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Bahrain GP F1 Qualification 2023: Verstappen’s First Pole

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Red Bull Racing immediately step on the gas in the series opener F1 2023. The two racers started pole in the Bahrain F1 GP, with Max Verstappen take poles.

In the qualifying session held at the Bahrain International Circuit, Saturday (4/3/2023) evening WIB, Verstappen competed closely with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc in Q3.

Verstappen immediately led Leclerc 0.103 seconds early in Q3. In his second attempt, Verstappen improved his time record by winning 0.138 over Sergio Perez and 0.292 over Leclerc.

Leclerc tried to improve his time record but failed because his Ferrari engine had problems. Verstappen won his first pole this season with a time of 1 minute 29.708 seconds.

In second place is Sergio Perez with 1 minute 29.846 seconds and Leclerc is third with 1 minute 30 seconds.

Completing the top five are Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso. Alonso failed to compete for the front start despite being able to perform nicely in the free practice session.

Ranking sixth to 10th were George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll, Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg.

Bahrain GP F1 Qualification Results 2023

Pos racer Tim Q1 time Q2 Q3
1 Max Verstappen NED Oracle Red Bull Racing 1m31.295s 1m30.503s 1m29.808s
2 Sergio Perez MEX Oracle Bull Racing 1m31.459s 1m30.746s 1m29.848s
3 Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari 1m31.094s 1m30.282s 1m30.000s
4 Carlos Sainz ESP Scuderia Ferrari 1m30.993s 1m30.515s 1m30.154s
5 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team 1m31.158s 1m30.645s 1m30.336s
6 George Russell GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m31.057s 1m30.507s 1m30.340s
7 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team 1m31.543s 1m30.513s 1m30.384s
8 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team 1m31.184s 1m31.127s 1m30.836s
9 Esteban Ocon FROM BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m31.508s 1m30.914s 1m30.984s
10 Nico Hulkenberg GER MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m31.204s 1m30.809s No Time Set
11 Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team 1m31.652s 1m31.381s
12 Valtteri Bottas FIN Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 1m31.504s 1m31.443s
13 Zhou Guanyu CHN Alfa Romeo F1 Team Stake 1m31.615s 1m31.473s
14 Yuki Tsunoda JPN Scuderia AlphaTauri 1m31.400s 1m32.510s
15 Alex Albon THA Williams Racing 1m31.461s
16 Logan Sargeant USA Williams Racing 1m31.652s
18 Kevin Magnussen THE MoneyGram Haas F1 Team 1m31.892s
18 Oscar Piastri OUT OF McLaren F1 Team 1m32.101s
19 Nyck de Vries NED Scuderia AlphaTauri 1m32.121s
20 Pierre Gasly FROM BWT Alpine F1 Team 1m32.181s

(mrp/raw)

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