Formula 1 is set for sub-60s lap times after it was affirmed that December’s Sakhir Grand Prix will be run on Bahrain’s super fast 3.543 km ‘external track’. Following a nitty gritty investigation of the diverse track designs accessible in Bahrain, all of which have a FIA Grade 1 permit, Formula 1 has reasoned that the 11-turn external circuit – which has never been utilized for a universal race – is the most appropriate choice for the second of Bahrain’s twofold header races on December 6.
The Sakhir Grand Prix will be an entire night race with both qualifying and the race occurring later at night contrasted with the Bahrain Grand Prix, which will happen the end of the prior week utilizing the typical 5.412 km universal track format. With such a short track – the second briefest on the schedule after Monaco – the Sakhir GP will be a 87-lap race to guarantee the 305 km official least separation is met – that is the most dashing laps of any Grand Prix this year.
Sakhir Grand Prix
Equation 1 is set for sub-60s lap times after it was affirmed that December’s Sakhir Grand Prix will be run on Bahrain’s super snappy 3.543 km ‘external track’.
Following a nitty gritty examination of the distinctive track formats accessible in Bahrain, all of which have a FIA Grade 1 permit, Formula 1 has inferred that the 11-turn external circuit – which has never been utilized for a global race – is the most reasonable alternative for the second of Bahrain’s twofold header races on December 6.
The Sakhir Grand Prix will be an entire night race with both qualifying and the race occurring later at night contrasted with the Bahrain Grand Prix, which will happen the end of the prior week utilizing the standard 5.412 km universal track design. With such a short track – the second briefest on the schedule after Monaco – the Sakhir GP will be a 87-lap race to guarantee the 305 km official least separation is met – that is the most dashing laps of any Grand Prix this year.
F1 reproductions anticipate qualifying lap times under 55 seconds, and race laps under 60 seconds. The main sub-60s shaft time in F1 history came in 1974, when Niki Lauda lapped Dijon-Prenois in his Ferrari in 58.79s. The most brief lap time found as of late was Valtteri Bottas’ post lap in Austria prior this time of 1m 02.939s. The external track takes in Turns 1, 2 and 3 of the universal track, before splitting endlessly at Turn 4 for a progression of fast compasses before re-joining the natural track at Turn 13.
