BIC Season-Launch Week

BIC Season-Launch Week: Packed calendar of heart-racing fan experiences to be showcased for 2023/2024 season

BIC Season-Launch Week has arrived, showcasing a packed schedule of adrenaline-pumping fan experiences at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, “The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East”.

Every day this week, BIC will be announcing new details of its 2023/2024 calendar of exciting activities available to fans, all throughout the coming months until April of next year.

These range from incredible driving experiences and passenger rides along BIC’s various track layouts – the same raced on by the world’s biggest stars at the highest levels of motorsport – to ultra-quick, quarter-mile passes and off-road adventures, as well as the very best of grassroots motor racing and behind-the-scenes circuit tours.

Highlights for the upcoming season include:

Ebrahim K Kanoo Drag and Drift Nights

The action gets underway on Monday (25 September) with the Ebrahim K Kanoo Drag and Drift Nights and BIC’s very own Dragster Experience. Ebrahim K Kanoo Drag and Drift Nights pairs up drag racing along BIC’s world-class, quarter-mile drag strip, with drifting along BIC’s vast vehicle dynamics area. This double-header can be enjoyed separately or together in the participant’s very own car or bike.

For the Dragster Experience, fans will be able to go alone or take a friend with them for the mind-boggling thrill of powering down the strip as passengers in a Top Fuel drag racing machine, which boasts a 10,000cc Big Block engine.

Orange Media Open Track

One of the most popular driving experiences for fans at BIC is its Orange Media Open Track. Racing lovers looking to satisfy their need for speed can bring their very own road cars or motorbikes and take them for a spin within safe and controlled conditions around the BIC track.

BIC has scheduled nine Orange Media Open Track days this season, with the first event scheduled for 6 October. There will also be four Orange Media Open Track nights for participants to enjoy the spectacle of driving under BIC’s bright, state-of-the-art floodlights.

Track Experience

Circuit racing thrills are also on offer in BIC’s hugely popular Track Experience. This includes the Clio Cup drive and passenger ride, where fans get into a 1.6 litre, Turbocharged Renault Clio Cup for a taste of the high-speed world of motor racing; as well as the Radical SR1 Driver Experience and Radical SR3 Passenger Experience.

The Radical SR1 is ideal for both amateurs and racers alike, as the car’s 185bhp engine roars and sets a thrilling mood, while the Radical SR3 ride takes participants from zero to 100kph in about 3.4 seconds. There will be eight days in which to enjoy BIC’s Track Experience this season, with the first event on 7 October.