Red Bull's Max Verstappen starts from pole position for the opening race of the 2023 Formula One season at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Ferrari duo start just behind with title hopeful Leclerc saving an extra set of soft tyres for the race after completing just one flying lap in Q3 on Saturday. For viewers planning to live stream F1 in 2023, you can watch via the Sky Go app if you're an existing subscriber or you can purchase For fans in Canada, TSN will carry the English-language telecast of races. Lap 13: Alonso is beginning to put some sizeable pressure on Russell in the battle for P6. The Frenchman finished in P16 in Q1 but then had his second lap time deleted after failing to keep within track limits. Not long left now until we go racing for the first time in 2023 at the Bahrain Grand Prix! Lap 26: Perez overtakes Leclerc for P2 of the Bahrain Grand Prix! Elsewhere the two Aston Martin's come together but both look fine to continue on for now. Lap 32: Red Bull's Perez is really opening up the gap to Leclerc in their fight for P2. The Frenchman takes a five-second penalty for not lining up properly on the grid, likely too far forward in his box. Oh, and now its another five seconds on top for speeding in the pit lane. Lap 33: The undercut works for Stroll.
Defending champion Verstappen and team look unbeatable after opening-race romp in Bahrain.
But then we come to the race and we are a second a lap off the pace which is huge, so we need to work on that and the reliability.” Alex Albon resisted Yuki Tsunoda to round out the top 10, bagging a point, while Sargeant spent much of the race within sight of the pair. It’s impossible to look at the positives on a day like this when you don’t end the race.” “We are lacking performance and we are a long behind where we want to be,” conceded Russell. He eventually retired, though Pierre Gasly rose from last on the starting grid to ninth on his Alpine debut. The aim in 2023 was getting the mix in the midfield, leading that midfield and getting close to the top three teams. Leclerc was asked about the lack of race pace and merely responded: “Performance. Aston Martin was expected to front the midfield group but on race day the AMR23 was the second-fastest package. In both of those years it went on to annihilate the opposition and seal both titles with professional ease. “I’m happy to pick up six [points] considering everything that happened over the last two weeks,” said Stroll. Leclerc continued that he is “as confident as I can be being second off the pace which is not really confident to be honest. Verstappen got his lead up to around 10 seconds and merely maintained that comfortable buffer, while slow-starting Sergio Perez eventually overhauled Leclerc to make it a 1-2 for the reigning champions.
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[McLaren](https://www.motorsport.com/team/mclaren/10/) suffered a disastrous race, with [Oscar Piastri](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/oscar-piastri/828689/)’s F1 debut ending with an electronic gearbox failure and [Lando Norris](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/lando-norris/289316/) hit by a pneumatic issue with his Mercedes engine that required repeated pitstops to recharge the system and he finished last. [PlusPlusFormula 1Bahrain February Testing ](/f1/news/the-rookies-looking-to-make-their-mark-on-f1-in-2023/10436950/) [PlusPlusFormula 1Bahrain February Testing ](/f1/news/a-bad-week-or-the-dark-horse-from-f1-testing/10437958/) The FIA decreed that he didn’t serve that penalty correctly and gave him another 10s one for his next pitstop, and then yet another 5s one for speeding in the pitlane, and he later retired. Alonso now set his sights on the podium, quickly carving into Sainz’s 3s advantage, and zoomed past him at Turn 11 after an entertaining wheel-to-wheel fight. Two laps later, Alonso shocked Hamilton with an unexpected lunge at Turn 10 that gained him fifth spot. [Red Bull ](https://www.motorsport.com/team/red-bull-racing/4/)team-mate [Sergio Perez](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/sergio-perez/9328/) passed Leclerc to take second place on lap 26, which looked to have assured the podium order before half distance. Contact occurred at Turn 4 as [Lance Stroll](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/lance-stroll/20950/) clumsily biffed the rear end of Aston team-mate Alonso, sending him sideways, which allowed [George Russell](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/george-russell/21167/)’s [Mercedes](https://www.autosport.com/team/mercedes/36495/) past both into sixth. Perez was a distant second, but well clear of Leclerc and Sainz. In the second round of pitstops, Aston tried an undercut for Stroll, which worked out perfectly as he passed Russell for seventh at Turn 4 on his out-lap. Perez then pitted, taking softs like Verstappen, and rejoined 3s behind Leclerc in third. Hamilton pitted on lap 13 as Alonso attacked Russell, the Spaniard taking fifth through the Turns 4 to 6 sequence.
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4 2 1 [claimed the pole position on Sunday](https://dknation.draftkings.com/2023/3/4/23613914/f1-qualifying-results-starting-grid-lineup-bahrain-grand-prix-race-order-2023-start-time-times) during qualifying and will be joined at the front by Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez. ET and the race airs on ESPN and via live stream at Final results: Max Verstappen won the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix in dominating fashion, beating teammate Sergio Pérez by nearly 12 seconds.
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Max Verstappen started his title defence in perfect fashion as the reigning champion dominated the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix from start to finish.
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