The 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2019[1]) was the second race of the 2019 Formula One season, and the fifteenth Bahrain Grand Prix. It was held between 29 March and 31 March 2019.
In qualifying, Charles Leclerc took his maiden pole position in only his second race for Ferrari. His teammate Sebastian Vettel joined him on the front row, ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
In the race, Leclerc lost the lead to Vettel, while Valtteri Bottas went past Hamilton and then passed Leclerc. Leclerc and Hamilton both got back past Bottas on lap 2, before Leclerc took back the lead from Vettel on lap 6. After plenty of battles with Vettel following their pit stop rounds, Hamilton finally got past him at Turn 4 on lap 38, before Vettel immediately spun and later lost his front wing on the back straight, forcing him to pit for another front wing and fight back up to fifth. Leclerc's car lost power on lap 46, and he lost the lead to Hamilton two laps later, then was passed by Bottas on lap 54. The safety car was deployed a lap later after both the Renault drivers, Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hülkenberg, retired with mechanical problems at Turn 1. The race finished under the safety car, allowing Hamilton to take his seventy-fourth victory, while Bottas finished in second, and Leclerc finished third to take his first podium while also taking his first fastest lap and managing to hold off Max Verstappen.
Background[]
| Driver | Hard | Med | Soft | Driver | Hard | Med | Soft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 1 | 3 | 9 | Bottas | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Vettel | 1 | 3 | 9 | Leclerc | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Verstappen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Gasly | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Ricciardo | 2 | 1 | 10 | Hülkenberg | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Magnussen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Grosjean | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Sainz | 2 | 3 | 8 | Norris | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Pérez | 1 | 3 | 9 | Stroll | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Räikkönen | 1 | 3 | 9 | Giovinazzi | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Kvyat | 1 | 2 | 10 | Albon | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Russell | 2 | 3 | 8 | Kubica | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Source[2] | |||||||
McLaren used the Vype sponsor on their cars starting from the Grand Prix.[3]
The circuit had an extra DRS zone on the straight between turns three and four,[4] having been done to increase the chances of overtakes and pit stops.[5]
Robert Kubica was asked to stay off the kerbs due to Williams not having enough parts to repair his car after damaging his car floor during the first practice session in Australia.[6]
A new set of repeater lights were added following reports from Robert Kubica, George Russell and Pierre Gasly about the visibility of the lights in Australia due to the increased heights of the rear wings.[7]
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 Renault
|
1:32.401 | 11 | 1:30.848 | 15 | 1:31.643 | 16 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault
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1:32.945 | 15 | 1:30.017 | 8 | 1:30.955 | 7 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
|
 Ferrari
|
1:30.617 | 2 | 1:28.846 | 1 | 1:29.738 | 2 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:32.385 | 10 | 1:31.088 | 16 | 1:31.333 | 11 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
 Haas-Ferrari
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1:32.994 | 17 | 1:30.068 | 9 | 1:30.818 | 5 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
 Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:31.815 | 6 | 1:30.429 | 12 | 1:31.392 | 12 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:32.885 | 14 | 1:30.716 | 14 | 1:31.638 | 15 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1:30.354 | 1 | 1:28.881 | 2 | 1:29.569 | 1 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:33.518 | 18 | 1:31.129 | 17 | 1:31.618 | 14 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:32.602 | 12 | 1:30.000 | 7 | 1:31.540 | 13 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:32.874 | 13 | 1:30.458 | 13 | 1:31.679 | 17 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:32.339 | 9 | 1:30.093 | 10 | 1:31.173 | 10 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
1:32.040 | 8 | 1:29.669 | 5 | 1:30.910 | 6 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:31.673 | 5 | 1:29.725 | 6 | 1:30.959 | 8 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
1:31.601 | 4 | 1:29.449 | 3 | 1:30.334 | 3 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
1:31.952 | 7 | 1:30.192 | 11 | 1:30.965 | 9 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:34.188 | 19 | 1:31.904 | 19 | 1:33.387 | 19 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
1:31.328 | 3 | 1:29.557 | 4 | 1:30.389 | 4 | |||||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
1:34.253 | 20 | 1:32.932 | 20 | 1:33.525 | 20 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
1:32.949 | 16 | 1:31.144 | 18 | 1:32.132 | 18 | |||||
| Source: [8][9][10] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
