Organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix are confident the track will be finished before the scheduled inspection in March.
The state-of-the-art facility, south of the capital city Manama, is almost 90 per cent completed and should be ready for Formula One cars by the end of next month.
FIA, the sport's world governing body, will carry out an inspection on March 7th with the inaugural event - which is hoped will attract around 100,000 fans - taking place on April 2nd-4th.
Team chief Eddie Jordan hailed the new track after a flying visit this week, saying: "I am amazed, breathless actually. The circuit exceeds words.
"I was tremendously impressed with the work that everyone in Bahrain has done in building this magnificent circuit."
The first layer of the 5.410 kilometre (3.362 mile) track has now been laid and engineers are beginning work on the second and third layers.
Run-off areas, gravel traps, safety barriers, marshal posts, control facilities and the medical centre are all in the final stages of preparation.
Despite the confidence of the organisers that the track will be ready, there has been speculation in F1 circles whether the race will go ahead because of the security situation in the region.