Lap Times
Best cars and lap times at Bahrain International Circuit
How real driver pace is distributed at Bahrain International Circuit in Le Mans Ultimate. Tiers are percentiles of the actual field, so a badge means the same thing on every circuit and nobody falls off the scale.
For which car to drive rather than how fast you are, jump to best cars at Bahrain International Circuit: the fastest setup-shop lap, the race win, pick and podium leaders, and the car that gives up least between its mid-pack and its quick drivers.
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GT3
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 2:02.758 Silver 1 2:01.188
732 drivers · p10 2:00.100 to p90 2:04.314 · σ 2.47s · pole 1:58.480
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 2:04.030 Silver 1 2:02.589
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
656 drivers · p10 2:01.533 to p90 2:05.163 · σ 1.67s · quickest 2:00.451
Median by driver rating Bronze 1-2 2:05.973 Bronze 3 2:03.385 Silver 1 2:01.296 Silver 2+ 2:00.150
8,552 drivers · p10 2:00.992 to p90 2:07.641 · σ 5.28s · pole 1:58.811
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Median by driver rating Bronze 1-2 2:07.321 Bronze 3 2:04.256 Silver 1 2:02.036 Silver 2+ 2:00.674
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
7,752 drivers · p10 2:01.687 to p90 2:08.946 · σ 4.43s · quickest 1:59.128
Hypercar
Open setup
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:49.612 Silver 1 1:48.194
633 drivers · p10 1:46.471 to p90 1:50.756 · σ 2.15s · pole 1:45.038
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:50.673 Silver 1 1:49.580
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
531 drivers · p10 1:47.876 to p90 1:51.751 · σ 1.92s · quickest 1:46.195
LMP2
Only 8 drivers recorded here so far, below the 200 needed to draw a reliable distribution. The tier cutoffs still hold; the curve appears once more races land.
8 drivers · p10 1:51.244 to p90 1:55.268 · σ 1.90s · pole 1:50.827
| Tier | Cutoff |
|---|---|
| Alien | 1:50.848 |
| Gold | 1:51.244 |
| Silver | 1:51.641 |
| Bronze | 1:53.607 |
| Rookie | 1:54.165 |
| Offline | slower than 1:54.165 |
Only 7 drivers recorded here so far, below the 200 needed to draw a reliable distribution. The tier cutoffs still hold; the curve appears once more races land.
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
7 drivers · p10 1:52.516 to p90 1:56.099 · σ 1.64s · quickest 1:52.142
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:50.150 Silver 1 1:48.474 Silver 2+ 1:47.350
3,036 drivers · p10 1:47.574 to p90 1:53.006 · σ 2.83s · pole 1:45.843
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:51.063 Silver 1 1:49.444 Silver 2+ 1:48.220
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
2,789 drivers · p10 1:48.523 to p90 1:53.361 · σ 2.63s · quickest 1:46.780
LMP3
Fixed setup
Median by driver rating Bronze 1-2 2:00.976 Bronze 3 1:58.503 Silver 1 1:56.137 Silver 2+ 1:54.693
9,580 drivers · p10 1:55.743 to p90 2:04.363 · σ 5.19s · pole 1:53.082
Per-car driveability
How far a mid-pack driver falls behind the quick drivers in the same car. Narrow is forgiving, wide is demanding. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own top 5%, because which drivers pick a car distorts its outright pace.
Median by driver rating Bronze 1-2 2:02.185 Bronze 3 1:59.370 Silver 1 1:56.699
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
7,828 drivers · p10 1:56.439 to p90 2:05.936 · σ 4.90s · quickest 1:53.411
Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:59.388 Silver 1 1:57.120
Each driver counts once, at the median lap of their best race here. Half that race's laps were quicker, so the figure reads as sustained pace rather than one low-fuel flyer. You will beat your own marker on individual laps. Everyone on the curve will too, which is why a handful of quick laps does not move you a tier up.
983 drivers · p10 1:55.752 to p90 2:03.041 · σ 3.59s · quickest 1:54.087
Best Cars at Bahrain International Circuit
Distributions answer "am I fast". This answers "what should I drive", from setup-shop pace, official win, pick and podium rates, and how much pace each car gives up between its quick and its mid-pack drivers.
No single car wins on all of them. How these rankings are built.
Best GT3 at Bahrain International Circuit
open setupThe fastest GT3 setup lap at Bahrain International Circuit is the BMW M4 GT3 (01:58.098, HY). By race win rate, the BMW M4 GT3 leads at 59.6% over 97 races. On fixed setup, the BMW M4 GT3 and Ferrari 296 GT3 are level as the most forgiving GT3s: a mid-pack driver gives up about 2.09s to the quick drivers in the same car, against 3.21s in the Ford Mustang GT3, over the 10 cars with enough drivers to measure.
Highest win rate
BMW M4 GT3
59.6% wins
over 97 races
Most picked
BMW M4 GT3
34.1% of entries
popularity, not results
Most podiums
BMW M4 GT3
88.8% podiums
over 97 races
Most forgiving
BMW M4 GT3, Ferrari 296 GT3
2.09s from a mid-pack driver to the quick ones in the same car
Widest is the Ford Mustang GT3 at 3.21s. Measured on fixed setup, over the 10 cars with enough drivers. Not a speed ranking: each car is measured against its own quick drivers, so this says how hard a car is to extract pace from, not how fast it is.
Best qualifying lap per car
| 1 | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 | 01:58.480 |
| 2 | Ferrari 296 GT3 | 01:58.868 |
| 3 | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | 01:58.938 |
Best race lap per car
Under 20 min
| 1 | Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo | 01:59.064 |
| 2 | BMW M4 GT3 | 01:59.207 |
| 3 | Ford Mustang GT3 | 01:59.342 |
The quickest lap anyone has reached in each car, sorted so you can find your own. It is a best-of, so it improves with how many people have raced the car: a car 2,000 drivers have run shows a better lap than an equally quick car 200 have run. Read it as a target, not as a ranking of the cars. Race figures are single laps, the quickest anyone has set in that car in a race of that length, so they sit quicker than the sustained pace on the curve above.
Best Hypercar at Bahrain International Circuit
open setupThe fastest Hypercar setup lap at Bahrain International Circuit is the Lamborghini SC63 (01:44.696, HY). By race win rate, the BMW M Hybrid V8 leads at 29.3% over 69 races.
Highest win rate
BMW M Hybrid V8
29.3% wins
over 69 races
Most picked
BMW M Hybrid V8
21.2% of entries
popularity, not results
Most podiums
BMW M Hybrid V8
51.2% podiums
over 69 races
Best qualifying lap per car
| 1 | Lamborghini SC63 | 01:45.038 |
| 2 | Cadillac V-Series.R | 01:45.039 |
| 3 | Peugeot 9X8 EVO | 01:45.241 |
Best race lap per car
40 to 60 min
| 1 | Lamborghini SC63 | 01:45.516 |
| 2 | Cadillac V-Series.R | 01:45.547 |
| 3 | BMW M Hybrid V8 | 01:45.575 |
The quickest lap anyone has reached in each car, sorted so you can find your own. It is a best-of, so it improves with how many people have raced the car: a car 2,000 drivers have run shows a better lap than an equally quick car 200 have run. Read it as a target, not as a ranking of the cars. Race figures are single laps, the quickest anyone has set in that car in a race of that length, so they sit quicker than the sustained pace on the curve above.
Setup laps are the fastest still-valid benchmark from GoSetups, BeAlien and Hymo. Per-car best laps come from official Le Mans Ultimate sessions. Win, pick and podium rates are from official race results on BoP-stable patches.