Ronda 1 — tiempos Q1, Q2 y Q3 - 2022-03-20
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) firmó la pole del Bahrain Grand Prix de 2022 con un crono de 1:30.558.
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completó la primera fila a 0.123s de la pole, con Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) tercero en parrilla. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) entró a Q3 en P10, mientras que Esteban Ocon (Alpine F1 Team) se quedó fuera por —s.
La Q3 se decidió en un margen de 1.780s — de la pole a P10 — con Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) cerrando el top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Escudería | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferencia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:31.471 | 1:30.932 | 1:30.558 | 1:30.558 |
| 2 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:31.785 | 1:30.757 | 1:30.681 | +0.123 |
| 3 | 55Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:31.567 | 1:30.787 | 1:30.687 | +0.129 |
| 4 |
| 11Sergio Pérez |
| Red Bull |
| 1:32.311 |
| 1:31.008 |
| 1:30.921 |
| +0.363 |
| 5 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:32.285 | 1:31.048 | 1:31.238 | +0.680 |
| 6 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.919 | 1:31.717 | 1:31.560 | +1.002 |
| 7 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.955 | 1:31.461 | 1:31.808 | +1.250 |
| 8 | 14Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:32.346 | 1:31.621 | 1:32.195 | +1.637 |
| 9 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:32.269 | 1:31.252 | 1:32.216 | +1.658 |
| 10 | 10Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:32.096 | 1:31.635 | 1:32.338 | +1.780 |
| 11 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:32.041 | 1:31.782 | — | +1.224 |
| 12 | 47Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:32.380 | 1:31.998 | — | +1.440 |
| 13 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:32.239 | 1:32.008 | — | +1.450 |
| 14 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:32.726 | 1:32.664 | — | +2.106 |
| 15 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:32.493 | 1:33.543 | — | +2.985 |
| 16 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:32.750 | — | — | +2.192 |
| 17 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Aston Martin | 1:32.777 | — | — | +2.219 |
| 18 | 3Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:32.945 | — | — | +2.387 |
| 19 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:33.032 | — | — | +2.474 |
| 20 | 6Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:33.634 | — | — | +3.076 |