Bahrain International Circuit layout & lap records

Bahrain Circuit Details

Location:Sakhir, Bahrain F1 circuit wiki info & track details Bahrain
Event:Bahrain Grand Prix
Used Since:2004
Type:Closed Circuit
 Lap Dist.:5.412 km

Lap Record

Lap Record:1:31,447 min
Date:3 April 2005
F1 Driver:Pedro de la Rosa
F1 Car:McLaren MP4-20
Speed:213,055 km/h

Pole Record

Record Pole:1:27.264 min
Date:November 28th 2020
F1 Driver:Lewis Hamilton
F1 Car:Mercedes W11
Speed:223.267 km/h

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Bahrain International Circuit Shakir

Bahrain International Circuit Shakir

Bahrain Int. Circuit


Bahrain International Circuit Layout

Bahrain International Circuit Layout

 

Description

 

Bahrain Track: three corners in detail


Mainstraight Bahrain International circuit

Mainstraight Bahrain International circuit

The Bahrain International Circuit is a typical Hermann Tilke circuit with a lot of long straights and slow corners. The cars drive clockwise, just like most circuits are designed.

In 2010 the track used an extended piece of circuit. Because the race wasn't more exciting it was never used again. Since 2014 the race is being driven after sunset. Floodlights are used to light up the track for TV and the drivers. Racing in the dark is also less warm and exhausting for the drivers.

Turns 1 & 2
The first corner is actually very tight as the driver brakes down from over 330 km/h to just over 60 km/h. Delivering the correct engine braking support to square up the rear of the car without creating too much 'push' is the aim as the driver will need a stable car under braking but must still be able to turn in. Engineers will do this by tweaking the engine maps.

Turns 11 & 12
After a slow exit from Turn 11 the track goes uphill into Turn 12 so as well rapidly switching direction, the car is also climbing. This therefore puts the oil system under pressure as the fluids in the system move from side to side very quickly but are also squashed down in the tank as the altitude increases. To avoid engine starvation, where the oil moves away from the pumps, engineers will check the minimum levels in practice.

Turns 14 & 15

Pit and mainstraight Bahrain International Circuit

Exit corner 15 Bahrain Circuit

The driver must get the exit of Turn 14 completely right as it falls slightly off camber as it enters Turn 15; running wide will compromise the acceleration down the long straight.

Getting correct gear ratios helps in this respect, but finding the right balance is never easy as the circuit has a variety of corner speeds. Finding the sweet spot in the engine is therefore tricky, particularly on different fuel levels and pending DRS and KERS release patterns.

The lap records set by Schumacher in the first race on this circuit, still stands on this day. Will it ever be broken?

Podiums

 

