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The Lusail International Circuit (Arabic: حلبة لوسيل الدولية, sometimes rendered Losail International Circuit) is a motor racing circuit located just outside the city of Lusail, north of Doha, Qatar. The track is 5.419 km (3.367 mi) in length, with a main straight of 1.068 km (0.664 mi). It is surrounded by artificial grass intended to stop the sand encroaching on the track.

Lusail International Circuit
Grand Prix Circuit (2023–present)
LocationLusail, Al Daayen, Qatar
Time zoneUTC+03:00
Coordinates25°29′24″N 51°27′15″E / 25.49000°N 51.45417°E / 25.49000; 51.45417
Capacity52,000
FIA Grade1
Broke ground2003
Opened30 September 2004; 19 years ago (2004-09-30)
Construction costUS$58 million
Major eventsCurrent:
Formula One
Qatar Grand Prix (2021, 2023–present)
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
(2004–present)
Doha motorcycle Grand Prix (2021)
FIA World Endurance Championship
Qatar 1812 km (2024)
Former:
World SBK
(2005–2009, 2014–2019)
WTCC Race of Qatar
(2015–2017)
Motocross World Championship (2013–2017)
FIM EWC 8 Hours of Doha
(2007–2012)
GP2 Asia (2009)
Websitehttps://www.circuitlosail.com/
Grand Prix Circuit (2023–present)
Length5.419 km (3.367 miles)
Turns16
Race lap record1:24.319 (Netherlands Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19, 2023, F1)
Motorcycle Circuit (2004–present)
Length5.380 km (3.343 miles)
Turns16
Race lap record1:23.196 (Netherlands Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB16B, 2021, F1)
2016 FIA WTCC Race of Qatar
View from the grandstand

History

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Built in just under a year by 1,000 workers at the cost of US$58 million, the track opened in 2004 and hosted the inaugural Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix in the same year, won by Sete Gibernau.[1] In 2007, Lusail added permanent outdoor lighting for night races. At the time, the lighting of the Lusail Circuit by Musco Lighting was the largest permanent venue sports lighting project in the world, a distinction that now belongs to another Persian Gulf motorsport venue, Yas Marina CircuitinAbu Dhabi. The first night race in MotoGP history was the 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix in March 2008.

In February 2009, a GP2 Asia Series nighttime race took place. The World SBK visited Lusail in 2005–2009 and 2014–2019; and the WTCC visited there in 2015–2017.

The circuit hosted the 20th race of the 2021 Formula One season, the inaugural edition of the Qatar Grand Prix.[2] Before the second edition of the Grand Prix,[3] the circuit was renovated, the facilities upgraded, and the capacity was increased from 8,000 to 52,000.[4]

Beginning in 2024, the FIA World Endurance Championship is set to host its season opener at Lusail, the Qatar 1812 km, in addition to the Prologue, the championship's pre-season testing sessions.[5]

Layout history

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Lusail International Circuit layout history

Grand Prix Circuit (2004–2022)
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    Grand Prix Circuit (2023–present)

    • Events

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    Current

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    Former

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    Lap records

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    The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:24.319, set by Max Verstappen driving for Red Bull Racing in the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix. As of March 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Lusail International Circuit are listed as:

    Category Time Driver Vehicle Event
    Grand Prix Circuit: 5.419 km (2023–present)
    Formula One 1:24.319[6] Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing RB19 2023 Qatar Grand Prix
    LMDh 1:39.748[7] Matt Campbell Porsche 963 2024 Qatar 1812 km
    LMH 1:41.441[7] Jean-Éric Vergne Peugeot 9X8 2024 Qatar 1812 km
    GT3 1:53.529[7] Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 2024 Qatar 1812 km
    Formula 4 1:58.374[8] Federico Al Rifai Tatuus F4-T421 2024 Lusail F4 Saudi Arabian Championship round
    Group 5 2:04.087[9] Kyle Tilley Chevron B27S 2024 Lusail Classic Endurance Racing round
    Touring car racing 2:19.449[10] Abdulla Ali Alkhelaifi Honda S2000 2024 1st Qatar Touring Car Championship round
    Motorcycle Circuit: 5.380 km (2004–present)
    Formula One 1:23.196[11] Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing RB16B 2021 Qatar Grand Prix
    GP2 Asia 1:38.699[12] Davide Rigon Dallara GP2/05 2009 Qatar GP2 Asia Series round
    GP Masters 1:49.116[13] Pierluigi Martini Delta Motorsport GP Masters car 2006 Losail Grand Prix Masters
    MotoGP 1:52.657 Pedro Acosta KTM RC16 2024 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
    World SBK 1:56.687[14] Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 2019 Losail World SBK round
    Moto2 1:57.366 Sam Lowes Kalex Moto2 2023 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
    250cc 1:59.379 Alex Debón Aprilia RSV 250 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
    MRF Challenge 1:59.519[15] Toby Sowery Dallara Formulino Pro 2014 Losail MRF Challenge round
    Porsche Carrera Cup 2:00.322[16] Clemens Schmid Porsche 911 (991 I) GT3 Cup 2015 2nd Losail Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship round
    TC1 2:01.628[17] José María López Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Qatar
    World SSP 2:01.832[18] Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 2017 Losail World SSP round
    Moto3 2:03.135 Tatsuki Suzuki Husqvarna FR250GP 2024 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
    Stock car racing 2:04.508[19] Vitantonio Liuzzi Speedcar V8 2009 Losail Speedcar Series round
    125cc 2:05.695 Scott Redding Aprilia RS125R 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
    Supersport 300 2:13.798[20] Ana Carrasco Kawasaki Ninja 400 2019 Losail Supersport 300 round
    Asia Productions 250 2:24.177[21] Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin Yamaha YZF-R25 2015 Losail ARRC round
    Asia Underbone 130 2:31.934[22] Ferlando Herdian Yamaha T-150 2014 Losail ARRC round

