Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), has announced its plans for the upcoming Six Hours of Bahrain endurance race, which will take place on the weekend of November 29th and 30th at “the Home of Motorsport in the Middle East.”. The FIA Six Hours of Bahrain Returns to the Kingdom with the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East, MRF Challenge and BIC 2,000cc Challenge as the featured support races.
The Six Hours of Bahrain is the 8th and final round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). This year’s championship follows the debut season held last year. This season’s calendar also includes races in the UK, Belgium, France, Brazil, the US, Japan and China. For the second straight year, Bahrain has the privilege of being the championship’s only Middle East round of the season.
BIC had earlier confirmed that it would host the closing round of the 2013 season. Further details about the upcoming two-day spectacle of endurance racing were revealed at a press conference held on-site at the circuit premises in Sakhir. In attendance were BIC Chief Executive Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa, FIA WEC Chief Executive Officer Gerard Neveu and Toyota Racing driver Alexander Wurz.
