Bahrain Grand Prix 2026

Sepang
4 October 2026
55 laps
304.9 km
5.543 km a lap

Pole positionMax VerstappenRed Bull · 1:35.130
Fastest lapMax Verstappen1:38.220 · lap 55
Winner started fromP1on the grid
Driver of the DayMax Verstappen25.9% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Max Verstappenfastest lap	3	Red Bull · Red Bull Ford	1	55	1:47:14.808	25
2	Kimi Antonelli	12	Mercedes	3	55	+2.307	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	44	Ferrari	2	55	+4.919	15
4	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	4	55	+7.258	12
5	Isack Hadjar	6	Red Bull · Red Bull Ford	8	55	+8.571	10
6	Oscar Piastri	81	McLaren · Mercedes	6	55	+9.454	8
7	Liam Lawson	30	Racing Bulls · Red Bull Ford	11	55	+12.753	6
8	Fernando Alonso	14	Aston Martin · Honda	12	55	+13.372	4
9	Lando Norris	1	McLaren · Mercedes	5	55	+13.993	2
10	Arvid Lindblad	41	Racing Bulls · Red Bull Ford	22	55	+15.928	1
11	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Audi	15	55	+17.404
12	Lance Stroll	18	Aston Martin · Honda	14	55	+18.052
13	Franco Colapinto	43	Alpine · Mercedes	21	55	+18.997
14	Oliver Bearman	87	Haas · Ferrari	16	55	+22.305
15	Esteban Ocon	31	Haas · Ferrari	17	55	+22.532
16	Pierre Gasly	10	Alpine · Mercedes	9	55	+23.315
17	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	Williams · Mercedes	13	55	+25.431
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	5	Audi	10	55	+28.233
19	Sergio Pérez	11	Cadillac · Ferrari	20	55	+29.310
20	George Russell	63	Mercedes	7	49	Power loss
DNF	Alexander Albon	23	Williams · Mercedes	18	41	Gearbox
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	77	Cadillac · Ferrari	19	7	Spun off

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Max Verstappen 43, Kimi Antonelli 11, Oscar Piastri 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

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Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Finish	Laps led
Max Verstappen	1	1	1	1	1	43
Kimi Antonelli	3	3	2	2	2	11
Lewis Hamilton	2	11	5	5	3
Charles Leclerc	4	14	10	6	4
Isack Hadjar	8	4	4	4	5
Oscar Piastri	6	8	7	7	6	1
Liam Lawson	11	5	6	9	7
Fernando Alonso	12	16	12	10	8
Lando Norris	5	13	8	8	9
Arvid Lindblad	22	7	13	12	10
Nico Hülkenberg	15	10	11	11	11
Lance Stroll	14	12	14	13	12
Franco Colapinto	21	21	15	15	13
Oliver Bearman	16	20	18	17	14
Esteban Ocon	17	6	9	14	15
Pierre Gasly	9	19	19	18	16
Carlos Sainz Jr.	13	18	20	16	17
Gabriel Bortoleto	10	9	17	20	18
Sergio Pérez	20	17	21	21	19
George Russell	7	2	3	3	20
Alexander Albon	18	15	16	19	out
Valtteri Bottas	19	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 120 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 41	Last lap
Max Verstappen	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kimi Antonelli	+2.1	+8.8	+11.3	+2.3
Lewis Hamilton	+13.8	+28.3	+28.8	+4.9
Charles Leclerc	+17.4	+48.7	+43.6	+7.3
Isack Hadjar	+4.2	+20.6	+28.3	+8.6
Oscar Piastri	+12.4	+40.9	+45.5	+9.5
Liam Lawson	+7.2	+40.2	+57.5	+12.8
Fernando Alonso	+18.8	+52.0	+67.4	+13.4
Lando Norris	+16.3	+43.4	+52.1	+14.0
Arvid Lindblad	+10.7	+54.6	+70.8	+15.9
Nico Hülkenberg	+13.2	+49.1	+68.9	+17.4
Lance Stroll	+16.3	+57.8	+74.2	+18.1
Franco Colapinto	+38.9	+65.3	+81.9	+19.0
Oliver Bearman	+31.6	+82.7	+97.2	+22.3
Esteban Ocon	+9.1	+43.6	+81.7	+22.5
Pierre Gasly	+30.2	+82.9	+104.2	+23.3
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+22.6	+83.8	+88.4	+25.4
Gabriel Bortoleto	+12.6	+82.1	+135.7	+28.2
Sergio Pérez	+19.5	+121.0	+185.0	+29.3
George Russell	+1.2	+12.9	+16.3	+2.0
Alexander Albon	+18.5	+81.4	+111.8	out
Valtteri Bottas	–	–	–	out

Tyre strategy

Which compound each driver ran, and for how many laps. A new colour is a pit stop.

