The 8 Hours of Bahrain (previously 6 Hours of Bahrain) (بطولة ست ساعات في البحرين) is a sports car race that is held at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was created for the FIA World Endurance Championship, and was held for the first time on 29 September 2012 as the sixth round of the 2012 World Endurance Championship. The creation of the race led to controversy, as the date for the inaugural race clashed with the 2012 Petit Le Mans.
2021 Double-header On 7 July 2021, the ACO announced that the fifth round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship in Fuji had been cancelled due to the travel restrictions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and replaced by an additional 6-hour race in Bahrain on 30 October. The original 8 hour race would also be brought forward from 20 to 6 November, creating the first double-header in the championship's history.
Results Year Overall winner(s) Entrant Car Race Duration Race Distance Championship Report Ref6 hour format 2012 Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer Marcel Fässler Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro 6:00:56 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2013 Stéphane Sarrazin Sébastien Buemi Anthony Davidson Toyota Racing Toyota TS030 Hybrid 6:01:15 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2014 Alexander Wurz Stéphane Sarrazin Mike Conway Toyota Racing Toyota TS040 Hybrid 6:00:18 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2015 Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Neel Jani Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid 6:00:52 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2016 Lucas di Grassi Loïc Duval Oliver Jarvis Audi Sport Team JoestAudi R18 e-tron quattro 6:00:12 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2017 Anthony Davidson Sébastien Buemi Kazuki Nakajima Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota TS050 Hybrid 6:01:26 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2021 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota Gazoo RacingToyota GR010 Hybrid6:00:33FIA World Endurance ChampionshipReport8 hour format 2019 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid 8:01:24 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2020 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid 8:00:13 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2021 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Kazuki Nakajima Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 8:01:25 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2022 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi José María López Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 8:00:40 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2023 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 8:01:25 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2024 Sébastien Buemi Brendon Hartley Ryo Hirakawa Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 8:01:25 FIA World Endurance Championship Report 2025 Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid 8:01:08 FIA World Endurance Championship Report
Statistics Wins by manufacturer RankConstructorWinsYears 1 Toyota 11 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019–2025 2 Audi 2 2012, 2016 3 Porsche 1 2015
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