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National Race Day set for twice the action on four wheels and two this Friday at BIC
National Race Day set for twice the action on four wheels and two this Friday at BIC
Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’, hosts on Friday (24 October) the second round of National Race Day this 2025/2026 season.
The event is set to feature two of the Kingdom’s most exciting local championships, including the Bahrain Touring Car Challenge (BTCC) and the Bahrain Motorcycle Championship (BMC).
The meeting is being organised and run by BIC in cooperation with the Bahrain Motor Federation, the Circuit Racing Commission, and the Bahrain Motorcycle Commission.
Racing will take place along BIC’s 2.55-kilometre Inner Track from 3pm to 10pm, making for varying conditions for participants, who will be battling wheel-to-wheel both in daylight conditions and under BIC’s bright state-of-the-art floodlights at night.
All are welcome to attend. Tickets are BD2 for adults and BD1 for children. They can be purchased online at bahraingp.com, through the BIC Hotline on +973-17450000, or at the gate.
Race-goers will get to watch from BIC’s Beyon Grandstand, offering fantastic views of the key parts of the circuit, including the Inner Straight where the start and finish lines are located.
The BTCC is one of the region’s longest-running national racing championships and it continues its legacy in its current format after being formerly known as the BIC, 2,000cc Challenge.
An 11-car grid is set to feature in this meeting, led by Ali Almansoori, who claimed a sensational double in the season-opening round held at the beginning of this month, and defending champion Isa Ebrahim, both of whom are driving Honda Civics.
Amongst the rest of the field, also competing in Honda Civics are Ahmed Algaidy, Ahmed Bajnaid, Hamad Khamis, Moaaz Elzahrawi, Andreas Buelow, and Abdulaziz Al Sayed. Completing the entry list are Jamal Ebrahim in a Nissan Skyline, James Taylor in an Acura RSX DC5, and Carina Abdulrahman in a Volkswagen Scirocco.
Meanwhile, a packed grid of 19 riders will be hitting the tarmac in the BMC’s season-opening event. The field includes eight competitors in the 1,000cc class, and 11 in the 600cc.
The participants in the 1,000cc category are Hassan Al Awadhi and Abdulaziz Al Sulaiti in Yamaha R1 bikes, Bander Bahlul in a BMW 10004R, Fahed Al Hashash in a Suzuki GSXR, Saud Al Toura and Abdulrahman Al Tayeb in BMW S 1000 RR bikes, Fahad Algosaibi in a BMW 1000 RR, and Abdulaziz Alkhazan in a KTM Superduke.
In the 600cc class, competing are Shaikh Khalid Al Khalifa in a Triumph Daytona; Nasser Al Khadra, Saif Albuainain, and Hamed Al Tamimi in Yamaha R6 bikes; Ali Bu Shahri and Abdulrahman Ahmed in Honda CBR600RR bikes; Achraf Hamoud in a Suzuki GSXR600; Faisal Al Jelaibi in a Honda CBR600; and Mohamad Alzaidan, Ali Adiby, and Essa Almutawa in Kawasaki ZX6 bikes.
BIC’s 2025/2026 racing calendar is set to feature seven rounds of National Race Day. Following this weekend’s action, round three will be held on 21 November, and then the campaign resumes next calendar year with round four on 10 January. Round five will be held on 6 February, and then the sixth and penultimate meeting will take place on 13 March. That will set the stage for the grand finale on 24 April.
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