Bahrain By Numbers

All the figures you need to know ahead of the season opener.

The

2022

season

almost

ready

get

under

way

and

we’re

bursting

with

excitement

get

going

and

see

what

this

year

has

offer.

So,

here’s

rundown

all

the

things

you

need

know

about

the

first

race

the

year

number

form.

Night Falls On The RB18

1 – The number Max Verstappen will have on his car when he takes to the grid in Bahrain. The reigning World Champion will be the first driver to use the #1 since Sebastian Vettel in 2014.

2 – The Team has tasted victory twice in Bahrain, both at the hands of Vettel, who won here in 2012 and 2013.

3 – The number of different track layouts that have been raced in Bahrain since 2004. For 2010, the Endurance Circuit was used, but the drivers responded negatively to the track and it hasn’t been used since. In 2020, the Sakhir Grand Prix was held on the shorter, and faster, Outer Circuit. However, the layout we’re all familiar with and will be featuring in the season opener is the Grand Prix Circuit.

4 – This will be the fourth time Bahrain has hosted the first race of the season since it became a regular on the calendar in 2004.

Bahrain International Circuit

5.4 – Total length of a lap in KM of the Bahrain International Circuit.

6 – Number of podiums the Team has collected in Bahrain, the most recent being in 2021 when Max took second place.

16 – The time, in months, it took to build the circuit after ground was broken in 2002.

17 – The number of years the lap record has stood, after a blistering 1:31.447 set in 2005 by Pedro de la Rosa.

18 – The number of Formula One Grands Prix held in Bahrain.

Our World Champion

98 – The number of days between race day in Abu Dhabi and the 2022 season opener in Bahrain. Although Max winning the championship seems a little while ago now, it’s only a little over three months.

1,047 – Total number of laps raced in Bahrain (not including this Sunday). Bahrain has hosted 18 Grand Prix, 15 of them have been 57 laps, one was 49, one 56 and the Sakhir Grand Prix in 2020 was 87 laps on the Outer Circuit.

4,700 – The number of staff employed at the circuit over a race weekend.

75,000 – Tonnes of Graywacke aggregate that was shipped from Shropshire, UK to Bahrain to build the circuit.

The RB18 On The Charge In Bahrain