The pit straight at dusk from Paddock Club hospitality.

Formula 1 · Sakhir

Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix 2027

Sakhir under lights: the season opener, back where it belongs.

Where
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
When
12–14 March 2027
Availability
Coming soon
Protection
TTA & ATOL: 100%

The weekend

The season starts here, at dusk

Bahrain is where the new season begins: the first grid, the first real lap times and the first answers to a winter of questions. The race starts in the late afternoon and finishes under floodlights, the desert cooling as the cars run into the dark. Sakhir’s long straights and heavy braking zones make for proper racing, and the opening round has a habit of rewriting the pecking order. Nobody knows who is quick yet, and that is the point.

The circuit is twenty minutes from Manama, where the waterfront hotels, the souq and the pearl-diving history of the kingdom make an easy, warm weekend in March. Pair it with Jeddah the following week and the two races become one Gulf fortnight. We arrange the hotels, the seats or hospitality, and the transfers, with an Elite host on the ground throughout. Season openers sell early, so the earlier you talk to us, the better the seats.

The pack through the first corners on the opening lap.

What it’s actually like

The floodlights flicker on, the desert sky goes violet, and twenty cars line up for the first time this year with everything still to play for. Bahrain is the sound of a season starting.

  • Formula 1 cars riding the kerbs in close company.Lights on, season onThe first grid of the year, raced into the desert night under floodlights.
  • Guests toasting in hospitality as the floodlights come on.Manama on the waterWaterfront hotels, the souq and warm March evenings, twenty minutes from the track.
  • A guest on a hospitality balcony above the pit lane.Hosted, start to finishGrandstand or Paddock Club, the right hotel, and an Elite host with you all weekend.

Two ways to be there

Two ways to do Bahrain

Book the Sakhir Weekend as it comes, or hand the weekend to the team for the Season Opener Signature.

Sakhir Weekend

book online, coming soon

Price on application

  • Race tickets, flights, hotels and transfers: the full weekend, handled

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The Elite way

Season Opener Signature

designed by the EST team

Price on application

  • Everything in the Grand Prix weekend, elevated

  • Paddock Club and elevated hospitality options

  • Upgraded hotel and suite options, hand-picked by the EST team

  • Fully comprehensive service: flights, transfers and every detail managed end to end

  • Designed around you by the EST team

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A packed Formula 1 grandstand on race day.

Why Elite

The first race of the year is the one everyone decides to do late, and then can’t. We hold hotels on the Manama waterfront, grandstand seats at the first corner and hospitality above the pit lane. Tell us how you want to open the season and we will build the weekend around you.