Circuit · Sakhir, Bahrain
Bahrain International Circuit
The first Grand Prix in the Middle East. Long the venue for pre-season testing. The 2020 Sakhir GP used the short 'outer' loop, producing a lap time of 53 seconds.
- Championship races
- 22
- Seasons
- 2004–202521 seasons
- Length
- 5.412 kmcurrent layout
- Turns
- 15
- Direction
- clockwise
- Type
- permanent
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Desert circuit with three heavy braking zones; abrasive surface and a large day-to-night temperature swing
Most wins here
| Driver | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Lewis Hamilton | 5 | 2014–2021 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 4 | 2012–2018 |
| Fernando Alonso | 3 | 2005–2010 |
| Felipe Massa | 2 | 2007–2008 |
| Max Verstappen | 2 | 2023–2024 |
| Charles Leclerc | 1 | 2022 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 2009 |
| Michael Schumacher | 1 | 2004 |
| Nico Rosberg | 1 | 2016 |
| Oscar Piastri | 1 | 2025 |
| Sergio Perez | 1 | 2020 |
Constructors here
| Constructor | Wins | Span |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrari | 7 | 2004–2022 |
| Mercedes | 6 | 2014–2021 |
| Red Bull Racing | 4 | 2012–2024 |
| Renault | 2 | 2005–2006 |
| Brawn GP | 1 | 2009 |
| McLaren | 1 | 2025 |
| Racing Point | 1 | 2020 |
Every layout raced here 3 in the timeline, 3 drawn
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists. Each one is fitted to its own box, so these are not to scale: a longer layout is not drawn larger, and none of them carries a direction, a position or a start line. The drawing that opens the page is the latest layout raced or on the calendar here, not the longest. The length listed with each layout is this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under its drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.
- 2004– Grand Prix circuit
- 2010 Endurance circuit
- 2020 Outer circuit
Each layout with its drawing, and what changed
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Grand Prix circuit
- Years
- 2004–
- Length
- 5.412 km
- Confidence
- medium
The standard configuration; realigned five metres at Turn 4 after the first race
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Endurance circuit
- Years
- 2010
- Length
- 6.299 km
- Confidence
- medium
A longer loop used only for the 2010 race, marking the championship's sixtieth season; widely disliked and dropped at once
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
Outer circuit
- Years
- 2020
- Length
- 3.543 km
- Confidence
- medium
Used only for the 2020 Sakhir GP, a week after the Bahrain GP on the full circuit, giving a lap of about 53 seconds
Every race here 22 · 1 to come
Held here as the Bahrain Grand Prix (21 races) and the Sakhir Grand Prix (1 race).
Where this comes from
- Official name
- Bahrain International Circuit
- Location
- Sakhir, Bahrain
- Confidence
- high