Bahrain Grand Prix 2026: Race Times, F1 Fantasy Picks & Results

The Bahrain Grand Prix is round 16 of the 2026 Formula 1 season at Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia, with the race on Sun 4 Oct. PPFL teams locked at the start of FP1 (Fri 2 Oct, 05:30 UK time).

Bahrain Grand Prix 2026 session times

Session	UK	US Eastern	US Pacific	Australia (Sydney)	Local (Sepang)
Practice 1	Fri 2 Oct, 05:30	Fri 2 Oct, 00:30	Thu 1 Oct, 21:30	Fri 2 Oct, 14:30	Fri 2 Oct, 12:30
Practice 2	Fri 2 Oct, 09:00	Fri 2 Oct, 04:00	Fri 2 Oct, 01:00	Fri 2 Oct, 18:00	Fri 2 Oct, 16:00
Practice 3	Sat 3 Oct, 05:30	Sat 3 Oct, 00:30	Fri 2 Oct, 21:30	Sat 3 Oct, 14:30	Sat 3 Oct, 12:30
Qualifying	Sat 3 Oct, 09:00	Sat 3 Oct, 04:00	Sat 3 Oct, 01:00	Sat 3 Oct, 18:00	Sat 3 Oct, 16:00
Race	Sun 4 Oct, 08:00	Sun 4 Oct, 03:00	Sun 4 Oct, 00:00	Sun 4 Oct, 18:00	Sun 4 Oct, 15:00

Times for UK, US Eastern, US Pacific, Sydney and the circuit's local time. See the full 2026 F1 race calendar.

What PPFL managers picked

For the Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was the most-picked driver (31.7% of teams), Kimi Antonelli the most popular captain (29 teams, 24.2%), Mercedes the favourite constructor (44.2%). 120 teams · 2 changed their team for this race.

Driver	Team	Picked by	Captain
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	31.7%	13.3% (16)
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	27.5%	24.2% (29)
Lando Norris	McLaren	19.2%	12.5% (15)
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	19.2%	11.7% (14)
George Russell	Mercedes	17.5%	13.3% (16)
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	15%	7.5% (9)
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10%	7.5% (9)
Oliver Bearman	Haas	9.2%	–
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	7.5%	2.5% (3)
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	6.7%	3.3% (4)

Constructor	Picked by
Mercedes	44.2%
Ferrari	17.5%
McLaren	13.3%
Aston Martin	5%
Alpine	4.2%

Most popular full team: George Russell + Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes (6 teams, 5%).

Biggest risers since last race (share of teams): Lewis Hamilton 30.8% → 31.7%, George Russell 16.7% → 17.5%.

Biggest fallers (share of teams): Arvid Lindblad 3.3% → 2.5%, Max Verstappen 20% → 19.2%.

Guess the Podium: community picks

3 players made Guess the Podium picks. 66.7% picked Max Verstappen to win. The most popular podium was Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton (1 pick).

P1: Max Verstappen 66.7%, Kimi Antonelli 33.3%
P2: Isack Hadjar 33.3%, Max Verstappen 33.3%, Oscar Piastri 33.3%
P3: Kimi Antonelli 66.7%, Lewis Hamilton 33.3%

How the most-picked drivers scored

Lewis Hamilton (owned by 31.7%): 26 pts
Kimi Antonelli (owned by 27.5%): 31 pts
Lando Norris (owned by 19.2%): 3 pts
Max Verstappen (owned by 19.2%): 44 pts
George Russell (owned by 17.5%): -4 pts

Best differential: Charles Leclerc, owned by only 10% of teams, scored 19 PPFL points.

Bahrain Grand Prix 2026 results and F1 fantasy points

Top PPFL team this race: Bailey Racing with 141 points.

For the Bahrain Grand Prix, 110 PPFL teams averaged 73.8 points; the top-scoring driver was Max Verstappen with 44 PPFL points; the best value was Fernando Alonso, 1.4 points per $M at $9.0M; Arvid Lindblad gained the most places: 12, from P22 to P10.

The race data below comes from F1DB, the open-source Formula 1 database (release v2026.20.0), licensed under CC BY 4.0. PPFL points are our own.

