The Bahrain International Grand Prix is the 4th race of the 2025 season and the closest to the UK for our first look at Sir Lewis Hamilton driving for Ferrari and the new young guns who have joined the F1 teams this season, all set with a stunning backdrop of the Sakhir desert, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) South of Manama. The Kingdom of Bahrain is a fascinating country which is rich in culture, history and is socially liberalized and moderately western-friendly among Muslim countries in the region.