ROUND 4: 🇧🇭 Bahrain


FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2025


Circuit stats


  • First Grand Prix: 2004
  • Number of laps: 57
  • Circuit Length: 5.412 km
  • Race Distance: 308.238 km
  • Lap record: 1:31.447 Pedro de la Rosa (2005)
  • 2024 winner: Max Verstappen

Track Map


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  • @[email protected]
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    1817 days ago

    Interesting to see how one faulty timing sensor/transmitter can impact:

    • the live timing of the TV broadcast
    • the DRS activation mechanism of your own car
    • the DRS activation mechanism of the following car

    Because they all rely on that data

    • @[email protected]
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      617 days ago

      Yeah, that’s not really acceptable, especially not for the following car. Because teams will know this and use this. By accident ofcourse…

  • Coelacanth
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    1317 days ago

    God Merc has bungled Kimi’s race here. Surely they’d prefer track position instead of the extra stop at the safety car?

  • HSR🏴‍☠️
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    817 days ago

    Looks like Red Bull discovered a new way of bottling pit stops, faulty release light.

    • @[email protected]
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      317 days ago

      It’s been a slow decline since they hit that world record pit stop and then Merc cried about it and had the rules changed. Ever since then Redbull has just been getting slowly worse with the pit stops. Today was particularly egregious.

      It sounds weird as a redbull fan, but I was just happy both of them ended up on the points it was such a disaster filled race for them. Car seemed to just be a shit box all weekend. Pit stop fuckery basically put both of them at the back. Just a weekend to learn from for us…

  • @[email protected]
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    517 days ago

    Crazy how Leclerc still doesn’t seem to have enough authority to call his own strategy. We ofcourse only hear soundbites.

    Though I don’t get again why they didn’t split strategy.

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    417 days ago

    I’d hope Gasly can finish in the P5 but with the drivers behind him, it looks like he’ll need some dnf’s.

    For some reason I still expect Verstappen and Lando on the podium. But Piastri really should win. Hopefully McLaren strategy doesn’t screw him.

  • @[email protected]
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    317 days ago

    Is it me or are the Ferrari’s leaving more plank on the tarmac with all those titanium sparks?

    • @[email protected]
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      617 days ago

      They have to choose something other than medium though. At the very least they are guaranteed track position with a tyre that should take them to the end.

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          17 days ago

          That would’ve been a huge risk, earlier this race you saw that the mediums only lasted about 17 laps, and they had almost 24 to go if they chose soft. It’s honestly amazing Russel was able to keep the soft from degrading for the rest of the race, but it was a huge risk and probably a bit of luck. Even Russel said it was ambitious

        • @[email protected]
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          317 days ago

          It’s entertaining to see what happens at least. And to think I thought I could take a nap during the race. 😅

  • @[email protected]
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    317 days ago

    With the way Verstappen is struggling and overheating his tyres, it seems Yuki theoretically has a chance to finish before him.

  • Coelacanth
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    617 days ago

    THREE STOPPER? Merc are either brilliant or throwing Kimi’s race here.