2017 Bahrain Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the race with a time of 1’32.798 as he chased Sebastian Vettel in the final laps.

Hamilton’s effort was 1.3 seconds off the all-time race lap record set by Pedro de la Rosa in 2005, in the days of V10 engines and in-race refuelling. But it wasn’t enough to catch Vettel, and with three laps to go Hamilton called off the chase.

The opening laps of the race were run at a very slow pace as a generator fault on the grid meant Valtteri Bottas started the race with incorrect tyre pressures.

2017 Bahrain Grand Prix lap times

All the lap times by the drivers (in seconds, very slow laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers using the control below:

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2017 Bahrain Grand Prix fastest laps

Each driver’s fastest lap:

Rank	Driver	Car	Fastest lap	Gap	On lap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1’32.798		46
2	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1’33.495	0.697	42
3	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1’33.720	0.922	55
4	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1’33.826	1.028	36
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1’34.087	1.289	33
6	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1’34.256	1.458	39
7	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes	1’34.609	1.811	39
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1’34.948	2.150	33
9	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’34.985	2.187	45
10	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1’35.086	2.288	35
11	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1’35.179	2.381	39
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	1’35.372	2.574	40
13	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1’35.552	2.754	43
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1’35.595	2.797	47
15	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1’36.303	3.505	10
16	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1’36.681	3.883	4
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1’36.786	3.988	Set on 2 laps
18	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Toro Rosso-Renault	1’38.026	5.228	8
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1’38.718	5.920	6
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda

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9 comments on “2017 Bahrain Grand Prix lap times and fastest laps”

Kim Philby (@philby)
16th April 2017, 20:03

Delarosa did 1.31.447 yet in 2004 Schumacher did 1.30.252. Supposedly the circuit was a bit different and actually 5m longer in 2004. But due to this slight alteration Delarosa record is the official lap record.
Bobby (@f1bobby)
16th April 2017, 22:10

Ham’s third stint was spectacular.
1. EagleMk1
  16th April 2017, 23:48
  
  Too little too late
Kribana (@krichelle)
16th April 2017, 22:25

Lewis can only blame himself for losing this race. Had he kept his position at the start, he could have been released by the team. Also… we need to start making decisions quicker in Mercedes.
Frasier (@frasier)
16th April 2017, 23:24

If there was a Mercedes ‘generator?’ problem on the grid why did it affect only Valtteri and not Lewis? Just an excuse to save face for the driver?
1. juan fanger (@juan-fanger)
  17th April 2017, 1:30
  
  @frasier – You do realise that each car has its own set of equipment on the grid?
  1. Sports Racer
    17th April 2017, 14:00
    
    Never let facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory. ;-P
    1. NewVerstappenFan (@jureo)
      19th April 2017, 18:23
      
      Lol, but if it happend to Hamilton, theories would abound…
Mattirip
22nd April 2017, 15:36

See how Ferrari screwed Kimi over. Was yelling on radio how the tyres were gone. He did the loooongest second stint (25) with USED supersofts, all the others had new! Vettel did 23, so in the end of the stint Kimi propably had like 5 laps older tyres. After Bottas pitted for the last time, Kimi was losing 2-2,5 seconds per lap against him. If they had pitted him a lap sooner he would have catched him on last lap. If they had pitted 5 laps sooner as they should have, he would have saved like 10 seconds and would have been 100% sure on podium. What is most puzzling is that there was nothing to gain by keeping him out. By the time Kimi was complaining on radio, it was apparent that the soft tyre was the fastest. Why is his team doing this? Second race in a row that a too late last pit-stop cost him one place.