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F1 reckons Sakhir GP pole time could be in the 53s

Formula 1’s Chief Technical Officer Pat Symonds says the pole position time for the Sakhir Grand Prix could be underneath 54 seconds, if three DRS zones are used, and revealed several layouts were evaluated. Formula 1 will hold two events in Bahrain later this year and the second – titled the Sakhir Grand Prix – will take place on the venue’s Outer Circuit. Bahrain has several layouts to FIA Grade 1 standard, including the regular grand prix layout, the Endurance version used in 2010, as well as the ‘Oasis’ and ‘Paddock’ circuits. But the track’s Outer layout will be used and at 3.543km it will be one of the shortest tracks in Formula 1 history, just a couple of hundred...
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