Etapa 1 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 2023-03-05
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) cravou a pole do Bahrain Grand Prix de 2023 com uma volta de 1:29.708.
Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) completou a primeira fila a 0.138s da pole, com Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) em terceiro no grid. Nico Hülkenberg (Haas F1 Team) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Lando Norris (McLaren) ficou de fora por 0.572s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.101s — da pole ao P10 — com Nico Hülkenberg (Haas F1 Team) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:31.295 | 1:30.503 | 1:29.708 | 1:29.708 |
| 2 | 11Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:31.479 | 1:30.746 | 1:29.846 | +0.138 |
| 3 | 16Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:31.094 | 1:30.282 | 1:30.000 | +0.292 |
| 4 |
| 55Carlos Sainz |
| Ferrari |
| 1:30.993 |
| 1:30.515 |
| 1:30.154 |
| +0.446 |
| 5 | 14Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:31.158 | 1:30.645 | 1:30.336 | +0.628 |
| 6 | 63George Russell | Mercedes | 1:31.057 | 1:30.507 | 1:30.340 | +0.632 |
| 7 | 44Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:31.543 | 1:30.513 | 1:30.384 | +0.676 |
| 8 | 18Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:31.184 | 1:31.127 | 1:30.836 | +1.128 |
| 9 | 31Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:31.508 | 1:30.914 | 1:30.984 | +1.276 |
| 10 | 27Nico Hülkenberg | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.204 | 1:30.809 | — | +1.101 |
| 11 | 1Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:31.652 | 1:31.381 | — | +1.673 |
| 12 | 77Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.504 | 1:31.443 | — | +1.735 |
| 13 | 24Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:31.615 | 1:31.473 | — | +1.765 |
| 14 | 22Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:31.400 | 1:32.510 | — | +2.802 |
| 15 | 23Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:31.461 | — | — | +1.753 |
| 16 | 2Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:31.652 | — | — | +1.944 |
| 17 | 20Kevin Magnussen | Haas F1 Team | 1:31.892 | — | — | +2.184 |
| 18 | 81Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:32.101 | — | — | +2.393 |
| 19 | 21Nyck de Vries | AlphaTauri | 1:32.121 | — | — | +2.413 |
| 20 | 10Pierre Gasly | Alpine F1 Team | 1:32.181 | — | — | +2.473 |