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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

732 drivers
Qualifying · Field distributionbest lap, pooled across all race lengths, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 ≥+10%: 4+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Bronze 3 2:02.758 Silver 1 2:01.188

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:59.031 gold top 10% ≤ 2:00.100 silver top 30% ≤ 2:00.894 bronze top 50% ≤ 2:01.586 rookie top 75% ≤ 2:02.716

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.

Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)
157 drv
1.38s
1.1%
BMW M4 GT3
233 drv
2.02s
1.7%
its own top 5% +8% slower
Race · Field distributionrace laps from 40 to 60 minute races, sustained median lap, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 ≥+10%: 2+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 2:00.537 gold top 10% ≤ 2:01.533 silver top 30% ≤ 2:02.372 bronze top 50% ≤ 2:02.960 rookie top 75% ≤ 2:03.955

656 drivers · p10 2:01.533 to p90 2:05.163 · σ 1.67s · quickest 2:00.451

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
BMW M4 GT3 1:58.098 HY↗
Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 1:58.150 HY↗
Ferrari 296 GT3 1:58.291 HY↗

Hypercar

633 drivers

Open setup

Qualifying · Field distributionbest lap, pooled across all race lengths, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 ≥+10%: 9+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

Median by driver rating Bronze 3 1:49.612 Silver 1 1:48.194

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:45.285 gold top 10% ≤ 1:46.471 silver top 30% ≤ 1:47.464 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:48.296 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:49.500

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.

BMW M Hybrid V8
141 drv
2.07s
2.0%
its own top 5% +8% slower
Race · Field distributionrace laps from 40 to 60 minute races, sustained median lap, on open setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B3 S1 ≥+10%: 6+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:46.563 gold top 10% ≤ 1:47.876 silver top 30% ≤ 1:48.873 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:49.591 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:50.710

531 drivers · p10 1:47.876 to p90 1:51.751 · σ 1.92s · quickest 1:46.195

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
Lamborghini SC63 1:44.696 HY↗
Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 LMH-C 1:44.729 GO↗
Glickenhaus 007 LMH 1:44.762 GO↗

LMP2

8 drivers

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:50.848 gold top 10% ≤ 1:51.244 silver top 30% ≤ 1:51.641 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:53.607 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:54.165

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:52.161 gold top 10% ≤ 1:52.516 silver top 30% ≤ 1:53.041 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:54.920 rookie top 75% ≤ 1:55.628

7 drivers · p10 1:52.516 to p90 1:56.099 · σ 1.64s · quickest 1:52.142

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
Oreca 07 Gibson ELMS 1:45.349 GO↗
Oreca 07 Gibson 1:49.753 GO↗

LMP3

9,580 drivers

Fixed setup

Qualifying · Field distributionbest lap, pooled across all race lengths, on fixed setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 p90 B1-2 B3 S1 S2+ ≥+10%: 946+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

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

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:54.083 gold top 10% ≤ 1:55.743 silver top 30% ≤ 1:57.071 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:58.326 rookie top 75% ≤ 2:00.638

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.

Duqueine D09
1,274 drv
2.56s
2.2%
Ginetta G61-LT-P325 EVO
2,438 drv
2.63s
2.3%
Ligier JS P325
1,171 drv
2.85s
2.5%
Adess AD25 LMP3
5,575 drv
2.95s
2.5%
its own top 5% +8% slower
Race length
Race · Field distributionrace laps from sprint races (under 20 min), sustained median lap, on fixed setup
p10 p25 p50 p75 B1-2 B3 S1 ≥+10%: 1005+0%+2%+4%+6%+8%+10%

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.

alien top 0.5% ≤ 1:54.561 gold top 10% ≤ 1:56.439 silver top 30% ≤ 1:57.891 bronze top 50% ≤ 1:59.210 rookie top 75% ≤ 2:01.747

7,828 drivers · p10 1:56.439 to p90 2:05.936 · σ 4.90s · quickest 1:53.411

Car Fastest setup-shop lap
Duqueine D09 1:52.725 BE↗
Ginetta G61-LT-P325 EVO 1:52.932 GO↗
Ligier JS P325 1:53.060 GO↗

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 setup

The 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 setup

The 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.