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# Video: What F1’s sub-one-minute lap of Bahrain will look like
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/video-what-f1s-sub-one-minute-lap-of-bahrain-will-look-like/
- Published: 2020-08-28T18:28:37.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T18:16:32.000Z
- Description: The Bahrain Outer circuit Formula 1 will use for the Sakhir Grand Prix is expected to produce lap times under one minute. We take you around the track
- Author: Matt Beer
- Tags: Formula 1, #video, #image-center-center

Formula 1’s revelation that its second Bahrain race will take place [on a layout](https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/bahrain-will-use-almost-oval-track-for-second-f1-race/) that produces a sub-one-minute lap means a 46-year-old record is likely to fall in 2020.

Niki Lauda’s Dijon pole position time in 1974 is the only sub-minute lap in F1 history, but Bahrain’s Outer circuit is expected to result in qualifying efforts of around 55 seconds.

But what will the lesser-known Outer circuit look like and what are the challenges involved?

Here, our Formula 1 reporter Scott Mitchell answers those questions – aided by Assetto Corsa, and some classy mods only the world of simracing can provide.