Round 16 of 23Sepang International CircuitKuala Lumpur, Malaysia2–4 October 2026

Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 2026

Final WinnerMax VerstappenRed Bull

Practice 1Fri 2 Oct · 05:30 Practice 2Fri 2 Oct · 09:00 Practice 3Sat 3 Oct · 05:30 QualifyingSat 3 Oct · 09:00 RaceSun 4 Oct · 08:00

Race classification

22 classified

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts	Fastest lap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1	55	1:47:14.808	25	1:38.220
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	3	55	+2.307	18	1:38.589
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	2	55	+4.919	15	1:38.610
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	55	+7.258	12	1:39.336
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	8	55	+8.571	10	1:39.792
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	6	55	+9.454	8	1:39.485
7	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	11	55	+12.753	6	1:40.254
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	12	55	+13.372	4	1:40.353
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	5	55	+13.993	2	1:39.970
10	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	22	55	+15.928	1	1:40.315
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	15	55	+17.404		1:41.394
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	55	+18.052		1:41.248
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	21	55	+18.997		1:40.988
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	16	55	+22.305		1:40.366
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	17	55	+22.532		1:42.062
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	9	55	+23.315		1:41.514
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	13	55	+25.431		1:41.738
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	10	55	+28.233		1:41.382
19	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	20	55	+29.310		1:42.688
20	George Russell	Mercedes	7	49			1:40.715
R	Alexander Albon	Williams	18	41	Retired		1:42.284
R	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	7	Retired		1:59.953

Made before the race

Our pick

40% Andrea Kimi Antonelli To win

… 60% Rest of the field Others

Podium pick

40% 60%

Our pick Andrea Kimi Antonelli Medium confidence Missed

Antonelli leads the standings with 340 pts and 8 wins, including the last two races.
Verstappen starts from pole in qualifying but has 2 wins to Antonelli's 8.
Hamilton qualifies 2nd and sits 3rd in the standings with 229 pts.

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the championship standings, recent race results and qualifying. Not betting advice.

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