Race 1 of 22[a] in the 2023 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
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
Max Verstappen
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
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second
Sergio Pérez
Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Third
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
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.
Oscar Piastri, Nyck de Vries and Logan Sargeant made their Formula One Grand Prix season debuts with McLaren, AlphaTauri and Williams, respectively. 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]
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^"Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 – F1 Race - Circuit Information". Formula 1. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
^"Record Attendance at Sold Out 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix". f1destinations.com. 6 March 2023. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^"'I thought the podium was gone' – Fernando Alonso on his thrilling final-lap battle with Sergio Perez". Formula 1. 5 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
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