Formula One statistics for the Bahrain Grand Prix
STATISTICS for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit: Lap distance5.412km. Total distance: 308.238km (57 laps) 2022 winnerCharles Leclerc (Monaco) Ferrari 2022 poleLeclerc. One minute 30.558 seconds 2022 fastest race lapLeclerc, 1:34.570. Lap record1:31.447 seconds, Pedro de la Rosa (Spain), McLaren 2005. Start time1500 GMT (1800 local) BAHRAIN 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. The track offers one…