Bahrain F1 Grand Prix 2023: Timings and Schedule

Presentation and Schedule of the 2023 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix. The season kicks off this weekend at Sakhir. Get Ready for the Thrilling.

Here we are, in the first exciting Race Week of the year! The F1 season resumes this weekend in Bahrain, just a few days after the winter testing that saw teams spend three days on the track.

The first answers to the questions raised this winter will come with this first of the 23 races that will make up the 2023 season. For the third consecutive year, the Sakhir circuit will serve as the stage for this season’s opening round.

Although built in the middle of the desert, the Sakhir circuit has several fast, banked corners. The first corner is a big braking point at the end of the straight, which is conducive to overtaking but also to collisions at the start.

After a second short straight, where the first DRS zone is located, the drivers face a new tight corner before the first fast, downhill sequence of turns.

After this area comes a fast left turn that turns into a braking point before the following hairpin. After that, the second DRS zone arrives, and the rest of the circuit is made up of fast corners, including a sequence consisting of a long left-hand turn and a right-hand curve.

The long back straight and the start/finish line will represent opportunities for overtaking. The third DRS zone is installed on the start/finish straight.

It is always a delicate exercise to make predictions for the first Grand Prix of the season, after winter testing that did not provide many insights. However, it seems obvious that Red Bull will be at the forefront, with impressive performance and reliability.

Behind them, Ferrari should have a slight advantage over Mercedes F1, which experienced problems during the three days of testing and still seems to be trying to understand its car. But these two teams should keep a bit of a gap on the rest of the field.

Behind them, we can expect to see Alpine as the fourth force on the grid. Like last year, the French team showed nothing during testing, confirming that they ran with a lot of fuel and never used the soft tires.

The team that seems the most impressive in the midfield compared to Alpine is Aston Martin F1, which had a good offseason and looks promising after winter testing. We can expect these two teams to be more competitive than Alfa Romeo, AlphaTauri, Haas, and Williams, which were very reliable during the three days of testing.

But these teams should remain in the lower part of the ranking, along with McLaren F1. The team has been alarmist about their own performances, and a structural defect was observed on the MCL60 which prevented the car from running and should make them start the season at a disadvantage.

The Schedule of the 2023 Bahrain F1 Grand Prix

The start of this season will take place slightly later than the usual Grand Prix, so that the race can be held after nightfall at the Sakhir circuit.

Session	Date	Time (Local)	Time (GMT)	Time (ET)
FP1	Friday, March 3	14:30 – 15:30	11:30 – 12:30	06:30 – 07:30
FP2	Friday, March 3	18:00 – 19:00	15:00 – 16:00	10:00 – 11:00
FP3	Saturday, March 4	14:30 – 15:30	11:30 – 12:30	06:30 – 07:30
Qualifying	Saturday, March 4	18:00 – 19:00	15:00 – 16:00	10:00 – 11:00
Bahrain Grand Prix	Sunday, March 5	18:00	15:00	10:00

Complete list of Bahrain Grand Prix winners:

Year	Circuit	Winner	Team	Engine
2022	Sakhir	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Ferrari
2021	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes
2020	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes
2019	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes
2018	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari
2017	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Ferrari
2016	Sakhir	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes
2015	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes
2014	Sakhir	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes
2013	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Renault
2012	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Renault
2010	Sakhir	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Ferrari
2009	Sakhir	Jenson Button	Brawn GP	Mercedes
2008	Sakhir	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Ferrari
2007	Sakhir	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Ferrari
2006	Sakhir	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Renault
2005	Sakhir	Fernando Alonso	Renault	Renault
2004	Sakhir	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari

In the UK and Ireland, you can catch live coverage of the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, while highlights will be available for free later in the day.

To catch all the action of the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, Sky Sports F1 is the go-to channel, broadcasting every session live, along with pre and post-session shows leading up to the race and qualifying. For those who missed the live event, highlights of the qualifying and race sessions will be available on Channel 4 a few hours later. For live streaming, Sky Sports subscribers can access the event on the Sky Go app or NOW TV, but an internet connection is required.

Here are the start times for the TV broadcast:

Sky Sports F1 

Date	Time (GMT)	Session
Friday, March 17	11:00	FP1
Friday, March 17	14:45	FP2
Saturday, March 18	11:15	FP3
Saturday, March 18	14:10	Qualifying
Sunday, March 19	13:30	Bahrain Grand Prix

Channel 4 

Saturday: Qualifying – 19:30 / Sunday: Bahrain Grand Prix – 21:00

What are the ways to live stream pre-season testing?

F1TV, the official streaming service for the sport, will be streaming the pre-season testing in the countries where the service is available. The countries where F1 TV Pro is available can be found on this list.

Team and driver lineup:

Team	Drivers	Driver No.
Red Bull	Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez	33, 11
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz	16, 55
Mercedes	Lewis Hamilton, George Russell	44, 63
Alpine	Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly	31, 10
McLaren	Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri	4, 81
Alfa Romeo	Valtteri Bottas, Guanyu Zhou	77, 24
Aston Martin	Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll	14, 18
Haas	Kevin Magnussen, Nico Hulkenberg	20, 27
AlphaTauri	Yuki Tsunoda, Nyck de Vries	22, 21
Williams	Alex Albon, Logan Sargeant	23, 2

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