F1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024

Bahrain Grand Prix

Bahrain hosts the opening race of the 75th Formula 1 season. Red Bull’s new RB20 car has impressed in testing, as the team aim to continue last year’s dominant form

1 MAR 2: Bahrain, Sakhir 

BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT

Timing sector
DRS 
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Distance: 57 laps – 308.238km 

Most wins: Lewis Hamilton, 5
2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021

Lap record:
Pedro de la Rosa, 1:31.447 (2005)

Fastest lap 2023: Zhou Guanyu, 1:33.996
   
Team spirit: Wins by constructor

Brawn  1 
Renault 2
Red Bull 3
Ferrari 7
Mercedes 6

Wins  Races
   
RECORD BREAKING: Red Bull won all 15 races from Abu Dhabi in Dec 2022 to Monza in Sep 2023 – smashing mark for most successive wins

Highest percentage of wins in single season
Red Bull 2023 95.5 21 22
McLaren 1988  93.8 15 16
Mercedes 2016 90.5 19 21
Ferrari 2002  88.2 15 17
Ferrari 1952  87.5 7 8
Alfa Romeo 1950 85.7 6 7

Max Verstappen
 

Car: Red Bull RB20
Engine: Honda RBPT

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