Formula 1 First Free Practice Results Sakhir Bahrain Friday March 18
| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Laps |
| 1 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 01:34.193 | 23 |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:34.557 | 22 |
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:34.611 | 23 |
| 4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 01:34.629 | 23 |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing | 01:34.742 | 22 |
| 6 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 01:34.814 | 22 |
| 7 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:34.943 | 17 |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine | 01:35.000 | 14 |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 01:35.028 | 20 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 01:35.050 | 23 |
| 11 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 01:35.053 | 20 |
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 01:35.151 | 15 |
| 13 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 01:35.644 | 15 |
| 14 | Nico Hülkenberg* | Aston Martin | 01:35.815 | 23 |
| 15 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 01:35.923 | 17 |
| 16 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 01:36.304 | 22 |
| 17 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 01:36.402 | 20 |
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas | 01:36.536 | 23 |
| 19 | Kevin Magnussen |
Haas | 01:36.804 | 21 |
| 20 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | no time |
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*Replaced Sebastian Vettel for the Bahrain Grand Prix
Note: Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel was ruled out of the Bahrain Grand Prix after testing positive for COVID-19