McLaren rising star Oscar Piastri’s win and his teammate Lando Norris’ podium at the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday evening – a first for the team – was celebrated in style with Al Waard sparkling rosewater – another Bahraini first that had been developed when the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) became ‘Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’ in 2004.
Developing Al Waard was amongst the most significant of Bahrain’s many contributions to F1 as the kingdom worked to find an alternative that could be used in an Islamic country’s F1 race .