Formula 1
2021 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX – FULL STARTING LINEUP
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen made good on his practice form and took a comfortable pole position ahead of the first race of the season at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Full starting grid for the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sakhir, the opening round of the 2021 F1 world championship season.
How the Formula 1 grid lines up for the 2021 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen starting on pole position from Lewis Hamilton…
Verstappen starts from pole position after beating reigning world champion Hamilton by almost 0.4s in qualifying on Saturday.
POS. | DRIVER | NAT. | TEAM |
1 | Max Verstappen | NED | Red Bull Racing |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team |
3 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team |
4 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow |
5 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda |
6 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
7 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
8 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow |
9 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Alpine F1 Team |
10 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team |
11 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Red Bull Racing |
12 | Antonio Giovinazzi | ITA | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen |
13 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda |
14 | Kimi Raikkonen | FIN | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen |
15 | George Russell | GBR | Williams Racing |
16 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | Alpine F1 Team |
17 | Nicholas Latifi | CAN | Williams Racing |
18 | Mick Schumacher | GER | Uralkali Haas F1 Team |
19 | Nikita Mazepin | RUS | Uralkali Haas F1 Team |
20 | Sebastian Vettel * | GER | Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team |
*Five-place grid penalty for failing to respect double-waved yellow flags in qualifying
Valtteri Bottas is third in the second Mercedes, with the top three all starting the race on Pirelli’s Medium compound tyre.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc goes from fourth, ahead of Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri and the McLaren duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris, with the midfield runners set to engage in a close battle.
Carlos Sainz qualified eighth on his Ferrari debut, while returning two-time world champion Fernando Alonso took an impressive ninth for Alpine. Lance Stroll rounds out the top 10 starters for the rebranded Aston Martin squad.
Sebastian Vettel will start last on his Aston Martin race debut after picking up a five-place grid penalty for failing to respect double-waved yellow flags prior to his qualifying elimination in Q1.
The opening round of the 2021 F1 season gets underway at 6pm local time (4pm BST).
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Bahrain | ![]() | 26 Mar |
BRITISH TIME | ![]() | SESSION |
14:30 - 15:30 | Free practice 1 | |
18:00 - 19:00 | Free practice 2 | |
15:00 - 16:00 | Free practice 3 | |
18:00 - 19:00 | Qualifying | |
18:00 - 20:00 | Race | |
Bahrain | 57 laps | 308.238 km |
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