Soft
Medium
Hard
Intermediate
Pale: a set used before the race

Laps on each set of tyres, in finishing order. Tyre data from OpenF1; it exists from 2023 on.

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Driver	Stops	Stints
Max Verstappen	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Soft 2–2 · Soft 3–9 · Soft 10–55
Kimi Antonelli	3	Intermediate 1–9 · Medium 10–33 · Soft 34–44 · Soft 45–55 (used, 3 laps)
Lewis Hamilton	2	Soft 1–1 · Medium 2–43 · Soft 44–55 (used, 3 laps)
Charles Leclerc	4	Soft 1–1 · Intermediate 2–3 · Soft 4–9 · Soft 10–43 · Soft 44–55 (used, 3 laps)
Isack Hadjar	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Soft 2–9 · Soft 10–44 · Soft 45–55 (used, 3 laps)
Oscar Piastri	4	Medium 1–1 · Intermediate 2–2 · Hard 3–9 · Medium 10–34 · Hard 35–55 (used, 1 laps)
Liam Lawson	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Hard 2–9 · Hard 10–45 · Soft 46–55
Fernando Alonso	3	Medium 1–1 · Hard 2–2 · Hard 3–9 · Soft 10–55
Lando Norris	3	Medium 1–1 · Hard 2–9 · Soft 10–45 · Soft 46–55
Arvid Lindblad	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Hard 2–9 · Hard 10–28 · Soft 29–55
Nico Hülkenberg	4	Soft 1–1 · Intermediate 2–2 · Soft 3–8 · Soft 9–32 · Soft 33–55
Lance Stroll	4	Medium 1–1 · Intermediate 2–2 · Hard 3–9 · Hard 10–28 · Soft 29–55
Franco Colapinto	3	Soft 1–1 · Medium 2–2 · Hard 3–9 · Medium 10–55
Oliver Bearman	3	Soft 1–1 · Medium 2–10 · Hard 11–24 · Hard 25–55
Esteban Ocon	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Soft 2–9 · Hard 10–41 · Soft 42–55
Pierre Gasly	4	Soft 1–1 · Medium 2–2 · Hard 3–9 · Soft 10–25 · Soft 26–55
Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Soft 2–9 · Hard 10–26 · Soft 27–55
Gabriel Bortoleto	5	Soft 1–1 · Intermediate 2–2 · Soft 3–9 · Hard 10–15 · Soft 16–44 · Soft 45–55
Sergio Pérez	6	Soft 1–1 · Intermediate 2–2 · Medium 3–9 · Hard 10–18 · Hard 19–21 · Medium 22–39 · Soft 40–55
George Russell	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Medium 2–2 · Soft 3–9 · Soft 10–49
Alexander Albon	3	Intermediate 1–1 · Soft 2–9 · Hard 10–16 · Soft 17–41
Valtteri Bottas	1	Soft 1–1 · Soft 2–7

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:36.477	1:35.696	1:35.130
2	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:36.595	1:36.032	1:35.428
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:36.898	1:36.192	1:35.558
4	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:37.041	1:35.959	1:35.631
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.730	1:35.970	1:35.666
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:37.092	1:36.173	1:35.757
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:36.852	1:36.020	1:35.762
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:37.264	1:36.245	1:35.871
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:37.174	1:36.410	1:37.210
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:37.106	1:36.814	1:37.673
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:37.332	1:37.023
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:37.721	1:37.220
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:37.651	1:37.527
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:37.729	1:37.566
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:37.179
16	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:37.883
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:37.970
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:37.980
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:38.233
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:38.600
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:38.611
22	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	1:38.933

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Isack Hadjar	P3	P8	5 places – 5
Franco Colapinto	P15	P21	15 places – 15
Arvid Lindblad	P16	P22	30 places – 30

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Lewis Hamilton	2	31, 43	27.802 s
Kimi Antonelli	3	9, 33, 44	27.295 s
Isack Hadjar	3	9, 31, 44	27.345 s
Alexander Albon	3	9, 16, 29	27.608 s
Fernando Alonso	3	9, 31, 45	27.615 s
Franco Colapinto	3	9, 31, 42	27.631 s
Max Verstappen	3	9, 33, 43	27.641 s
George Russell	3	9, 32, 44	27.677 s
Lando Norris	3	9, 34, 45	27.869 s
Oliver Bearman	3	10, 24, 38	28.017 s
Liam Lawson	3	9, 30, 45	28.026 s
Arvid Lindblad	3	9, 28, 43	28.072 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	9, 26, 42	28.233 s
Esteban Ocon	3	9, 29, 41	28.419 s
Lance Stroll	4	2, 9, 28, 43	27.446 s
Oscar Piastri	4	2, 9, 33, 45	27.498 s
Nico Hülkenberg	4	2, 8, 32, 45	27.594 s
Pierre Gasly	4	9, 25, 37, 45	27.758 s
Charles Leclerc	4	3, 9, 28, 43	27.957 s
Gabriel Bortoleto	5	2, 9, 15, 34, 44	27.704 s
Sergio Pérez	6	1, 9, 18, 21, 39, 44	28.887 s

