ 2.283s	31
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:31.144s	+ 2.298s	10
19	George Russell	Williams	1:31.904s	+ 3.058s	32
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:32.932s	+ 4.086s	37

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:29.569s		15
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:29.738s	+ 0.169s	16
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.334s	+ 0.765s	10
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:30.389s	+ 0.820s	12
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:30.818s	+ 1.249s	14
6	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.910s	+ 1.341s	12
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.955s	+ 1.386s	15
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.959s	+ 1.390s	10
9	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:30.965s	+ 1.396s	14
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:31.173s	+ 1.604s	17
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.333s	+ 1.764s	21
12	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:31.392s	+ 1.823s	13
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.540s	+ 1.971s	13
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:31.618s	+ 2.049s	16
15	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:31.638s	+ 2.069s	9
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:31.643s	+ 2.074s	11
17	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:31.679s	+ 2.110s	17
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.132s	+ 2.563s	21
19	George Russell	Williams	1:33.387s	+ 3.818s	14
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:33.525s	+ 3.956s	13

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:28.495s	1:28.046s	1:27.866s
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:28.733s	1:28.356s	1:28.160s
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:29.262s	1:28.578s	1:28.190s
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:29.498s	1:28.830s	1:28.256s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:29.579s	1:29.109s	1:28.752s
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:29.532s	1:29.017s	1:28.757s
7	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:29.528s	1:29.055s	1:28.813s
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:29.688s	1:29.249s	1:29.015s
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:29.959s	1:29.471s	1:29.022s
10	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:29.381s	1:29.258s	1:29.043s
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:29.859s	1:29.488s
12	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:29.514s	1:29.513s
13	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:29.900s	1:29.526s
14	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:29.893s	1:29.756s
15	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:29.876s	1:29.854s
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.026s
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:30.034s
18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:30.217s
19	George Russell	Williams	1:31.759s
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:31.799s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57 laps - 1:34:21.295s	2
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 2.980s	2
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 6.131s	2
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 6.408s	2
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 36.068s	3
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 45.754s	2
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 47.470s	2
8	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	+ 58.094s	2
9	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	+ 62.697s	2
10	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+ 63.696s	2
11	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 64.599s	2
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	2
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	2
15	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
16	Robert Kubica	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	2
18	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	DNF	1
19	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	DNF	4
20	Romain Grosjean	Haas	DNF	2

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