Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix – How to watch, start time & more

Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the 2021 F1 season opener from pole position, ahead of the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. Charles Leclerc will line up fourth on the grid for Ferrari, ahead of an equally impressive Pierre Gasly in the AlphaTauri.

When is the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix? 

The Bahrain Grand Prix will be held on March 28 at the Bahrain International Circuit south of Manama.

• Date: Sunday, March 28, 2020 
• Start time: 18:00 local time / 17:00 CEST / 16:00 BST / 15:00 GMT / 11:00 ET / 8:00 PT / 00:00 JST (Monday) / 2:00 AEDT (Monday) / 20:30 IST

Can’t find your country or region in the list? Check the Formula 1 schedule page for the broadcast times in your local timezone.

How can I watch the Bahrain Grand Prix?

Formula 1 is broadcast live in nearly every country around the world. 

Europe: 

• UK - Sky Sports F1
• Austria - Servus TV / ORF
• Belgium - RTBF
• Denmark - TV3 / TV3 Sport / Viasat
• Finland - MTV
• France - Canal+
• Germany - Sky
• Hungary - M4
• Italy - Sky
• Netherlands - Ziggo
• Poland - Eleven Sports
• Portugal - Eleven Sports
• Spain - Movistar / DAZN
• Sweden - Viasat
• Switzerland - SRF / RSI / RTS

Americas: 

• USA - ESPN
• Canada - RDS / TSN / Discovery Velocity
• Latin America - Fox Sports / ESPN

Asia: 

• China - CCTV / Tencent / Guangdong TV
• India - Star Sports
• Japan - Fuji Television
• Russia - Match TV
• Turkey - S Sport
• Rest of Asia - Fox Sports

Oceania: 

• Australia - Fox Sports / Network 10
• New Zealand - Spark Sports

Africa: 

• Africa - SuperSport

Can I stream the Bahrain Grand Prix?

Viewers can subscribe to F1 TV in selected countries to stream the race on a device of their choice.

Sky Sports and Movistar also offer their own live streaming service in the UK and Spain respectively.

Bahrain Grand Prix - Starting grid

Cla	#	Driver		Chassis	Time	Gap
1	33	Max Verstappen		Red Bull	1'28.997
2	44	Lewis Hamilton		Mercedes	1'29.385	0.388
3	77	Valtteri Bottas		Mercedes	1'29.586	0.589
4	16	Charles Leclerc		Ferrari	1'29.678	0.681
5	10	Pierre Gasly		AlphaTauri	1'29.809	0.812
6	3	Daniel Ricciardo		McLaren	1'29.927	0.930
7	4	Lando Norris		McLaren	1'29.974	0.977
8	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.		Ferrari	1'30.215	1.218
9	14	Fernando Alonso		Alpine	1'30.249	1.252
10	18	Lance Stroll		Aston Martin	1'30.601	1.604
11	11	Sergio Perez		Red Bull	1'30.659	1.662
12	99	Antonio Giovinazzi		Alfa Romeo	1'30.708	1.711
13	22	Yuki Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	1'31.203	2.206
14	7	Kimi Raikkonen		Alfa Romeo	1'31.238	2.241
15	63	George Russell		Williams	1'33.430	4.433
16	31	Esteban Ocon		Alpine	1'31.724	2.727
17	6	Nicholas Latifi		Williams	1'31.936	2.939
18	5	Sebastian Vettel		Aston Martin	1'32.056	3.059
19	47	Mick Schumacher		Haas	1'32.449	3.452
20	9	Nikita Mazepin		Haas	1'33.273	4.276
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