F1 Podium Winners on Bahrain Circuit

YearRaceDateTop 3 DriversTeamsLaps
20232023 Bahrain F1 GPMarch 5Netherlands Max Verstappen
Mexico Sergio Pérez
Spain Fernando Alonso
Austria Red Bull
Austria Red Bull
United Kingdom Aston Martin
57
20222022 Bahrain F1 GPMarch 20Monaco Charles Leclerc
Spain Carlos Sainz
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
Germany Mercedes
57
20212021 Bahrain F1 GPMarch 28United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
Germany Mercedes
56
20202020 Bahrain F1 GPNovember 29United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Netherlands Max Verstappen
Thailand Alex Albon
Germany Mercedes
Austria Red Bull
Austria Red Bull
57
20192019 Bahrain F1 GPMarch 31United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Monaco Charles Leclerc
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
Italy Ferrari
57
20182018 Bahrain F1 GPApril 8Germany Sebastian Vettel
Finland Valtteri Bottas
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Italy Ferrari
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
57
20172017 Bahrain F1 GPApril 16Germany Sebastian Vettel
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Finland Valtteri Bottas
Italy Ferrari
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
57
20162016 Bahrain F1 GPApril 3Germany Nico Rosberg
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Mercedes
Italy Ferrari
Germany Mercedes
57
20152015 Bahrain F1 GPApril 19United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Germany Nico Rosberg
Germany Mercedes
Italy Ferrari
Germany Mercedes
57
20142014 Bahrain F1 GPApril 6United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Germany Nico Rosberg
Mexico Sergio Pérez
Germany Mercedes
Germany Mercedes
India Force India
57
20132013 Bahrain F1 GPApril 21Germany Sebastian Vettel
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
France Romain Grosjean
Austria Red Bull
United Kingdom Lotus F1
United Kingdom Lotus F1
57
20122012 Bahrain F1 GPApril 22Germany Sebastian Vettel
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
France Romain Grosjean
Austria Red Bull
United Kingdom Lotus F1
United Kingdom Lotus F1
57
20102010 Bahrain F1 GPMarch 14Spain Fernando Alonso
Brazil Felipe Massa
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
49
20092009 Bahrain F1 GPApril 26United Kingdom Jenson Button
Germany Sebastian Vettel
Italy Jarno Trulli
United Kingdom Brawn
Austria Red Bull
Japan Toyota
57
20082008 Bahrain F1 GPApril 6Brazil Felipe Massa
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Poland Robert Kubica
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
Switzerland BMW Sauber
57
20072007 Bahrain F1 GPApril 15Brazil Felipe Massa
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Ferrari
57
20062006 Bahrain F1 GPMarch 12Spain Fernando Alonso
Germany Michael Schumacher
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
France Renault
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom McLaren
57
20052005 Bahrain F1 GPApril 3Spain Fernando Alonso
Italy Jarno Trulli
Finland Kimi Räikkönen
France Renault
Japan Toyota
United Kingdom McLaren
57
20042004 Bahrain F1 GPApril 4Germany Michael Schumacher
Brazil Rubens Barrichello
United Kingdom Jenson Button
Italy Ferrari
Italy Ferrari
United Kingdom BAR
57

Driver Ranking

 

