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LucasWheldon
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Bahrain International Circuit

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The 2004 Grand Prix of Bahrain marked the first ever round of the FIA Formula One World Championship to be held in the Middle East and the official culmination of a multi-million dollar project started back in September 2002 when the Kingdom of Bahrain signed a long-term deal to host the event.

Located at Sakhir, 30 km south-west of the island's capital, Manama, the Hermann Tilke designed circuit contains no less than five track layouts within one complex. Construction began in November 2002 and in the months prior to its March 2004 completion, work was going on around the clock. Over 12,000 tonnes of stone were used in the build, a third of it Welsh granite, chosen for the track surface due to its excellent adhesive qualities.

The original 5.412 km Grand Prix circuit was designed with the spectator in mind, with 50,000 grandstand seats, all providing excellent views. Those spectators (a total of 100,000 over a race weekend) get to see the cars heading into the external desert area, before coming back into the oasis-styled infield. Up to 500 journalists can also witness the action from the venue's purpose-built media centre.

A revised 'endurance' track layout was used for the 2010 event, with an additional complex starting at Turn Four extending the lap to 23 corners and 6.299 km, but the event has used the original track configuration ever since. It offers the driver a unique experience in the way the circuit's width varies at the end of the different straights. This allows for diverse racing lines, and the 15-corner design provides at least three genuine overtaking opportunities.


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Friday 6th April
FIA Formula 2 Practice Session 11:30 - 12:15
Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East Practice Session 12:40 - 13:10
Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East Qualifying Session 16:40 - 17:00
FIA Formula 2 Qualifying Session 20:00 - 20:30

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Porsche GT3 Cup Middle East First Race (10 Laps or 25 Mins) 11:55 - 12:25
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First Practice Session 14:00 - 15:30
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Sunday 8th April
Grand Prix (57 Laps or 120 Mins) 18:10 - 20:10

Halo meets tilkedrome, another boring one?

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Hopefully an eventfull 2014 GP repeat, has long straights so action should be better than in Australia
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The location isn't the best, but this track is one of the best ones all year.

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Those cars justify a Tilkedrome.

And Bahrain still has some character. Anyway, with the desert comes tyre wear, hopefully.

And if the cars can't overtake each other here, we're really doomed.
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What extension? At Nurburbring? That is awful, specially that turn 1. No overtaking can be good enough to repair the damage it did to the look and feel of the rest of the track.
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Scotty meant the extension used in 2010, to "celebrate" 60 years of F1.


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That start/finish DRS zone appears perfectly positioned just far enough down the straight to ensure that this year's cars cannot take advantage of it.

Please prove me catastrophically wrong.

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Any news whether F1TV will be ready for Bahrain?
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Lewis wins with a margin of 30 seconds.
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Liberty should go nuts and put 4 DRS zones

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The 2010 layout only celebrated dullnes. Im glad that they reversed it to old layout, this mickey mouse kart track section didint suit at all F1
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Terrible track, but somehow the last races in Bahrain always turned out to be among the best of the season. Maybe it has something to do with making it a night race? Lower temperatures?

Anyway, Sunday is Paris-Roubaix, then F1, then MotoGP, then welcoming back the girlfriend who returns from skiing. Sunday is going to be a good day. And Monday it's my birthday.
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2012 winner was much uglier than any halo car imo.
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Toro Rosso will already use their second Honda engine in both cars this weekend. So grid penalties by the time we arrive in Azerbaijan?
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Lewis with exceptional fashion :lol:


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mclaren2008 wrote:
Lewis with exceptional fashion :lol:

https://twitter.com/BAH_Int_Circuit/status/981847884562862080


Ha! Lewis' fashions are unique. I immediately thought of this...


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Id take those stepped noses any time if they remove halo
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What about the Mr Squidward noses?
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I've seen that kind of style referred to as anti-fashion. It's different to just wearing non-matching colors, or unfashionable clothes, either by accident or because you don't have good taste. It's a deliberate choice to purposely mess with the usual fashion codes, especially in terms of color choice. Don't try this though, you can only pull it off if you're handsome, rich, famous, and 200% confident.
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That or Canada '08 has finally been explained...
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