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2022 Bahrain Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2022 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: AlphaTauri's Gasly sets the pace in Bahrain GP first practice

FP2: Verstappen leads both Ferraris in second Bahrain practice

FP3: Verstappen edges Leclerc in final practice in Bahrain

Qualifying: Leclerc snatches Bahrain pole from Verstappen and Sainz

Race: Leclerc heads Ferrari 1-2 in Bahrain amid Red Bull meltdown

Photos

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

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Sakhir

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Sakhir

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Sakhir

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.193s		22
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.557s	+ 0.364s	21
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.611s	+ 0.418s	22
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:34.629s	+ 0.436s	22
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.742s	+ 0.549s	21
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:34.814s	+ 0.621s	21
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.943s	+ 0.750s	16
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:35.000s	+ 0.807s	13
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:35.028s	+ 0.835s	19
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:35.050s	+ 0.857s	22
11	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:35.053s	+ 0.860s	19
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.151s	+ 0.958s	14
13	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.644s	+ 1.451s	14
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:35.815s	+ 1.622s	22
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:35.923s	+ 1.730s	16
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:36.304s	+ 2.111s	21
17	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:36.402s	+ 2.209s	19
18	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:36.536s	+ 2.343s	22
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:36.804s	+ 2.611s	20
20	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo			2

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.936s		20
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.023s	+ 0.087s	19
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:32.520s	+ 0.584s	21
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:32.529s	+ 0.593s	24
5	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:32.877s	+ 0.941s	23
6	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:32.951s	+ 1.015s	29
7	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32.958s	+ 1.022s	20
8	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:33.085s	+ 1.149s	23
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.144s	+ 1.208s	22
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.183s	+ 1.247s	22
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.280s	+ 1.344s	26
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:33.360s	+ 1.424s	24
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:33.621s	+ 1.685s	24
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:33.789s	+ 1.853s	26
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:33.953s	+ 2.017s	26
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.958s	+ 2.022s	24
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:34.061s	+ 2.125s	27
18	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:34.166s	+ 2.230s	12
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:34.486s	+ 2.550s	27
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:34.735s	+ 2.799s	21

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.544s		14
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.640s	+ 0.096s	15
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32.791s	+ 0.247s	19
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:32.935s	+ 0.391s	18
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:33.053s	+ 0.509s	19
6	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.121s	+ 0.577s	14
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:33.437s	+ 0.893s	14
8	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:33.733s	+ 1.189s	20
9	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:33.880s	+ 1.336s	17
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.920s	+ 1.376s	13
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.955s	+ 1.411s	17
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:33.971s	+ 1.427s	17
13	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:34.176s	+ 1.632s	17
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:34.295s	+ 1.751s	16
15	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:34.378s	+ 1.834s	19
16	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:34.628s	+ 2.084s	14
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:34.868s	+ 2.324s	14
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.957s	+ 2.413s	15
19	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:35.667s	+ 3.123s	13

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.471s	1:30.932s	1:30.558s
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.785s	1:30.757s	1:30.681s
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:31.567s	1:30.787s	1:30.687s
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:32.311s	1:31.008s	1:30.921s
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:32.285s	1:31.048s	1:31.238s
6	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:31.919s	1:31.717s	1:31.560s
7	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.955s	1:31.461s	1:31.808s
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	1:32.346s	1:31.621s	1:32.195s
9	George Russell	Mercedes	1:32.269s	1:31.252s	1:32.216s
10	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	1:32.096s	1:31.635s	1:32.338s
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.041s	1:31.782s
12	Mick Schumacher	Haas	1:32.380s	1:31.998s
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.239s	1:32.008s
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:32.726s	1:32.664s
15	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:32.493s	1:33.543s
16	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:32.750s
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	1:32.777s
18	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	1:32.945s
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.032s
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	1:33.634s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	57 laps - 1:37:33.584s	3
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 5.598s	3
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 9.675s	3
4	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 11.211s	3
5	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 14.754s	3
6	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 16.119s	3
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 19.423s	3
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 20.386s	3
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	+ 22.390s	3
10	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	+ 23.064s	3
11	Mick Schumacher	Haas	+ 32.574s	2
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 45.873s	3
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 53.932s	3
14	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	+ 54.975s	3
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 56.335s	3
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	+ 61.795s	3
17	Nico Hulkenberg	Aston Martin	+ 63.829s	3
	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	DNF	3
	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	DNF	4
	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	DNF	2

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