Pit Lane F1
Round 1 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2023-03-05
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) took pole for the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:29.708 lap.
Sergio PĂ©rez (Red Bull) joined the front row, 0.138s shy of pole, with Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) third on the grid. Nico HĂĽlkenberg (Haas F1 Team) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Lando Norris (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.572s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.101s — pole to P10 — with Nico Hülkenberg (Haas F1 Team) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:31.295 | 1:30.503 | 1:29.708 | 1:29.708 |
| 2 | 11Sergio PĂ©rez | 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 |