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2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Sakhir.

Session Reports

FP1: Ricciardo leads opening practice for RB

FP2: Hamilton and Russell top second practice for Mercedes

FP3: Sainz tops Bahrain GP final practice from Alonso

Qualifying: Emphatic Bahrain pole for Verstappen from Leclerc and Russell

Race: Verstappen and Perez execute perfect Red Bull 1-2

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Wednesday'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	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:32.869s		23
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.901s	+ 0.032s	25
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:33.113s	+ 0.244s	25
4	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:33.183s	+ 0.314s	24
5	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:33.193s	+ 0.324s	20
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.238s	+ 0.369s	21
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.251s	+ 0.382s	25
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.268s	+ 0.399s	24
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.302s	+ 0.433s	22
10	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:33.354s	+ 0.485s	21
11	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:33.385s	+ 0.516s	26
12	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:33.413s	+ 0.544s	24
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:33.583s	+ 0.714s	17
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:33.868s	+ 0.999s	20
15	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:33.923s	+ 1.054s	16
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:34.213s	+ 1.344s	19
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:34.807s	+ 1.938s	21
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:35.144s	+ 2.275s	24
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:37.477s	+ 4.608s	25
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:37.938s	+ 5.069s	27

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.374s		25
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.580s	+ 0.206s	23
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.660s	+ 0.286s	22
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.769s	+ 0.395s	25
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.784s	+ 0.410s	27
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.851s	+ 0.477s	25
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:30.884s	+ 0.510s	23
8	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:30.891s	+ 0.517s	26
9	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.113s	+ 0.739s	26
10	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.115s	+ 0.741s	26
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.333s	+ 0.959s	26
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:31.516s	+ 1.142s	26
13	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:31.715s	+ 1.341s	27
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.764s	+ 1.390s	27
15	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:31.881s	+ 1.507s	29
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:31.951s	+ 1.577s	25
17	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:32.001s	+ 1.627s	24
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.027s	+ 1.653s	25
19	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:32.048s	+ 1.674s	28
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:32.608s	+ 2.234s	25

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:30.824s		18
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.965s	+ 0.141s	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.062s	+ 0.238s	16
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.094s	+ 0.270s	17
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:31.118s	+ 0.294s	12
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.190s	+ 0.366s	12
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:31.210s	+ 0.386s	13
8	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:31.248s	+ 0.424s	17
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:31.278s	+ 0.454s	13
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.396s	+ 0.572s	17
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:31.449s	+ 0.625s	13
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:31.452s	+ 0.628s	20
13	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:31.631s	+ 0.807s	14
14	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:31.671s	+ 0.847s	20
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:31.965s	+ 1.141s	17
16	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:32.000s	+ 1.176s	17
17	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:32.096s	+ 1.272s	16
18	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:32.124s	+ 1.300s	11
19	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:32.125s	+ 1.301s	16
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:32.382s	+ 1.558s	14

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:30.031s	1:29.374s	1:29.179s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:30.243s	1:29.165s	1:29.407s
3	George Russell	Mercedes	1:30.350s	1:29.922s	1:29.485s
4	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:29.909s	1:29.573s	1:29.507s
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:30.221s	1:29.932s	1:29.537s
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:30.179s	1:29.801s	1:29.542s
7	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:30.143s	1:29.941s	1:29.614s
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:30.531s	1:30.122s	1:29.683s
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:30.451s	1:29.718s	1:29.710s
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:30.566s	1:29.851s	1:30.502s
11	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:30.481s	1:30.129s
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:29.965s	1:30.200s
13	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:30.397s	1:30.221s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:30.562s	1:30.278s
15	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:30.646s	1:30.529s
16	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:30.756s
17	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:30.757s
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:30.770s
19	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:30.793s
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:30.948s

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	57 laps - 1:31:44.742s	2
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 22.457s	2
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 25.110s	2
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 39.669s	2
5	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 46.788s	2
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 48.458s	2
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 50.324s	2
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 56.082s	2
9	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 74.887s	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 93.216s	2
11	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	+ 1 lap	2
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
13	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	+ 1 lap	2
14	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	+ 1 lap	2
15	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 1 lap	2
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 1 lap	3
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 1 lap	2
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 1 lap	3
19	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	+ 1 lap	2
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 2 laps	3

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	26
2	Sergio Pérez	18
3	Carlos Sainz	15
4	Charles Leclerc	12
5	George Russell	10
6	Lando Norris	8
7	Lewis Hamilton	6
8	Oscar Piastri	4
9	Fernando Alonso	2
10	Lance Stroll	1
11	Zhou Guanyu	0
12	Kevin Magnussen	0
13	Daniel Ricciardo	0
14	Yuki Tsunoda	0
15	Alexander Albon	0
16	Nico Hülkenberg	0
17	Esteban Ocon	0
18	Pierre Gasly	0
19	Valtteri Bottas	0
20	Logan Sargeant	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	44
2	Ferrari	27
3	Mercedes	16
4	McLaren	12
5	Aston Martin	3
6	Sauber	0
7	Haas	0
8	RB	0
9	Williams	0
10	Alpine	0

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