Bahrain Grand Prix

Follow live coverage of the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix. Keep up to date with everything that happens during the race at the Bahrain International Circuit.

You can easily switch between live timing and the live blog via the tabs. [Charles Leclerc](/formula-1-drivers/charles-leclerc) and Carlos Sainz pose a challenge from the second row, or will the reigning champions take victory? [Red Bull](/formula-1-teams/red-bull) driver will be joined by teammate [Sergio Perez](/formula-1-drivers/sergio-perez) on the front row of the grid.

Lap-by-lap updates: Can Ferrari challenge the supremacy of Red Bull and Max Verstappen in the first race of 2023? Join Daniel Harris.

Lap 13/57 Hamilton pits – Russell wanted to a couple of laps ago – and here comes Alonso, looking to nail him down the straight! Hamilton, meanwhile, is out of the pits in seventh, while Piastri, the next big hope, is in the pit with some kind of issue and he looks to be done for today; what a disaster this weekend has been for him. Otherwise, Gasly is first to pit and presumably will prompt others to do the same. Lap 22/57 Alonso has been pestering his team to find out if action has been taken against the cad who he reckons impeded him on the first lap; his team, of course, don’t want to tell him it’s Stroll, his teammate. Verstappen and Perez are on softs, but Albon is the only other member of the top 10 not using hards. Lap 29/57 Lando Nozza pits again, comes out in 19th, behind Hulkenberg, and he’s another who’s had better days. Lap 16/57 “Just as well I haven’t subscribed to Sky!” sighs Anne Williams. Alonso is back in fifth, and does Hamilton have the power to respond? Lap 49/57 Verstappen’s lead has stayed around 10s for the last bit and I guess he’s no reason to push it. and he attacks down the straight, nails Hamilton on the inside … The gaps between the top four are significant, but Hamilton is 2.363s behind Sainz in fifth, with Alonso 0.596s behind him in sixth … Lap 55/57 Tsunoda is now in DRS range but we focus on Verstappen, who will have fewer more serene evenings.

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen starts from pole position for the opening race of the 2023 Formula One season at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

The Ferrari duo start just behind with title hopeful Leclerc saving an extra set of soft tyres for the race after completing just one flying lap in Q3 on Saturday. For viewers planning to live stream F1 in 2023, you can watch via the Sky Go app if you're an existing subscriber or you can purchase For fans in Canada, TSN will carry the English-language telecast of races. Lap 13: Alonso is beginning to put some sizeable pressure on Russell in the battle for P6. The Frenchman finished in P16 in Q1 but then had his second lap time deleted after failing to keep within track limits. Not long left now until we go racing for the first time in 2023 at the Bahrain Grand Prix! Lap 26: Perez overtakes Leclerc for P2 of the Bahrain Grand Prix! Elsewhere the two Aston Martin's come together but both look fine to continue on for now. Lap 32: Red Bull's Perez is really opening up the gap to Leclerc in their fight for P2. The Frenchman takes a five-second penalty for not lining up properly on the grid, likely too far forward in his box. Oh, and now its another five seconds on top for speeding in the pit lane. Lap 33: The undercut works for Stroll.

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will form an all-Ferrari second row, while Fernando Alonso will take the start from fifth in his first race for Aston Martin. A ...

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DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing) 3 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by David Coulthard) ...

Q: Checo, you know, a lot of a lot of the people in that team very well. It's better if we make sure that all the cars are close to each other and more competitive instead of spicing things up in that way, which I think is probably for the show. MV: Yeah, I mean, after testing I was very happy and then then I jumped in the car in FP1 and it was a big shock. I mean, qualifying to race is anyway a different car in terms of how it behaves, but you still want to be quick over one lap and that was a big struggle for me. CL: Oh, they've shown a very promising race pace in FP2, but again, FP2, it's very difficult to judge because you don't know the fuel level they had in the car. Because as much as we need to understand the bad days, I think we also need to understand the good days. Or was it more of a surprise that you got the most out of the car given the balance issues you discussed? I think we were in a fight for pole, which was a good surprise, to be honest, because I did not expect that after testing and after the free practices that were a little bit difficult. I think there were sandbagging a bit through the first days of testing and in during the weekend. But I think, as I progress, I was able to learn my way around the balance I had and get a good Q3 lap in the end, but not enough to beat Max. I think in the end, we knew we had to compromise a bit the quali-pace for tomorrow’s race. Do you think the balance will be more suited to the race run for you?