Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton will share the front row for the first Formula 1 race in Malaysia in nine years, just as they did the last time F1 raced there in 2017.

Three drivers have grid penalties for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.

Isack Hadjar has a five-place grid penalty for taking his seventh internal combustion engine of the season.

Franco Colapinto’s Alpine has 15 places of penalties, five from causing a pile-up in Baku and 10 from taking engine components.

Arvid Lindblad has a back-of-the-grid penalty from multiple fresh engine components.

Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia starting grid

1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
2 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
3 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
5 Lando Norris (McLaren)
6 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
7 George Russell (Mercedes)
8 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull Racing)*
9 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
10 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
12 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
13 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
14 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
15 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
16 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
17 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
18 Alexander Albon (Williams)
19 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
21 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)**
22 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)***

*5-place grid penalty
**15-place grid penalty
***back-of-the-grid penalty