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Poster forecasting pole at Sepang around 1:31.6 for the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix, about 1.5 seconds slower than Hamilton's 1:30.076 pole in 2017, with qualifying on 3 October.

Bahrain GP at Sepang preview: session times and a pole forecast from 2017

The 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix runs at Sepang in Malaysia on 4 October, as a day race. Session times in Malaysian time, and our forecast of a 1:31.6 pole from how 2026 cars compare with 2017 at unchanged circuits.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 14, 2026

Poster headed Half The Grid Has Never Seen It over a night shot of the Sepang grandstand, with 12 of 22 drivers never having raced there and 2017 as the last time F1 visited.

Sepang returns: the Bahrain Grand Prix that is being held in Malaysia

The 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix is being run at Sepang, 6,000 km from Bahrain. More than half the current grid has never turned a lap there, and the man who won the last one is still racing.

Bhavin Lathia· Sep 7, 2026