2019 Bahrain Grand Prix

The 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2019) 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 . 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 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.
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==Background==
 Driver tyre allocations
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
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 used the Vype sponsor on their cars starting from the Grand Prix.
The circuit had an extra DRS zone on the straight between turns three and four, having been done to increase the chances of overtakes and pit stops.
Robert Kubica was asked to stay off the kerbs due to not having enough parts to repair his car after damaging his car floor during the first practice session in Australia.
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.
==Entry list==
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	 	W10 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow 	 	SF90 	 	064 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing 	 	RB15 	 	RA619H 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	Renault F1 Team 	 	RS19 	 	E-Tech 19 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team 	 	VF-19 	 	064 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
4 	Lando Norris 	McLaren F1 Team 	 	MCL34 	 	E-Tech 19 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+	
18 	Lance Stroll 	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team 	 	RP19 	BWT 	M10 EQ Power+	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing 	 	C38 	 	064 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda] 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda] 	 	STR14 	 	RA619H 	
63 	George Russell 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
88 	Robert Kubica 	ROKiT Williams Racing 	 	FW42 	 	M10 EQ Power+	
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==Practice Overview==
===FP1===
===FP2===
===FP3===
===Practice Results===
No 	Driver 	Team 	FP1 	 	FP2 	 	FP3 	 	 	 	 	 	
No 	Driver 	Team 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	Time 	Pos 	 	 	 	 	
3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	1:32.401	11 	1:30.848	15 	1:31.643	16 	 	 	 	 	
4 	Lando Norris 	 	1:32.945	15 	1:30.017	8 	1:30.955	7 	 	 	 	 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	1:30.617	2 	1:28.846	1 	1:29.738	2 	 	 	 	 	
7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	1:32.385	10 	1:31.088	16 	1:31.333	11 	 	 	 	 	
8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	1:32.994	17 	1:30.068	9 	1:30.818	5 	 	 	 	 	
10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	1:31.815	6 	1:30.429	12 	1:31.392	12 	 	 	 	 	
11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	1:32.885	14 	1:30.716	14 	1:31.638	15 	 	 	 	 	
16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	1:30.354	1 	1:28.881	2 	1:29.569	1 	 	 	 	 	
18 	Lance Stroll 	 	1:33.518	18 	1:31.129	17 	1:31.618	14 	 	 	 	 	
20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	1:32.602	12 	1:30.000	7 	1:31.540	13 	 	 	 	 	
23 	Alexander Albon 	 	1:32.874	13 	1:30.458	13 	1:31.679	17 	 	 	 	 	
26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	1:32.339	9 	1:30.093	10 	1:31.173	10 	 	 	 	 	
27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	1:32.040	8 	1:29.669	5 	1:30.910	6 	 	 	 	 	
33 	Max Verstappen 	 	1:31.673	5 	1:29.725	6 	1:30.959	8 	 	 	 	 	
44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	1:31.601	4 	1:29.449	3 	1:30.334	3 	 	 	 	 	
55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	1:31.952	7 	1:30.192	11 	1:30.965	9 	 	 	 	 	
63 	George Russell 	 	1:34.188	19 	1:31.904	19 	1:33.387	19 	 	 	 	 	
77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	1:31.328	3 	1:29.557	4 	1:30.389	4 	 	 	 	 	
88 	Robert Kubica 	 	1:34.253	20 	1:32.932	20 	1:33.525	20 	 	 	 	 	
99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	1:32.949	16 	1:31.144	18 	1:32.132	18 	 	 	 	 	
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==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	 	Pos 	Time 	Grid
1 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	 	1 	1:28.495 	 	1 	1:28.046 	 	1 	1:27.866 	1
2 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	2 	1:28.733 	 	2 	1:28.356 	 	2 	1:28.160 	2
