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 MoreToyota Gazoo Racing stay fastest with Kobayashi-Conway-Lopez
Toyota Gazoo Racing stay fastest with Kobayashi-Conway-Lopez
Kamui Kobayashi-Mike Conway-Jose Maria Lopez maintained Toyota Gazoo Racing’s position atop the times to end Free Practice 3 early this afternoon in the FIA WEC Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain weekend at Bahrain International Circuit.
Behind the wheel of their #7 GR010 Hybrid Hypercar, the trio led teammates Sebastien Buemi-Kazuki Nakajima-Brendon Hartley to another one-two following an hour-long session, which was the final test of the weekend.
They clocked a fastest lap of 1min 48.978secs, just 0.711 secs ahead of the #8 challenger.
Alpine Elf Matmut’s Andre Negrao-Nicolas Lapierre-Matthieu Vaxiviere were third in class in their #36 A480-Gibson, 1.188secs behind the leaders.
In the LMP2 category, first once again were the #28 Oreca 07-Gibson of JOTA’s Sean Gelael-Stoffel Vandoorne-Tom Blomqvist with a fastest lap of 1:50.696.
Porsche continued to spearhead the LMGTE categories in 911 RSR-19s. Setting the pace amongst the Pro cars were Neel Jani and Kevin Estre of Porsche GT Team. They had a best lap of 1:58.230 in their #92 challenger.
The LMGTE Am class had Dempsey-Proton Racing’s #77 crew of Matt Campbell-Christian Ried-Jaxon Evans in first with a 1:59.502 mark.
With the meeting’s three Practices complete, the stage is now set for Qualifying later this afternoon. The LMGTE Pro and Am runners are scheduled to go out for a 10-minute shootout at 4.30pm, to be followed by the Hypercar and LMP2 classes at 4.50pm.
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