Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026 results

What happened

Winner

Max Verstappen won from pole in a rain-hit race, ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton.

Race

The start was delayed by heavy rain and the first formation lap was abandoned. Verstappen passed both Mercedes on intermediates either side of a Safety Car for Valtteri Bottas's spin. George Russell retired late in the race.

Source: Formula1.com: race report

Penalties

Gabriel Bortoleto was given a 10-second penalty for contact with Carlos Sainz.

Source: Formula1.com: Audi on Malaysia

Championship

After round 16, Andrea Kimi Antonelli leads the drivers' championship on 320 points, 84 ahead of George Russell. Mercedes lead the constructors on 556 points to Ferrari's 405.

Sources: Jolpica F1 API: driver standings · Jolpica F1 API: constructor standings

Race result

Pos.	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	55	1:47:14.808	25
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	3	55	+2.307	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	2	55	+4.919	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	55	+7.258	12
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	8	55	+8.571	10
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	6	55	+9.454	8
7	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	11	55	+12.753	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	12	55	+13.372	4
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	5	55	+13.993	2
10	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	22	55	+15.928	1
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	15	55	+17.404	0
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	55	+18.052	0
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	21	55	+18.997	0
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	16	55	+22.305	0
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	17	55	+22.532	0
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	9	55	+23.315	0
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	13	55	+25.431	0
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	10	55	+28.233	0
19	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	20	55	+29.310	0
20	George Russell	Mercedes	7	49		0
Ret	Alexander Albon	Williams	18	41	Retired	0
Ret	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	7	Retired	0

Source: Jolpica F1 API: race result

Championship standings

Drivers’ championship after round 16

Pos.	Driver	Team	Wins	Pts.
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	8	320
2	George Russell	Mercedes	3	236
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1	214
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1	191
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	2	188
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	188
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	0	128
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	0	96
9	Liam Lawson	Red Bull	0	65
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	0	41
11	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	0	38
12	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	0	27
13	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	0	20
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	0	10
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	0	7
16	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	0	7
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	0	7
18	Carlos Sainz	Williams	0	7
19	Alexander Albon	Williams	0	5
20	Yuki Tsunoda	RB F1 Team	0	1
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	0	0
22	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	0	0
23	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	0	0

Source: Jolpica F1 API: driver standings

Constructors’ championship after round 16

Pos.	Team	Wins	Pts.
1	Mercedes	11	556
2	Ferrari	2	405
3	McLaren	2	316
4	Red Bull	1	298
5	RB F1 Team	0	90
6	Alpine F1 Team	0	68
7	Haas F1 Team	0	27
8	Audi	0	17
9	Williams	0	12
10	Aston Martin	0	7
11	Cadillac F1 Team	0	0

Source: Jolpica F1 API: constructor standings

Other sessions

Qualifying

Pos.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:36.477	1:35.696	1:35.130
2	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:36.595	1:36.032	1:35.428
3	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:36.898	1:36.192	1:35.558
4	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:37.041	1:35.959	1:35.631
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.730	1:35.970	1:35.666
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:37.092	1:36.173	1:35.757
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:36.852	1:36.020	1:35.762
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:37.264	1:36.245	1:35.871
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:37.174	1:36.410	1:37.210
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:37.106	1:36.814	1:37.673
11	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	1:37.332	1:37.023
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:37.721	1:37.220
13	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:37.651	1:37.527
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:37.729	1:37.566
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	1:37.179
16	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	1:37.883
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:37.970
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:37.980
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:38.233
20	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:38.600
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	1:38.611
22	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	1:38.933

Source: Jolpica F1 API: qualifying

Practice 3

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:36.302	12
2	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.278s	12
3	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+0.558s	15
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.610s	11
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.714s	19
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.739s	15
7	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.859s	15
8	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.064s	16
9	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1.618s	20
10	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.782s	24
11	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.902s	15
12	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.921s	13
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.939s	20
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.950s	12
15	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.964s	17
16	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+2.054s	14
17	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+2.390s	12
18	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.414s	21
19	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2.509s	12
20	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.747s	18
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+3.629s	14
22	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.921s	20

Source: Formula1.com: Practice 3

Practice 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:37.528	29
2	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+0.099s	23
3	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.137s	25
4	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	+0.257s	20
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.305s	28
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.371s	26
7	63	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.492s	28
8	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+0.532s	28
9	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+0.968s	30
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.060s	29
11	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.352s	33
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+1.523s	25
13	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.581s	30
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+1.833s	29
15	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+1.950s	28
16	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+2.178s	30
17	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+2.402s	31
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2.622s	26
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+2.658s	27
20	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.693s	30
21	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.410s	28
22	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+5.863s	31

Source: Formula1.com: Practice 2

Practice 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time / Gap	Laps
1	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:37.520	23
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.383s	25
3	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	+0.783s	23
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.847s	25
5	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+1.060s	23
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+1.070s	21
7	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1.195s	22
8	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+1.586s	22
9	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	+1.677s	27
10	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	+1.691s	23
11	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+1.756s	23
12	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	+1.773s	21
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	+2.028s	25
14	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+2.163s	22
15	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	+2.638s	23
16	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	+2.791s	23
17	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	+2.801s	22
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+2.893s	19
19	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+3.011s	22
20	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+3.085s	25
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	+3.280s	23
22	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	+3.300s	24

Source: Formula1.com: Practice 1

Results fetched 2026-10-17. All races

BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX IN MALAYSIAKUALA LUMPUR 2026