2023 Bahrain Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 1 of 22[a] in the 2023 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[2][3] | ||||
Date | 5 March 2023 | |||
Official name | Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 | |||
Location |
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain | |||
Course | Permanent racing facility | |||
Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 miles) | |||
Distance | 57 laps, 308.238 km (190.253 miles) | |||
Weather | Clear | |||
Attendance | 99,500[4] | |||
Pole position | ||||
Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | |||
Time | 1:29.708 | |||
Fastest lap | ||||
Driver | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo-Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:33.996 on lap 56 | |||
Podium | ||||
First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | |||
Second | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | |||
Third | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | |||
Lap leaders |
The 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2023) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 5 March 2023 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.[2] It was the opening round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.
Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen took pole position and won the race, ahead of his teammate Sergio Pérez in what was their first 1-2 finish of the season. Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin in third. This was only Alonso's second podium since the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix, and the first of eight for the season.[5] The race also saw the debut of future race winner Oscar Piastri, who contested the race with McLaren but retired with a mechanical issue. Nyck de Vries and Logan Sargeant also made their Formula One Grand Prix season debuts with AlphaTauri and Williams respectively.
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