Full race results from the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir, round 1 of the 2023 Formula 1 season.

2023 Bahrain Grand Prix - Race results

Pos Driver Team Gap Stops
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 57 laps - 1:33:56.736s 2
2 Sergio Pérez Red Bull + 11.987s 2
3 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin + 38.637s 2
4 Carlos Sainz Ferrari + 48.052s 2
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes + 50.977s 2
6 Lance Stroll Aston Martin + 54.502s 2
7 George Russell Mercedes + 55.873s 2
8 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo + 72.647s 2
9 Pierre Gasly Alpine + 73.753s 3
10 Alexander Albon Williams + 89.774s 3
11 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri + 90.870s 3
12 Logan Sargeant Williams + 1 lap 3
13 Kevin Magnussen Haas + 1 lap 3
14 Nyck de Vries AlphaTauri + 1 lap 2
15 Nico Hulkenberg Haas + 1 lap 3
16 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo + 1 lap 3
17 Lando Norris McLaren + 2 laps 6
Esteban Ocon Alpine DNF 4
Charles Leclerc Ferrari DNF 2
Oscar Piastri McLaren DNF 1

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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