Max Verstappen took pole in 1:35.130; Max Verstappen set the fastest lap, 1:38.220 on lap 55; Max Verstappen was Driver of the Day with 25.93% of the fan vote.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	1:36.477	1:35.696	1:35.130
2	Lewis Hamilton	1:36.595	1:36.032	1:35.428
3	Isack Hadjar	1:36.898	1:36.192	1:35.558
4	Kimi Antonelli	1:37.041	1:35.959	1:35.631
5	Charles Leclerc	1:36.730	1:35.970	1:35.666
6	Lando Norris	1:37.092	1:36.173	1:35.757
7	Oscar Piastri	1:36.852	1:36.020	1:35.762
8	George Russell	1:37.264	1:36.245	1:35.871
9	Pierre Gasly	1:37.174	1:36.410	1:37.210
10	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:37.106	1:36.814	1:37.673
11	Liam Lawson	1:37.332	1:37.023
12	Fernando Alonso	1:37.721	1:37.220
13	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1:37.651	1:37.527
14	Lance Stroll	1:37.729	1:37.566
15	Franco Colapinto	1:37.179
16	Arvid Lindblad	1:37.883
17	Nico Hülkenberg	1:37.970
18	Oliver Bearman	1:37.980
19	Esteban Ocon	1:38.233
20	Alexander Albon	1:38.600
21	Valtteri Bottas	1:38.611
22	Sergio Pérez	1:38.933

Drivers' championship after round 16

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli	320
2	George Russell	236
3	Lewis Hamilton	214
4	Charles Leclerc	191
5	Lando Norris	188
6	Max Verstappen	188
7	Oscar Piastri	128
8	Isack Hadjar	96
9	Liam Lawson	65
10	Pierre Gasly	41

Constructors' championship after round 16

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	556
2	Ferrari	405
3	McLaren	316
4	Red Bull	298
5	Racing Bulls	90
6	Alpine	68
7	Haas	27
8	Audi	17
9	Williams	12
10	Aston Martin	7
11	Cadillac	0

Full race result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time / gap	F1 pts	PPFL pts	Notes
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	55	1:47:14.808	25	44	Fastest lap; Driver of the Day
2	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	55	+2.307	18	31
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	55	+4.919	15	26
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	55	+7.258	12	19
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	55	+8.571	10	15
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	55	+9.454	8	13
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	55	+12.753	6	15
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	55	+13.372	4	13
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	55	+13.993	2	3
10	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	55	+15.928	1	12
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	55	+17.404		10
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	55	+18.052		4
13	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	55	+18.997		4
14	Oliver Bearman	Haas	55	+22.305		8
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	55	+22.532		8
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	55	+23.315		-4
17	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	55	+25.431		-4
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	55	+28.233		-4
19	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	55	+29.310		6
20	George Russell	Mercedes	49	Power loss		-4
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	41	Gearbox		-5
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	7	Spun off		-5

PPFL fantasy points by driver

Points before the captain bonus (a captain's race finish points are doubled).

Driver	Team	Grid	Finish	PPFL pts
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	P1	1	44
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	P4	2	31
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	P2	3	26
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	P5	4	19
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	P3	5	15
Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	P11	7	15
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	P7	6	13
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	P12	8	13
Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	P16	10	12
Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	P17	11	10
Oliver Bearman	Haas	P18	14	8
Esteban Ocon	Haas	P19	15	8
Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	P22	19	6
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	P14	12	4
Franco Colapinto	Alpine	P15	13	4
Lando Norris	McLaren	P6	9	3
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	P9	16	-4
Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	P13	17	-4
Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	P10	18	-4
George Russell	Mercedes	P8	20	-4
Alexander Albon	Williams	P20	DNF	-5
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	P21	DNF	-5

Price changes after the Bahrain Grand Prix

PPFL prices move after every Grand Prix based on recent form. Changes since round 15 (21 unchanged):

Driver / constructor	Before	After	Change
Liam Lawson	$26.0M	$32.0M	+$6.0M
Aston Martin	$14.0M	$17.0M	+$3.0M
Pierre Gasly	$14.0M	$17.0M	+$3.0M
Yuki Tsunoda	$17.0M	$20.0M	+$3.0M
Franco Colapinto	$12.0M	$14.0M	+$2.0M
Fernando Alonso	$9.0M	$10.0M	+$1.0M
George Russell	$41.0M	$42.0M	+$1.0M
Carlos Sainz Jr.	$10.0M	$9.0M	-$1.0M
Lando Norris	$42.0M	$41.0M	-$1.0M
Arvid Lindblad	$32.0M	$29.0M	-$3.0M
Oscar Piastri	$29.0M	$26.0M	-$3.0M
Williams	$17.0M	$14.0M	-$3.0M
Gabriel Bortoleto	$20.0M	$12.0M	-$8.0M

See every price and the season trend on the F1 fantasy Price Form.

Read the Bahrain Grand Prix 2026 race report: the story of the race and what it meant for PPFL teams.

Driver of the Day history at Sepang

The fan-voted Driver of the Day at every race held here since the vote began.

2026: Max Verstappen (25.9% of the vote)
2017: Sebastian Vettel
2016: Max Verstappen

Recent Bahrain Grand Prix winners

Planning your team? Check driver and constructor values on the F1 fantasy Price Form and the Sepang circuit guide.

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