Pre-season testing – Here are the results from the first session on day 1 of the 2023 Formula 1 pre-season test in Bahrain.
Results (classification):
| Driver | Team | Laps | Time | Gap | |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 71 | 1:32.959 | |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 72 | 1:33.253 | +0.294 |
| 3 | Alex Albon | Williams | 74 | 1:33.671 | +0.712 |
| 4 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 67 | 1:33.723 | +0.764 |
| 5 | George Russell | Mercedes | 69 | 1:34.174 | +1.215 |
| 6 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 51 | 1:34.424 | +1.465 |
| 7 | Felipe Drugovich | Aston Martin | 40 | 1:34.564 | +1.605 |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 46 | 1:34.671 | +1.712 |
| 8 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 60 | 1:34.822 | +1.863 |
| 10 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 52 | 1:34.888 | +1.929 |
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