2024 Bahrain Grand Prix

2024 Bahrain Grand Prix
Race 1 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship Next race →
Layout of the Bahrain International Circuit
Race details[1][2]
Date	2 March 2024
Official name	Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2024
Location	Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.412 km (3.363 miles)
Distance	57 laps, 308.238 km (190.253 miles)
Weather	Clear
Attendance	100,000[3]
Pole position
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:29.179
Fastest lap
Driver	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:32.608 on lap 39
Podium
First	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Third	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race held on 2 March 2024 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the opening round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.

After taking pole position in qualifying, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing led every lap, won the race, and had the fastest lap, his fifth career grand chelem. His teammate Sergio Pérez finished in second, followed by Carlos Sainz Jr. of Ferrari.