Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2024
Event Overview
BIC is set to celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, as the opening round of the 2024 season and its first-ever Saturday night race at the Home of Motorsport in the Middle East on 29 February to 2 March 2024.
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Hospitality
Due to exceptional demand, we have continued to expand our hospitality offerings. This year, we are delighted to offer The Dome Lounge by F1 Experiences, as well as The Champions Club, both tailor-made in response to the massive interest in hospitality options for the grand prix. In addition, the ultimate in world-class hospitality is available in The Paddock Cub Please note that Corporate boxes for 2024 are now sold out.
View MoreBoschung triumphs in F2 Sprint
Boschung triumphs in F2 Sprint
Ralph Boschung raced to an impressive victory today in the season-opening Sprint Race of the FIA Formula 2 Championship, held in support of the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir.
Boschung started on the reverse grid pole and went on to win after 23 laps in a time of 41 minutes 50.597 seconds.
The Campos Racing driver took advantage of the battles behind him to build a comfortable gap to the finish. He won by 10.848 seconds ahead of Dennis Hauger of MP Motorsport, while Victor Martins of ART Grand Prix claimed the final podium step in third 16.162s behind Boschung.
Classified fourth was Ayumu Iwasa (+24.494s) of DAMS, while Theo Pourchaire (+29.709s) came fifth in the other ART Grand Prix car and Jehan Daruvala (+30.901s) was sixth for MP.
Completing the top eight and the race’s points scorers were Boschung’s teammate Kush Maini (+41.541s) and Enzo Fittipaldi (+43.065s) of Rodin Carlin.
The F2 field returns to the track Sunday afternoon at 1.20pm for the weekend’s Feature Race, to be held over 32 laps or 60 minutes, with Pourchaire on pole.
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