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Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026 · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026 · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/1165-race

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026 · Sepang International Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2026 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:47:14.808 · 55 laps · red-bull-ford	25
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:47:17.115 · 55 laps · mercedes	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:47:19.727 · 55 laps · ferrari	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:47:22.066 · 55 laps · ferrari	12
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:47:23.379 · 55 laps · red-bull-ford	10
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:47:24.262 · 55 laps · mercedes	8
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:47:27.561 · 55 laps · red-bull-ford	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:47:28.180 · 55 laps · honda	4
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:47:28.801 · 55 laps · mercedes	2
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:47:30.736 · 55 laps · red-bull-ford	1
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:47:32.212 · 55 laps · audi	Unknown / not applicable
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:47:32.860 · 55 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:47:33.805 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:47:37.113 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:47:37.340 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:47:38.123 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
17	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:47:40.239 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:47:43.041 · 55 laps · audi	Unknown / not applicable
19	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	1:47:44.118 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
20	George Russell	Mercedes	Power loss · Time not recorded · 49 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 41 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	Spun off · Time not recorded · 7 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.477 · 12 laps · red-bull-ford
2	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.595 · 15 laps · ferrari
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	Q1 1:36.898 · 12 laps · red-bull-ford
4	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.041 · 12 laps · mercedes
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.730 · 12 laps · ferrari
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	Q1 1:37.092 · 12 laps · mercedes
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	Q1 1:36.852 · 12 laps · mercedes
8	George Russell	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.264 · 12 laps · mercedes
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	Q1 1:37.174 · 18 laps · mercedes
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	Q1 1:37.106 · 18 laps · audi
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	Q1 1:37.332 · 12 laps · red-bull-ford
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	Q1 1:37.721 · 9 laps · honda
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	Q1 1:37.651 · 12 laps · mercedes
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Q1 1:37.729 · 12 laps · honda
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	Q1 1:37.179 · 8 laps · mercedes
16	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	Q1 1:37.883 · 9 laps · red-bull-ford
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	Q1 1:37.970 · 6 laps · audi
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas	Q1 1:37.980 · 9 laps · ferrari
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas	Q1 1:38.233 · 9 laps · ferrari
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	Q1 1:38.600 · 6 laps · mercedes
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	Q1 1:38.611 · 6 laps · ferrari
22	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	Q1 1:38.933 · 6 laps · ferrari

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:35.130 · red-bull-ford
2	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:35.428 · ferrari
3	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:35.631 · mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:35.666 · ferrari
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.757 · mercedes
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:35.762 · mercedes
7	George Russell	Mercedes	1:35.871 · mercedes
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:35.558 · red-bull-ford
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:37.210 · mercedes
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:37.673 · audi
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:37.023 · red-bull-ford
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:37.220 · honda
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:37.527 · mercedes
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:37.566 · honda
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:37.970 · audi
16	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:37.980 · ferrari
17	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:38.233 · ferrari
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:38.600 · mercedes
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:38.611 · ferrari
20	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	1:38.933 · ferrari
21	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	Time not recorded · mercedes
22	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	Time not recorded · red-bull-ford

