Sakhir, Bahrain: There will also be racing in the two support championships in the GP2 Series and the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East at this weekend’s Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix.
GP2 kicked off the weekend’s events at on Friday with a practice. A qualifying session under floodlights followed this.
The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge had a lone session of testing on afternoon, meanwhole.
GP2 is widely accepted as the chief feeder series to the top flight, with a large number of drivers on the Formula One grid having graduated from its ranks.
The event is holding the first round of the 2014 season in Bahrain. The meeting will comprise two races - the feature event, to be held on Saturday, will be over 32 laps or a total of 173.184 kilometres. The 23-lap sprint race follows on Sunday and it will cover 124.476km.
The Porsche GT3 Cup, on the other hand, is the leading motor acing championship in the region, managed by Bahrain-based Austrian racing legend Walter Lechner.
It features plenty of talented drivers from all across the globe, and races are held at top-class circuits throughout the region.
