| Race Name: | VII Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Track: | Sakhir International Circuit |
| Round: | 1 of 19 |
| Race date: | Sunday, March 14th, 2010 |
| Race time: | 15.00 |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Driver | Fernando Alonso | Felipe Massa | Lewis Hamilton |
| Constructor | Ferrari | Ferrari | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Car | Ferrari F10 | Ferrari F10 | McLaren MP4-25 |
| Engine | Ferrari 056 | Ferrari 056 | Mercedes FO 108X |
| Tyre | Bridgestone | Bridgestone | Bridgestone |
| Time | 1:39:20.396 | 1:39:36.495 | 1:39:43.578 |
| Gap | 16.099 secs | 23.182 secs |
| P | No. | Driver | Fri Prac 1 | Fri Prac 2 | Sat Prac | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Qual | Race | Total | |
| 1 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault | 1:57.943 17 | 1:56.459 18 | 1:54.646 16 | 1:55.029 5 | 1:53.883 6 | 1:54.101 3 | 1:54.101 14 | 2:00.218 49 | 1:53.883 114 | |
| 2 | 8 | Fernando Alonso Ferrari | 1:56.766 18 | 1:57.140 25 | 1:54.099 14 | 1:54.612 8 | 1:54.172 6 | 1:54.608 6 | 1:54.608 20 | 1:58.287 49 | 1:54.099 126 | |
| 3 | 7 | Felipe Massa Ferrari | 1:57.055 19 | 1:56.555 30 | 1:54.739 14 | 1:55.313 4 | 1:54.331 6 | 1:54.242 6 | 1:54.242 16 | 1:59.732 49 | 1:54.242 128 | |
| 4 | 6 | Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault | 1:57.255 17 | 2:00.444 12 | 1:54.500 15 | 1:55.298 4 | 1:54.318 6 | 1:55.284 3 | 1:55.284 13 | 1:59.487 49 | 1:54.318 106 | |
| 5 | 4 | Nico Rosberg Mercedes | 1:57.199 15 | 1:55.409 23 | 1:54.368 13 | 1:55.463 4 | 1:54.682 6 | 1:55.241 3 | 1:55.241 13 | 2:00.236 49 | 1:54.368 113 | |
| 6 | 3 | Michael Schumacher Mercedes | 1:57.662 16 | 1:55.903 23 | 1:54.533 13 | 1:55.593 6 | 1:55.105 6 | 1:55.524 3 | 1:55.524 15 | 2:00.204 49 | 1:54.533 116 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes | 1:57.163 19 | 1:55.854 22 | 1:55.860 8 | 1:55.341 7 | 1:54.707 6 | 1:55.217 6 | 1:55.217 19 | 1:59.560 49 | 1:54.707 117 | |
| 8 | 11 | Robert Kubica Renault | 1:57.041 19 | 1:58.155 29 | 1:55.331 15 | 1:55.511 8 | 1:54.963 6 | 1:55.885 3 | 1:55.885 17 | 2:00.474 49 | 1:54.963 129 | |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes | 1:56.583 18 | 1:57.361 29 | 1:55.521 13 | 1:55.213 7 | 1:54.996 6 | 1:56.309 3 | 1:56.309 16 | 1:59.393 49 | 1:54.996 125 | |
| 10 | 1 | Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes | 1:57.068 19 | 1:56.076 28 | 1:55.000 14 | 1:55.715 6 | 1:55.168 6 | 1:55.672 5 | 1:55.672 17 | 1:59.970 49 | 1:55.000 127 | |
| 11 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth | 1:58.782 11 | 1:57.452 21 | 1:56.259 15 | 1:55.969 6 | 1:55.330 6 | 1:55.330 12 | 1:59.833 49 | 1:55.330 108 | ||
| 12 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes | 1:57.194 19 | 1:57.833 29 | 1:55.432 11 | 1:55.628 7 | 1:55.653 6 | 1:55.653 13 | 1:59.906 49 | 1:55.432 121 | ||
| 13 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg Williams-Cosworth | 1:57.894 20 | 1:56.501 26 | 1:55.461 13 | 1:56.375 8 | 1:55.857 6 | 1:55.857 14 | 2:01.401 48 | 1:55.461 121 | ||
| 14 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 2:00.250 18 | 1:57.255 24 | 1:56.063 14 | 1:56.428 7 | 1:56.237 6 | 1:56.237 13 | 2:01.650 28 | 1:56.063 97 | ||
| 15 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov Renault | 1:58.880 13 | 1:56.750 26 | 1:56.811 16 | 1:56.167 8 | 1:56.619 6 | 1:56.619 14 | 2:04.307 13 | 1:56.167 82 | ||
| 16 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:58.399 13 | No Time 1 | 1:56.295 17 | 1:56.189 7 | 1:56.265 7 | 1:56.265 14 | 2:00.080 46 | 1:56.189 91 | ||
| 17 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari | 2:01.388 11 | 1:57.352 27 | 1:56.530 14 | 1:56.541 7 | 1:56.270 6 | 1:56.270 13 | 2:05.044 11 | 1:56.270 76 | ||
| 18 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:57.722 18 | 1:59.799 31 | 1:56.504 16 | 1:57.071 6 | 1:57.071 6 | 1:59.964 49 | 1:56.504 120 | |||
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth | 2:03.680 8 | 2:02.037 3 | 1:59.173 10 | 1:59.728 7 | 1:59.728 7 | 2:07.062 16 | 1:59.173 44 | |||
| 20 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth | 2:03.848 21 | 2:00.873 23 | 1:59.789 15 | 2:00.313 7 | 2:00.313 7 | 2:02.701 47 | 1:59.789 113 | |||
| 21 | 18 | Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth | 2:03.970 15 | 2:00.990 14 | 2:01.259 5 | 1:59.852 6 | 1:59.852 6 | 2:02.930 46 | 1:59.852 86 | |||
| 22 | 25 | Lucas Di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth | No Time 2 | 2:02.188 21 | No Time 2 | 2:00.587 7 | 2:00.587 7 | 2:09.361 2 | 2:00.587 34 | |||
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth | No Time 3 | 2:06.968 17 | 2:04.001 11 | 2:03.240 6 | 2:03.240 6 | 2:09.127 17 | 2:03.240 54 | |||
| 24 | 20 | Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth | No Time 0 | No Time 0 | No Time 0 | 2:04.904 7 | 2:04.904 7 | No Time 1 | 2:04.904 8 |