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Andrea Kimi Antonelli302 2

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Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia

Sepang International CircuitRace Sun 07:00 UTC

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Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes 2

George RussellMercedes 3

Lewis HamiltonFerrari 4

Lando NorrisMcLaren 5CLCharles LeclercFerrari 6MVMax VerstappenRed Bull 7

Oscar PiastriMcLaren 8

Isack HadjarRed Bull 9

Liam LawsonRB F1 Team 10

Pierre GaslyAlpine F1 Team 11ALArvid LindbladRB F1 Team 12

Franco ColapintoAlpine F1 Team 13

Oliver BearmanHaas F1 Team 14

Gabriel BortoletoAudi 15

Nico HülkenbergAudi 16

Esteban OconHaas F1 Team 17CSCarlos SainzWilliams 18

Alexander AlbonWilliams 19

Fernando AlonsoAston Martin 20

Yuki TsunodaRB F1 Team 21

Lance StrollAston Martin 22

Valtteri BottasCadillac F1 Team 23SPSergio PérezCadillac F1 Team

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