The track includes 15 corners and the forecast lap time for a current Grand Prix car is 1min 30.252secs at an average speed of 213 km/h.
In 2005, for example, the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix generated print media coverage to the value of $43 million, of which $12.4 million was within Bahrain itself. For 2006 coverage across the Middle East and North Africa leapt by 780%, with a total media value and global airtime total exceeding that of the entire 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. In 2007, the total economic impact on the Kingdom of Bahrain during the three-day Formula One race weekend totalled a staggering $580 million.