1 | 1:28.495 | 1 | 1:28.046 | 1 | 1:27.866 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
|
Ferrari
|
2 | 1:28.733 | 2 | 1:28.356 | 2 | 1:28.160 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
|
Mercedes
|
3 | 1:29.262 | 3 | 1:28.578 | 3 | 1:28.190 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
|
Mercedes
|
5 | 1:29.498 | 4 | 1:28.830 | 4 | 1:28.256 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
9 | 1:29.579 | 7 | 1:29.109 | 5 | 1:28.752 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
8 | 1:29.532 | 5 | 1:29.017 | 6 | 1:28.757 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
7 | 1:29.528 | 6 | 1:29.055 | 7 | 1:28.813 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
10 | 1:29.688 | 8 | 1:29.249 | 8 | 1:29.015 | 11* | |||
| 9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
15 | 1:29.959 | 10 | 1:29.471 | 9 | 1:29.022 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
4 | 1:29.381 | 9 | 1:29.258 | 10 | 1:29.043 | 9 | |||
| 11 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Renault
|
11 | 1:29.859 | 11 | 1:29.488 | 10 | |||||
| 12 | 23 | Alexander Albon
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
6 | 1:29.514 | 12 | 1:29.513 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
14 | 1:29.900 | 13 | 1:29.526 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
13 | 1:29.893 | 14 | 1:29.756 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
12 | 1:29.876 | 15 | 1:29.854 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
16 | 1:30.026 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
17 | 1:30.034 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | Lance Stroll
|
Racing Point-Mercedes
|
18 | 1:30.217 | 18 | |||||||
| 19 | 63 | George Russell
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
19 | 1:31.759 | 19 | |||||||
| 20 | 88 | Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
20 | 1:31.799 | 20 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:34.689 | |||||||||||||
| Source: [11] | |||||||||||||
- * Grosjean was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Norris during qualifying.[11]
Grid[]
Race[]
Report[]
Results[]
- * 15 points for third place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
Milestones[]
- Charles Leclerc's first ever pole position, podium and fastest lap.
- Ferrari shares the record of most front row lockouts with McLaren and Williams, consisting of sixty-two front row lockouts.
- First points for Lando Norris and Alexander Albon.
- The eighth time a race has finished behind the safety car.
Standings[]
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Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2019". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2019/Bahrain.html. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Bahrain Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 19 March 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-bahrain-grand-prix--selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Collantine, Keith; Rencken, Dieter (28 March 2019). "McLaren debut e-cigarette branding in Bahrain". racefans.net. https://www.racefans.net/2019/03/28/mclaren-debut-e-cigarette-branding-in-bahrain/. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Collantine, Keith; Rencken, Dieter (28 March 2019). "Magnussen doubts Bahrain needed third DRS zone". racefans.net. https://www.racefans.net/2019/03/28/magnussen-doubts-bahrain-needed-third-drs-zone/. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 DRS zones: Drivers predicting aggressive Bahrain strategies after DRS addition". www.formula1.com. 28 March 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.drivers-predicting-aggressive-bahrain-strategies-after-drs-zone-addition.39q2U8vXlKeE1b85oVnDMj.html. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ↑ Collantine, Keith; Rencken, Dieter (28 March 2019). "Kubica has to avoid kerbs due to parts shortage". racefans.net. https://www.racefans.net/2019/03/28/kubica-has-to-avoid-kerbs-due-to-parts-shortage/. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Additional start lights installed in Bahrain". Formula1.com. Formula One Administration. 29 March 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.additional-start-lights-installed-in-bahrain.5Tdg0vXqy1AO09GKGb6ywX.html. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 March 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1001/bahrain/practice-1.html. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 29 March 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1001/bahrain/practice-2.html. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Bahrain Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 30 March 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1001/bahrain/practice-3.html. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "2019 Bahrain Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 30 March 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1001/bahrain/qualifying.html. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ↑ "Bahrain Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 31 March 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1001/bahrain/race-result.html. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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