2026 · ROUND 16 · GRAND PRIX

Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia

🇲🇾 MalaysiaSepang International Circuit4 October 2026 · local dateCOMPLETED

The 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix took place at Sepang in Malaysia. The wide circuit combines straights, heavy braking and fast corners in a hot, humid climate.

CK Tan · CC BY 3.0 · Aerial view of Sepang circuit in Malaysia, archive photograph. Crop and WebP conversion; original licence retained. · Photo source ↗ · Licence ↗

CIRCUIT SNAPSHOT

Sepang International Circuit

Sepang, Malaysia · Malaysia

Race date · local4 October 2026

FormatGrand Prix

Circuit length5.543 km

Scheduled laps56

Scheduled distance310.417 km

Circuit highlights

Fast Turns 5–6
Braking into the Turn 15 hairpin

First F1 race at this circuit: 1999. Lap record: 1:34.080 · Sebastian Vettel (2017).

Formula 1 · race information ↗

RACE RESULTS · 4 October 2026

Race podium

RACE WINNER

Max Verstappen

Red Bull Racing

1:47:14.80825 PTS · Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes

+2.307s18 PTS · Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari

+4.919s15 PTS · Grand Prix

Driver portrait credits and licences ↗

The race had 55 classified laps. The circuit information above describes the nominal distance of 56 laps.

Max Verstappen won the round on 2026-10-04. Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton completed the podium. The official classification and points awarded appear below.

POLE POSITIONMax Verstappen1:35.130Official qualifying ↗

FASTEST LAPMax Verstappen1:38.220 · lap 55Official fastest laps ↗

Full classification · 22 drivers

Official race classification
POS	DRIVER / TEAM	PTS	TIME / STATUS
P1	Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing Details #3 · VER · 55 laps · 1:47:14.808	25	1:47:14.808
P2	Kimi AntonelliMercedes Details #12 · ANT · 55 laps · +2.307s	18	+2.307s
P3	Lewis HamiltonFerrari Details #44 · HAM · 55 laps · +4.919s	15	+4.919s
P4	Charles LeclercFerrari Details #16 · LEC · 55 laps · +7.258s	12	+7.258s
P5	Isack HadjarRed Bull Racing Details #6 · HAD · 55 laps · +8.571s	10	+8.571s
P6	Oscar PiastriMcLaren Details #81 · PIA · 55 laps · +9.454s	8	+9.454s
P7	Liam LawsonRacing Bulls Details #30 · LAW · 55 laps · +12.753s	6	+12.753s
P8	Fernando AlonsoAston Martin Details #14 · ALO · 55 laps · +13.372s	4	+13.372s
P9	Lando NorrisMcLaren Details #1 · NOR · 55 laps · +13.993s	2	+13.993s
P10	Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls Details #41 · LIN · 55 laps · +15.928s	1	+15.928s
P11	Nico HulkenbergAudi Details #27 · HUL · 55 laps · +17.404s	0	+17.404s
P12	Lance StrollAston Martin Details #18 · STR · 55 laps · +18.052s	0	+18.052s
P13	Franco ColapintoAlpine Details #43 · COL · 55 laps · +18.997s	0	+18.997s
P14	Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team Details #87 · BEA · 55 laps · +22.305s	0	+22.305s
P15	Esteban OconHaas F1 Team Details #31 · OCO · 55 laps · +22.532s	0	+22.532s
P16	Pierre GaslyAlpine Details #10 · GAS · 55 laps · +23.315s	0	+23.315s
P17	Carlos SainzWilliams Details #55 · SAI · 55 laps · +25.431s	0	+25.431s
P18	Gabriel BortoletoAudi Details #5 · BOR · 55 laps · +28.233s	0	+28.233s
P19	Sergio PerezCadillac Details #11 · PER · 55 laps · +29.310s	0	+29.310s
P20	George RussellMercedes Details #63 · RUS · 49 laps · DNF	0	DNF
NC	Alexander AlbonWilliams Details #23 · ALB · 41 laps · DNF	0	DNF
NC	Valtteri BottasCadillac Details #77 · BOT · 7 laps · DNF	0	DNF