Bahrain International Circuit

Name: Bahrain International Circuit
Address: Bahrain

Bahrain

Track Length: 5.412 km Direction: clockwise Pole Side: left View Map

Race Distance: 308.238 km First Grand Prix: 2004 Opened: 2004 Capacity: 70,000

Records and Interesting Facts — Bahrain International Circuit

Bahrain International Circuit

Bahrain

Track Length: 5.412 km Direction: clockwise Pole Side: left View Map

Race Distance: 308.238 km First Grand Prix: 2004 Opened: 2004 Capacity: 70,000

Grand Prix Held

Most Successful Driver

5 wins

Lewis Hamilton

Most Successful Team

7 wins

ferrari

Most Pole Positions

3 poles

Max Verstappen based on qualifying data recorded since 2004

Race Lap Record

55.404

George Russell (2020)

Fastest Qualifying Lap

0:53.377

Valtteri Bottas (2020)

Closest Victory

0.699 s

2018 — Sebastian Vettel (1) – Valtteri Bottas (2)

The Biggest Comeback Drive

Kimi Räikkönen started from P22 in 2006 and finished P3 — 19 places up from where they started.

This Track's Races Under Other Names

21× Bahrain Grand Prix (2004–2025) 1× Sakhir Grand Prix (2020)