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2021 Bahrain Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2021 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: Verstappen leads the field in Bahrain GP first practice

FP2: Verstappen stays in charge for floodlit second practice

FP3: Verstappen upholds Red Bull dominance over Mercedes

Qualifying: Verstappen takes emphatic pole with stellar final lap

Race: Hamilton hangs on to beat Verstappen in thrilling opener

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	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.394s		12
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.692s	+ 0.298s	17
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.897s	+ 0.503s	20
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.921s	+ 0.527s	15
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.993s	+ 0.599s	14
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32.071s	+ 0.677s	15
7	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:32.195s	+ 0.801s	23
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.366s	+ 0.972s	15
9	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:32.434s	+ 1.040s	20
10	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.786s	+ 1.392s	16
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:33.134s	+ 1.740s	18
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:33.157s	+ 1.763s	21
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.233s	+ 1.839s	20
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.329s	+ 1.935s	21
15	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.528s	+ 2.134s	20
16	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:33.872s	+ 2.478s	18
17	George Russell	Williams	1:34.127s	+ 2.733s	22
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:34.340s	+ 2.946s	22
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:34.501s	+ 3.107s	16
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:34.975s	+ 3.581s	16

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.847s		23
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.942s	+ 0.095s	25
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.082s	+ 0.235s	24
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:31.127s	+ 0.280s	26
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.218s	+ 0.371s	23
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:31.230s	+ 0.383s	22
7	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:31.294s	+ 0.447s	23
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.393s	+ 0.546s	24
9	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.483s	+ 0.636s	27
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.503s	+ 0.656s	23
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.601s	+ 0.754s	24
12	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.612s	+ 0.765s	26
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:31.740s	+ 0.893s	27
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:31.769s	+ 0.922s	26
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:31.770s	+ 0.923s	24
16	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.862s	+ 1.015s	15
17	George Russell	Williams	1:32.331s	+ 1.484s	28
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:33.297s	+ 2.450s	24
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.400s	+ 2.553s	28
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:33.449s	+ 2.602s	19

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.577s		11
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.316s	+ 0.739s	14
3	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:31.583s	+ 1.006s	13
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.855s	+ 1.278s	16
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.908s	+ 1.331s	11
6	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.108s	+ 1.531s	16
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:32.224s	+ 1.647s	15
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.423s	+ 1.846s	11
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.431s	+ 1.854s	13
10	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:32.477s	+ 1.900s	12
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.482s	+ 1.905s	17
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:32.500s	+ 1.923s	11
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:32.709s	+ 2.132s	15
14	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:32.755s	+ 2.178s	15
15	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:32.820s	+ 2.243s	15
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.860s	+ 2.283s	10
17	George Russell	Williams	1:33.323s	+ 2.746s	14
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:33.422s	+ 2.845s	14
19	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:33.622s	+ 3.045s	14
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.959s	+ 3.382s	16

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.499s	1:30.318s	1:28.997s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.617s	1:30.085s	1:29.385s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:31.200s	1:30.186s	1:29.586s
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.691s	1:30.010s	1:29.678s
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:30.848s	1:30.513s	1:29.809s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:30.795s	1:30.222s	1:29.927s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.902s	1:30.099s	1:29.974s
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:31.653s	1:30.009s	1:30.215s
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:30.863s	1:30.595s	1:30.249s
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.261s	1:30.624s	1:30.601s
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.165s	1:30.659s
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:30.998s	1:30.708s
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:30.607s	1:31.203s
14	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:31.547s	1:31.238s
15	George Russell	Williams	1:31.316s	1:33.430s
16	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:31.724s
17	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:31.936s
18	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	1:32.056s
19	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:32.449s
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	1:33.273s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56 laps - 1:32:03.897s	2
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 0.745s	2
3	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 37.383s	3
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 46.466s	2
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 52.047s	3
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 59.090s	2
7	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 66.004s	2
8	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 67.100s	2
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 85.692s	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 86.713s	2
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 88.864s	2
12	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	2
14	George Russell	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	+ 1 lap	1
16	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
17	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	+ 4 laps	4
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 5 laps	3
19	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	DNF	3
20	Nikita Mazepin	Haas	DNF	0

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