F1 grid today: Qualifying results for Bahrain 2023

Here is how the F1 grid will look tomorrow for Bahrain 2023.

The first two days of the F1 regular season are behind us, with three practice sessions and qualifying over at Bahrain. Practice sessions are informative but sometimes hard to glean much information from. Teams routinely try to veil what they truly are working with, especially teams poised for the start of the grid.

Case in point, Red Bull Racing struggled in practices relative to expectations and came away with a front-row lockout for Sunday’s Grand Prix.

Here’s a look at the qualifying results and the starting grid:

F1 grid tomorrow: F1 Bahrain starting grid 2023

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Carlos Sainz
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Geroge Russell
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Lance Stroll
9. Esteban Ocon
10. Nico Hulkenberg
11. Lando Norris
12. Valtteri Bottas
13. Zhou Guanyu
14. Yuki Tsunoda
15. Alexander Albon
16. Logan Sargeant
17. Kevin Magnussen
18. Oscar Piastri
19. Nyck de Vries
20. Pierre Gasly

So, here’s how the grid will look, by row and team:

1. Red Bull/Red Bull
2. Ferrari/Ferrari
3. Aston Martin/Mercedes
4. Mercedes/Aston Martin
5. Alpine/Haas
6. McLaren/Alfa Romeo
7. Alfa Romeo/Alpha Tauri
8. Williams/Williams
9. Haas/McLaren
10. Alpha Tauri/Alpine

The true story to watch here is row two’s pressure on row 1. The Red Bulls have a lockout on the front row now, but with a long straight to the first turn, the Ferraris could pressure and potentially overtake one or both cars since Ferrari owns the second row.

Ferrari pulled out of qualifying early in the third and final stage in a strategy move to conserve tires. The team felt that it did not have the speed to compete for P1, but that strong tires at P3 and P4 for Sunday would put them in a stronger position to achieve points and a podium.

We’ll see how that pays off for them.