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FORMULA 1/VENUES/BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
FORMULA 1 · BAHRAIN GP

Bahrain

Bahrain International Circuit

SAKHIR · BH · EST. 2004

"The season opener. A desert circuit where tyre degradation is the highest in the championship and the dust never fully settles. Circuits don't rubber in — they get grittier."

Bahrain International Circuit

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SAKHIR · BH
MOMENT

LENGTH

5.412km

CORNERS

15

LAP RECORD

1:31.447

DE LA ROSA · '05

ELEVATION

10m

F1 SINCE

2004

TRACK FINGERPRINT

SENSITIVITY PROFILE

What the car and driver need to excel here. Calibrated against F1 venue averages.

WHAT MATTERS HERE

Braking and abrasion define Bahrain — Brembo's joint-hardest track, on Pirelli's most abrasive asphalt.

Engine PowerMODERATE

57% FLAT · 315 KM/H

Aero EfficiencyMODERATE

DOWNFORCE 3/5

Mechanical GripHIGH

TRACTION 4/5 · SLOW EXITS

Braking StabilityEXTREME

BREMBO 5/5 · T1 · T4

Tyre DegradationHIGH

ABRASION 5/5 · C1/C2/C3

High-speed commitmentMODERATE

LATERAL 3/5 · T12 AT 3.9 G

WEATHER · BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT

2004–PRESENT

Historical race-day conditions across 22 World Championship races at this circuit. Classified dry / mixed / wet from race reports.

CONDITIONS BREAKDOWN

DRY 100%

OF 22 F1 RACES SINCE 2004

MOST CHAOTIC RACES

No rain-affected races in the classified sample.

CIRCUIT OVERVIEW

Bahrain International Circuit — 22 dry / 0 mixed / 0 wet of 22 races.

DRIVER-TRACK FIT

HISTORICAL

Drivers with the strongest results here relative to their starts — wins, podiums, and poles at this circuit, with shrinkage so small samples do not dominate.

Lewis Hamilton

985W 11PD 3P

Sebastian Vettel

924W 5PD 3P

Michael Schumacher

831W 2PD 2P

Max Verstappen

822W 4PD 3P

Oscar Piastri

811W 1PD 1P

FIT = (25×WINS + 8×PODIUMS + 10×POLES) / STARTS · BAYESIAN SHRINKAGE · MIN SAMPLE

ICONIC MOMENTS

THE ARCHIVE

Races and laps that define Bahrain International Circuit. Moments that shaped the circuit's legend.

2004
DEBUT

Inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix

FERRARI · FIRST RACE

2020
FIRE

Grosjean fireball — survives

HAAS · BARRIER FIRE

2014
BATTLE

Hamilton vs Rosberg last-lap duel

MERCEDES TEAMMATES

2021
BATTLE

Verstappen vs Hamilton season opener

RED BULL vs MERCEDES

2024
WIN

Verstappen dominant in season opener

RED BULL · FASTEST

2022
WIN

Leclerc wins season opener — Ferrari lead

FERRARI · P1

KEY MOMENTS SELECTED FROM THE RACE ARCHIVE · CONDITIONS VERIFIED