Every stop, lap by lap (72)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Sergio Pérez	1	38.032 s
2	Lance Stroll	1	1:00.446 s
2	Nico Hülkenberg	1	1:01.177 s
2	Gabriel Bortoleto	1	1:13.866 s
2	Oscar Piastri	1	1:21.474 s
3	Charles Leclerc	1	38.010 s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	2	27.594 s
9	Max Verstappen	1	27.641 s
9	Kimi Antonelli	1	27.739 s
9	Gabriel Bortoleto	2	27.873 s
9	Franco Colapinto	1	27.955 s
9	Lance Stroll	2	28.021 s
9	Isack Hadjar	1	28.134 s
9	Pierre Gasly	1	28.152 s
9	Fernando Alonso	1	28.314 s
9	Arvid Lindblad	1	28.598 s
9	Liam Lawson	1	28.600 s
9	Charles Leclerc	2	28.651 s
9	Esteban Ocon	1	28.691 s
9	George Russell	1	28.801 s
9	Oscar Piastri	2	29.204 s
9	Sergio Pérez	3	29.870 s
9	Lando Norris	1	30.790 s
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	32.065 s
9	Alexander Albon	1	32.467 s
10	Oliver Bearman	1	28.553 s
15	Gabriel Bortoleto	3	36.773 s
16	Alexander Albon	2	27.608 s
18	Sergio Pérez	4	28.887 s
21	Sergio Pérez	5	29.266 s
24	Oliver Bearman	2	29.045 s
25	Pierre Gasly	2	27.758 s
26	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	28.233 s
28	Charles Leclerc	3	27.957 s
28	Lance Stroll	3	28.351 s
28	Arvid Lindblad	2	29.254 s
29	Alexander Albon	3	27.859 s
29	Esteban Ocon	2	29.057 s
30	Liam Lawson	2	28.026 s
31	Fernando Alonso	2	27.615 s
31	Franco Colapinto	2	27.631 s
31	Lewis Hamilton	1	27.802 s
31	Isack Hadjar	2	28.522 s
32	George Russell	2	27.677 s
32	Nico Hülkenberg	3	28.419 s
33	Kimi Antonelli	2	27.682 s
33	Max Verstappen	2	27.834 s
33	Oscar Piastri	3	28.337 s
34	Lando Norris	2	28.250 s
34	Gabriel Bortoleto	4	51.819 s
37	Pierre Gasly	3	27.854 s
38	Oliver Bearman	3	28.017 s
39	Sergio Pérez	6	31.338 s
41	Esteban Ocon	3	28.419 s
42	Franco Colapinto	3	28.211 s
42	Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	39.685 s
43	Lance Stroll	4	27.446 s
43	Max Verstappen	3	27.642 s
43	Lewis Hamilton	2	28.053 s
43	Arvid Lindblad	3	28.072 s
43	Charles Leclerc	4	28.178 s
44	Kimi Antonelli	3	27.295 s
44	Isack Hadjar	3	27.345 s
44	George Russell	3	27.702 s
44	Gabriel Bortoleto	5	27.704 s
44	Sergio Pérez	7	28.937 s
45	Oscar Piastri	4	27.498 s
45	Fernando Alonso	3	27.809 s
45	Lando Norris	3	27.869 s
45	Nico Hülkenberg	4	28.277 s
45	Pierre Gasly	4	28.335 s
45	Liam Lawson	3	29.624 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	55	1:38.220
2	Kimi Antonelli	52	1:38.589	+0.369
3	Lewis Hamilton	53	1:38.610	+0.390
4	Charles Leclerc	54	1:39.336	+1.116
5	Oscar Piastri	53	1:39.485	+1.265
6	Isack Hadjar	52	1:39.792	+1.572
7	Lando Norris	54	1:39.970	+1.750
8	Liam Lawson	53	1:40.254	+2.034
9	Arvid Lindblad	55	1:40.315	+2.095
10	Fernando Alonso	54	1:40.353	+2.133

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 16
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Kimi Antonelli	320
2	George Russell	236
3	Lewis Hamilton	214
4	Charles Leclerc	191	▲1
5	Lando Norris	188	▼1
6	Max Verstappen	188
7	Oscar Piastri	128
8	Isack Hadjar	96
9	Liam Lawson	65
10	Pierre Gasly	41

Constructors' championship after round 16
Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes	556
2	Ferrari	405
3	McLaren	316
4	Red Bull	298
5	Racing Bulls	90
6	Alpine	68
7	Haas	27
8	Audi	17
9	Williams	12
10	Aston Martin	7