Statistics for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit:Lap distance: 5.412km. Total distance: 308.238km (57 laps)2022 winner: Charles Leclerc (Monaco) Ferrari2022 pole: Leclerc. One minute 30.558 seconds2022 fastest race lap: Leclerc, 1:34.570.
Lap distance: 5.412km. Total distance: 308.238km 2022 fastest race lap: Leclerc, 1:34.570.The race, on the site of a former camel farm south of the capital Manama, is now in its 19th edition after starting in 2004 as the first grand prix in the Middle East. It was not held in 2011 due to social unrest.Hamilton is the most successful driver at the race with five wins at Sakhir, all with Mercedes. Fernando Alonso, now at Aston Martin, has won three times.
Red Bull's Sergio Perez took his first F1 win, in his 190th start, at Sakhir in 2020 while with Force India .Seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton has a record 103 career victories from 310 starts but is chasing his first since 2021.Verstappen has yet to win a season-opening race or the Bahrain GP.Logan Sargeant at Williams and Oscar Piastri at McLaren are the two debutants.
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