F1 fever is back

The island is set to come alive, particularly the Bahrain International Circuit, because of the Formula 1 Aramco Pre-Season Testing 2025 which will be held next week.

While the racers rev their engines, visitors can come an enjoy colourful off-track entertainment headlined by a simulators tent. That’s where fans can buckle up and zoom through thrilling tracks at incredible speeds in a virtual setting.

Participants will be able to go up against family and friends, drift around corners, and speed down straightaways as they unleash their inner racer.

There will also be teams of roaming entertainers creating a festival-like atmosphere that will be a sneak preview of what’s to come at the F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025. These acts include acrobatic, stilt-walking Jesters, the musical and fun Colour Drums, and the vibrant Circle Arts Drummers.
 
There will also be an F1 show car, replicating the championship's 2025 contenders to give visitors the chance to be among the first to get an up close and personal look at the sport's awesome racing machines for the new season.

And of course, there is a lot more for spectators to look forward to.

The tests are scheduled for February 26th until the 28th, with the circuit opening its doors to the public on February the 27th and 28th.
 

Testing at BIC will be the first time that all 10 F1 teams will be together on track this year as they prepare for this season’s fast-approaching FIA Formula 1 World Championship. Motor racing’s biggest stars will then return to the island for the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 set for April 11th to 13th.

This excitement continues to build especially following the F1 75 Live that happened last night featuring acts like Take That and more. This season's historic launch event held at London’s O2 Arena, organised for the first time ever by Formula 1 with all the series’ drivers, key officials, and stakeholders in attendance.

F1's 2025 campaign marks the championship’s 75th anniversary. The Bahrain Grand Prix’s title partners Gulf Air are also celebrating 75 years in 2025.

Tickets to F1 Aramco Pre-Season Testing 2025 cost BD10 for adults and BD5 for kids, per day, for the two days open to fans. They can be purchased online at bahraingp.com or by calling the BIC Hotline on 17450000.

Meanwhile, those who had purchased their tickets to the F1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 on or before December 7, 2024, will have free access to the tests, making for an incredible two F1 events with one single ticket.
 
BIC’s gates are scheduled to open at 11am on both test days open to fans.

This year’s sessions mark the fifth consecutive year that Bahrain has been selected as the venue for pre-season running. F1 testing was first held in Sakhir in 2009, then in 2014, and they have now been hosted by the kingdom each year since 2021.