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2023 Bahrain Grand Prix

2023 Bahrain Grand Prix
Race 1 of 22[a] in the 2023 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
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 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time 1:29.708
Fastest lap
Driver China 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 3 new drivers in Formula One: Oscar Piastri, Nyck de Vries and Logan Sargeant.

  1. ^ "Formula 1 update on the 2023 calendar". Formula 1. Archived from the original on 10 March 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 – F1 Race". Formula 1. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 – F1 Race - Circuit Information". Formula 1. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "'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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