3 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	3 	1:29.262 	 	3 	1:28.578 	 	3 	1:28.190 	3
4 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	 	5 	1:29.498 	 	4 	1:28.830 	 	4 	1:28.256 	4
5 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	 	9 	1:29.579 	 	7 	1:29.109 	 	5 	1:28.752 	5
6 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	 	8 	1:29.532 	 	5 	1:29.017 	 	6 	1:28.757 	6
7 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	 	7 	1:29.528 	 	6 	1:29.055 	 	7 	1:28.813 	7
8 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	 	10 	1:29.688 	 	8 	1:29.249 	 	8 	1:29.015 	11*
9 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	15 	1:29.959 	 	10 	1:29.471 	 	9 	1:29.022 	8
10 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	 	4 	1:29.381 	 	9 	1:29.258 	 	10 	1:29.043 	9
11 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	 	11 	1:29.859 	 	11 	1:29.488 	 	 	 	10
12 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	 	6 	1:29.514 	 	12 	1:29.513 	 	 	 	12
13 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	 	14 	1:29.900 	 	13 	1:29.526 	 	 	 	13
14 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	 	13 	1:29.893 	 	14 	1:29.756 	 	 	 	14
15 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	 	12 	1:29.876 	 	15 	1:29.854 	 	 	 	15
16 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi 	 	 	16 	1:30.026 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16
17 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	17 	1:30.034 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	 	18 	1:30.217 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	63 	George Russell 	 	 	19 	1:31.759 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	 	20 	1:31.799 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
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** Grosjean was given a three-place grid penalty for impeding Norris during qualifying.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	44 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	57 	1h 34m 21.295s 	3 	25
2 	77 	Valtteri Bottas 	 	57 	+2.980s 	4 	18
3 	16 	Charles Leclerc 	 	57 	+6.131s 	1 	16*
4 	33 	Max Verstappen 	 	57 	+6.408s 	5 	12
5 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	57 	+36.068s 	2 	10
6 	4 	Lando Norris 	 	57 	+45.754s 	9 	8
7 	7 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	57 	+47.470s 	8 	6
8 	10 	Pierre Gasly 	 	57 	+58.094s 	13 	4
9 	23 	Alexander Albon 	 	57 	+62.697s 	12 	2
10 	11 	Sergio Pérez 	 	57 	+63.696s 	14 	1
11 	99 	Antonio Giovinazzi	 	57 	+64.599s 	16 	
12 	26 	Daniil Kvyat 	 	56 	+1 Lap 	15 	
13 	20 	Kevin Magnussen 	 	56 	+1 Lap 	6 	
14 	18 	Lance Stroll 	 	56 	+1 Lap 	18 	
15 	63 	George Russell 	 	56 	+1 Lap 	19 	
16 	88 	Robert Kubica 	 	55 	+2 Laps 	20 	
17 	27 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	53 	Engine 	17 	
18 	3 	Daniel Ricciardo 	 	53 	MGU-K 	10 	
19 	55 	Carlos Sainz, Jr. 	 	53 	Gearbox 	7 	
Ret 	8 	Romain Grosjean 	 	16 	Collision damage	11 	
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** 15 points for third place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
==Milestones==
*Charles Leclerc's first ever pole position, podium and fastest lap.
* shares the record of most front row lockouts with and , 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==
Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship	Drivers' World Championship
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Valtteri Bottas 	44 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	43 	
3 	Max Verstappen 	27 	
4 	Charles Leclerc 	26 	1
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	22 	1
6 	Kimi Räikkönen 	10 	2
7 	Lando Norris 	8 	
8 	Kevin Magnussen 	8 	2
9 	Nico Hülkenberg 	6 	2
10 	Pierre Gasly 	4 	
11 	Alexander Albon 	2 	
12 	Lance Stroll 	2 	3
13 	Sergio Pérez 	1 	
14 	Daniil Kvyat 	1 	4
Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship	Constructors' World Championship
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	87 	
2 	 	48 	
3 	 	31 	
4 	 	10 	2
5 	 	8 	
6 	 	8 	2
7 	 	6 	2
8 	 	3 	
9 	 	3 	2
Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
==Notes==
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