Driver Ranking Bahrain Circuit

DriverGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton1652411313.63.5240
2Germany Sebastian Vettel124105326.36.3148
3Spain Fernando Alonso163014118.17.488
4Brazil Felipe Massa132103116.67.861
5Netherlands Max Verstappen91203216.49.982
6Germany Nico Rosberg101113235.65.983
7Germany Michael Schumacher51102216.67.227
8Monaco Charles Leclerc61012226.78.551
9United Kingdom Jenson Button111012008.312.428
10Finland Kimi Räikkönen160538019.16.9120
11Finland Valtteri Bottas110224125.56.1101
12Mexico Sergio Pérez120112009.910.062
13Italy Jarno Trulli70112118.77.924
14Spain Carlos Sainz90101009.211.344
15Brazil Rubens Barrichello701010010.39.313
16France Romain Grosjean900220012.010.150
17Thailand Alex Albon400110011.38.818
18Poland Robert Kubica50011109.810.89
19Australia Daniel Ricciardo110000008.410.554
20United Kingdom Lando Norris50000009.89.232
21Australia Mark Webber90000008.88.231
22France Pierre Gasly600000010.210.726
23United Kingdom Paul di Resta20000007.55.020
24Denmark Kevin Magnussen800000012.612.620
25Germany Nico Hülkenberg1100000011.412.320
26United Kingdom George Russell500000012.610.418
27France Esteban Ocon600000010.811.210
28Germany Nick Heidfeld60000009.511.710
29Canada Lance Stroll700000014.313.19
30Russian Federation Daniil Kvyat600000013.310.38
31Germany Ralf Schumacher400000010.39.37
32Japan Yuki Tsunoda300000014.39.36
33Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne200000013.09.05
34Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya20000004.09.04
35Spain Pedro de la Rosa300000114.014.34
36Japan Takuma Sato500000015.414.84
37Finland Heikki Kovalainen500000113.011.64
38Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi300000015.013.32
39Germany Timo Glock400000014.313.82
40Sweden Marcus Ericsson500000017.214.02
41Austria Christian Klien200000010.011.01
42China Zhou Guanyu200000114.013.01
43United Kingdom David Coulthard500000015.014.41
44Italy Giancarlo Fisichella600000012.014.21
45United Kingdom Will Stevens100000018.016.00
46Italy Gianmaria Bruni100000017.017.00
47Austria Patrick Friesacher100000019.012.00
48Australia Oscar Piastri100000018.020.00
49France Olivier Panis10000008.09.00
50Austria Alexander Wurz100000011.011.00
51Japan Yuji Ide100000021.019.00
52Indonesia Rio Haryanto100000020.017.00
53Russian Federation Sergey Sirotkin100000019.015.00
54Russian Federation Nikita Mazepin100000019.020.00
55Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner100000020.019.00
56United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer100000010.013.00
57United States Logan Sargeant100000016.012.00
58Brazil Cristiano da Matta10000009.010.00
59Brazil Lucas di Grassi100000022.023.00
60New Zealand Brendon Hartley100000011.017.00
61Spain Roberto Merhi100000019.017.00
62Italy Giorgio Pantano100000015.016.00
63Spain Jaime Alguersuari100000018.013.00
64Netherlands Giedo van der Garde100000020.021.00
65Netherlands Nyck de Vries100000019.014.00
66India Karun Chandhok100000024.024.00
67Brazil Felipe Nasr100000022.014.00
68Switzerland Sébastien Buemi200000015.516.50
69France Jules Bianchi200000019.017.50
70France Charles Pic200000018.520.50
71France Sébastien Bourdais200000017.514.00
72Portugal Tiago Monteiro200000017.513.50
73United Kingdom Max Chilton200000021.016.50
74Brazil Bruno Senna200000019.020.50
75Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr.200000014.515.00
76Canada Jacques Villeneuve200000013.015.50
77India Narain Karthikeyan200000020.520.00
78Germany Pascal Wehrlein200000014.512.00
79Japan Kazuki Nakajima200000014.017.00
80United Kingdom Anthony Davidson200000017.016.00
81Russian Federation Vitaly Petrov200000017.518.50
82United States Scott Speed200000017.517.50
83Germany Mick Schumacher200000015.013.50
84France Jean-Eric Vergne300000015.718.70
85Japan Kamui Kobayashi300000015.316.70
86Canada Nicholas Latifi300000019.016.00
87Netherlands Christijan Albers300000019.316.30
88Italy Antonio Giovinazzi300000014.713.00
89Mexico Esteban Gutierrez300000018.718.70
90Venezuela Pastor Maldonado400000017.815.80
91Germany Adrian Sutil600000016.216.20

Team Ranking

 

Team Ranking Bahrain Circuit

TeamGP  1st  2nd  3rd  Pod  Pole  FL  Avg GridAvg PosPoints
1Italy Ferrari1977216664.76.3324
2Germany Mercedes1364616654.53.7386
3Austria Red Bull183418437.98.2275
4France Renault1220021010.010.848
5United Kingdom Brawn11001005.03.014
6United Kingdom Lotus F1402240012.07.372
7United Kingdom McLaren190134029.810.1134
8Japan Toyota60112118.68.326
9India Force India1000110012.111.159
10United Kingdom Aston Martin300110013.210.524
11Switzerland BMW Sauber50011109.612.619
12United Kingdom BAR20011008.89.310
13United Kingdom Williams1900000112.012.150
14United States Haas800000013.513.734
15Italy Toro Rosso1300000014.015.022
16Switzerland Alfa Romeo500000112.911.219
17Italy AlphaTauri400000011.912.014
18France Alpine300000012.212.510
19Japan Honda300000010.214.25
20Switzerland Sauber900000015.513.14
21United Kingdom Jaguar100000013.011.01
22United Kingdom Racing Point200000012.515.31
23Russian Federation Midland100000018.519.50
24Netherlands Spyker100000021.014.50
25United Kingdom Virgin Racing100000020.521.50
26Ireland Jordan200000016.515.00
27Spain HRT200000022.821.00
28Italy Minardi200000018.515.30
29Japan Super Aguri300000019.017.50
30United Kingdom Caterham400000018.917.30
31United Kingdom Manor500000019.517.40


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