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	320
2	George Russell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	236
3	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	214
4	Charles Leclerc	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	191
5	Lando Norris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	188
6	Max Verstappen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	188
7	Oscar Piastri	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	128
8	Isack Hadjar	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	96
9	Liam Lawson	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	65
10	Pierre Gasly	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	41
11	Arvid Lindblad	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	38
12	Franco Colapinto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
13	Oliver Bearman	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
16	Esteban Ocon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
17	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
18	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
19	Alexander Albon	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
20	Yuki Tsunoda	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
21	Lance Stroll	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Valtteri Bottas	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Sergio Pérez	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Max Verstappen	1	1:37.520
freePractice1Results	George Russell	2	1:37.903
freePractice1Results	Isack Hadjar	3	1:38.303
freePractice1Results	Charles Leclerc	4	1:38.367
freePractice1Results	Kimi Antonelli	5	1:38.580
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	6	1:38.590
freePractice1Results	Pierre Gasly	7	1:38.715
freePractice1Results	Liam Lawson	8	1:39.106
freePractice1Results	Arvid Lindblad	9	1:39.197
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:39.211
freePractice1Results	Oscar Piastri	11	1:39.276
freePractice1Results	Lando Norris	12	1:39.293
freePractice1Results	Gabriel Bortoleto	13	1:39.548
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	14	1:39.683
freePractice1Results	Esteban Ocon	15	1:40.158
freePractice1Results	Oliver Bearman	16	1:40.311
freePractice1Results	Alexander Albon	17	1:40.321
freePractice1Results	Lance Stroll	18	1:40.413
freePractice1Results	Franco Colapinto	19	1:40.531
freePractice1Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	20	1:40.605
freePractice1Results	Valtteri Bottas	21	1:40.800
freePractice1Results	Sergio Pérez	22	1:40.820
freePractice2Results	Charles Leclerc	1	1:37.528
freePractice2Results	Isack Hadjar	2	1:37.627
freePractice2Results	Lando Norris	3	1:37.665
freePractice2Results	Max Verstappen	4	1:37.785
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	1:37.833
freePractice2Results	Oscar Piastri	6	1:37.899
freePractice2Results	George Russell	7	1:38.020
freePractice2Results	Kimi Antonelli	8	1:38.060
freePractice2Results	Liam Lawson	9	1:38.496
freePractice2Results	Pierre Gasly	10	1:38.588
freePractice2Results	Arvid Lindblad	11	1:38.880
freePractice2Results	Gabriel Bortoleto	12	1:39.051
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:39.109
freePractice2Results	Esteban Ocon	14	1:39.361
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:39.478
freePractice2Results	Oliver Bearman	16	1:39.706
freePractice2Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	17	1:39.930
freePractice2Results	Lance Stroll	18	1:40.150
freePractice2Results	Valtteri Bottas	19	1:40.186
freePractice2Results	Alexander Albon	20	1:40.221
freePractice2Results	Sergio Pérez	21	1:40.938
freePractice2Results	Franco Colapinto	22	1:43.391
freePractice3Results	Kimi Antonelli	1	1:36.302
freePractice3Results	Max Verstappen	2	1:36.580
freePractice3Results	Isack Hadjar	3	1:36.860
freePractice3Results	George Russell	4	1:36.912
freePractice3Results	Charles Leclerc	5	1:37.016
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	6	1:37.041
freePractice3Results	Lando Norris	7	1:37.161
freePractice3Results	Oscar Piastri	8	1:37.366
freePractice3Results	Franco Colapinto	9	1:37.920
freePractice3Results	Arvid Lindblad	10	1:38.084
freePractice3Results	Gabriel Bortoleto	11	1:38.204
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	12	1:38.223
freePractice3Results	Pierre Gasly	13	1:38.241
freePractice3Results	Esteban Ocon	14	1:38.252
freePractice3Results	Liam Lawson	15	1:38.266
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	16	1:38.356
freePractice3Results	Oliver Bearman	17	1:38.692
freePractice3Results	Carlos Sainz Jr.	18	1:38.716
freePractice3Results	Lance Stroll	19	1:38.811
freePractice3Results	Alexander Albon	20	1:39.049
freePractice3Results	Valtteri Bottas	21	1:39.931
freePractice3Results	Sergio Pérez	22	1:40.223

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Sergio Pérez	1	1	38.032
Oscar Piastri	1	2	81.474
Gabriel Bortoleto	1	2	73.866
Nico Hülkenberg	1	2	61.177
Lance Stroll	1	2	60.446
Charles Leclerc	1	3	38.010
Nico Hülkenberg	2	8	27.594
Kimi Antonelli	1	9	27.739
Max Verstappen	1	9	27.641
George Russell	1	9	28.801
Isack Hadjar	1	9	28.134
Liam Lawson	1	9	28.600
Esteban Ocon	1	9	28.691
Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	9	32.065
Arvid Lindblad	1	9	28.598
Alexander Albon	1	9	32.467
Oscar Piastri	2	9	29.204
Gabriel Bortoleto	2	9	27.873
Lance Stroll	2	9	28.021
Sergio Pérez	3	9	29.870
Lando Norris	1	9	30.790
Charles Leclerc	2	9	28.651
Fernando Alonso	1	9	28.314
Pierre Gasly	1	9	28.152
Franco Colapinto	1	9	27.955
Oliver Bearman	1	10	28.553
Gabriel Bortoleto	3	15	36.773
Alexander Albon	2	16	27.608
Sergio Pérez	4	18	28.887
Sergio Pérez	5	21	29.266
Oliver Bearman	2	24	29.045
Pierre Gasly	2	25	27.758
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	26	28.233
Charles Leclerc	3	28	27.957
Arvid Lindblad	2	28	29.254
Lance Stroll	3	28	28.351
Esteban Ocon	2	29	29.057
Alexander Albon	3	29	27.859
Liam Lawson	2	30	28.026
Isack Hadjar	2	31	28.522
Lewis Hamilton	1	31	27.802
Fernando Alonso	2	31	27.615
Franco Colapinto	2	31	27.631
George Russell	2	32	27.677
Nico Hülkenberg	3	32	28.419
Max Verstappen	2	33	27.834
Kimi Antonelli	2	33	27.682
Oscar Piastri	3	33	28.337
Lando Norris	2	34	28.250
Gabriel Bortoleto	4	34	51.819
Pierre Gasly	3	37	27.854
Oliver Bearman	3	38	28.017
Sergio Pérez	6	39	31.338
Esteban Ocon	3	41	28.419
Franco Colapinto	3	42	28.211
Carlos Sainz Jr.	3	42	39.685
Max Verstappen	3	43	27.642
Lewis Hamilton	2	43	28.053
Charles Leclerc	4	43	28.178
Arvid Lindblad	3	43	28.072
Lance Stroll	4	43	27.446
Kimi Antonelli	3	44	27.295
George Russell	3	44	27.702
Isack Hadjar	3	44	27.345
Gabriel Bortoleto	5	44	27.704
Oscar Piastri	4	45	27.498
Lando Norris	3	45	27.869
Liam Lawson	3	45	29.624
Fernando Alonso	3	45	27.809
Nico Hülkenberg	4	45	28.277
Sergio Pérez	7	44	28.937
Pierre Gasly	4	45	28.335