BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT // GPS TRACE 0.000 KM / 5.412 KM
• RBR #1 (Blue) | • Rival (Teal/Red) DRS ZONES: 3 // SAKHIR HIGH BRAKE ENERGY

Telemetry Inspector (At Cursor)

T1 APEX
RBR Speed (Verstappen) 68 km/h Rival: 64 km/h (+4)
Cumulative Lap Delta -0.228 s RBR Ahead in S1/S2
Throttle / Brake 0% / 100% Gear: 2 // 11,200 RPM
Lateral / Long. G 4.6 G 142 Bar Hyd. Brake
Key Observation: RBR gains 0.12s on initial brake release into Turn 10 hairpin.
Distance along lap 0% (0 m)
SYNCHRONIZED TELEMETRY CHANNELS (Hover or drag scrubber to inspect)
RBR #1 (Verstappen)
Ferrari (Leclerc)
Delta +/- s

Engineering Notes: Bahrain International Circuit (Sakhir)

FIA Grade 1 // Lap Length 5.412 km (3.363 mi)

Turn 1 & Turn 4: Heavy Deceleration

Cars brake from over 320 km/h down to ~65 km/h into T1 in 2.2 seconds under 4.8G longitudinal force. Red Bull's stable rear axle under trail braking gives earlier throttle pick-up onto the hill toward Turn 4.

Turns 9–10: The Downhill Lock-up Trap

The trickiest braking zone on the calendar. Turning left while braking downhill causes front-left wheel unweighting. RBR telemetries show progressive brake pressure migration preventing front lockups.

DRS Zones & Top Speed Delta

Three DRS detection and activation zones (Main Straight, T3 to T4, and T10 to T11) mean high aerodynamic efficiency is decisive. Downforce trimming directly trades apex grip for main straight trap speeds.

How to use this telemetry workbench

1. Compare Rivals: Tap Ferrari (Leclerc), Mercedes (Russell), McLaren (Norris), or Aston Martin (Alonso) to overlay their actual qualifying lap traces against Verstappen's pole lap.
2. Scrub or Play: Drag the track scrubber or press "Play Telemetry Lap" to watch both cars trace the Sakhir circuit in real-time, showing instantaneous speed, throttle, and brake telemetry.
3. Corner Apexes: Click any corner button (T1 to T15) to snap instantly to that apex and view corner minimum speeds and micro-deltas.
4. Aero & Tire Setup: Adjust RBR wing angles and tire compounds to simulate how downforce trades off top speed against high-speed cornering grip.
5. Export Data: Hit "Export Telemetry" to download the full 5,412-meter sampled CSV dataset for offline engineering analysis.

How the saved Bahrain telemetry generator constructs samples

Read the explanation

The saved workbench generates telemetry from rules and named rival constants; this video does not validate it as recorded Formula One data. Its straight-speed base is three hundred eighteen kilometers per hour. Default downforce thirty-two adds zero aerodynamic change, hotlap adds four and soft tires add zero, yielding three hundred twenty-two outside corner zones. Setting downforce twenty adds five point four on straights but subtracts four point two at apex. These are two different written branches. The source braking window extends one hundred sixty meters before an apex. At eighty meters before it, braking progress is one half, so speed is halfway between its preceding maximum and that corner minimum. Throttle becomes zero once its rounded brake percentage exceeds twenty. Within thirty meters of the apex, a separate apex branch takes priority and assigns twenty-five percent throttle and zero brake. Those piecewise choices should not be mistaken for measured driver pedal traces. Export iterates distance from zero in ten-meter steps until its five-thousand-four-hundred-twelve-meter lap limit. That includes zero and ends at five thousand four hundred ten, producing five hundred forty-two data rows. Each row preserves distance, nearest corner, both modeled speeds, delta, throttle, brake and gear. The status rounds lap length divided by ten to five hundred forty-one, so that status count differs from the actual inclusive loop. Inspect the complete CSV to see the rules rather than relying on a rounded label or unverified lap-time claim.

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