    Racing history

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    Since 2008, MotoGP class has run under lights at Losail

    Formula One

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    Year Winning driver Winning team
    2021   Lewis Hamilton   Mercedes
    2023   Max Verstappen   Red Bull Racing

    MotoGP

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    Year MotoGP 250cc/Moto2 125cc/Moto3
    2004   Sete Gibernau   Sebastián Porto   Jorge Lorenzo
    2005   Valentino Rossi   Casey Stoner   Gábor Talmácsi
    2006   Valentino Rossi   Jorge Lorenzo   Álvaro Bautista
    2007   Casey Stoner   Jorge Lorenzo   Héctor Faubel
    2008   Casey Stoner   Mattia Pasini   Sergio Gadea
    2009   Casey Stoner   Héctor Barberá   Andrea Iannone
    2010   Valentino Rossi   Shoya Tomizawa   Nicolás Terol
    2011   Casey Stoner   Stefan Bradl   Nicolás Terol
    2012   Jorge Lorenzo   Marc Márquez   Maverick Viñales
    2013   Jorge Lorenzo   Pol Espargaró   Luis Salom
    2014   Marc Márquez   Esteve Rabat   Jack Miller
    2015   Valentino Rossi   Jonas Folger   Alexis Masbou
    2016   Jorge Lorenzo   Thomas Lüthi   Niccolò Antonelli
    2017   Maverick Viñales   Franco Morbidelli   Joan Mir
    2018   Andrea Dovizioso   Francesco Bagnaia   Jorge Martín
    2019   Andrea Dovizioso   Lorenzo Baldassarri   Kaito Toba
    2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns   Tetsuta Nagashima   Albert Arenas
    2021 Qatar   Maverick Viñales   Sam Lowes   Jaume Masiá
    2021 Doha   Fabio Quartararo   Sam Lowes   Pedro Acosta
    2022   Enea Bastianini   Celestino Vietti   Andrea Migno
    2023   Fabio Di Giannantonio   Fermín Aldeguer   Jaume Masià

    FIA World Endurance Championship

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    Year Hypercar Winners LMGT3 Winners
    2024   No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport   No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing
      Kévin Estre
      André Lotterer
      Laurens Vanthoor     		  Alex Malykhin
      Joel Sturm
      Klaus Bachler

    Superbike World Championship

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    Year Race Winning rider Winning team
    2005 Race 1   Troy Corser Alstare Suzuki
    Race 2   Yukio Kagayama Alstare Suzuki
    2006 Race 1   James Toseland Winston Ten Kate Honda
    Race 2   Troy Corser Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra
    2007 Race 1   Max Biaggi Alstare Suzuki
    Race 2   James Toseland Ten Kate Honda
    2008 Race 1   Troy Bayliss Ducati Xerox Team
    Race 2   Fonsi Nieto Team Alstare Suzuki
    2009 Race 1   Ben Spies Yamaha WSB
    Race 2   Ben Spies Yamaha WSB
    2014 Race 1   Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia Racing Team
    Race 2   Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia Racing Team
    2015 Race 1   Jordi Torres Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils
    Race 2   Leon Haslam Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils
    2016 Race 1   Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
    Race 2   Chaz Davies Aruba.it Racing – Ducati
    2017 Race 1   Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team
    Race 2   Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team
    2018 Race 1   Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
    Race 2 Race cancelled
    2019 Race 1   Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
    SR   Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
    Race 2   Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
    2020 Race cancelled

    World Touring Car Championship

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    Year Race Winning driver Winning team
    2015 Race 1   José María López   Citroën Total WTCC
    Race 2   Yvan Muller   Citroën Total WTCC
    2016 Race 1   Gabriele Tarquini   Lada Sport Rosneft
    Race 2   Mehdi Bennani   Sébastien Loeb Racing
    2017 Race 1   Tom Chilton   Sébastien Loeb Racing
    Race 2   Esteban Guerrieri   Honda Racing Team JAS

    FIM Endurance World Championship

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    Year Manufactor Winning team Winning riders
    2007   Suzuki   Suzuki Endurance Racing Team [fr]   Vincent Philippe [fr]
      Matthieu Lagrive
    2008   Yamaha   Yamaha Austria Racing Team   Igor Jerman [de]
      Steve Martin
      Steve Plater
    2009   Yamaha   Yamaha Austria Racing Team   Igor Jerman [de]
      Steve Martin
      Gwen Giabbani [fr]
    2010   Suzuki   Suzuki Endurance Racing Team [fr]   Vincent Philippe [fr]
      Sylvain Guintoli
      Freddy Foray [fr]
    2011   Yamaha   GMT94 [fr]   David Checa
      Kenny Foray
      Matthieu Lagrive
    2012   BMW   BMW Motorrad France Thevent   Sebastien Gimbert
      Damian Cudlin
      Erwan Nigon [es]

    Motocross World Championship

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    Year Race MX1 MX2
    2013 Race 1   Clément Desalle   Jeffrey Herlings
    Race 2   Tony Cairoli   Jeffrey Herlings
    Year Race MXGP MX2
    2014 Race 1   Maximilian Nagl   Dylan Ferrandis
    Race 2   Gautier Paulin   Jeffrey Herlings
    2015 Race 1   Maximilian Nagl   Jeffrey Herlings
    Race 2   Maximilian Nagl   Jeffrey Herlings WMX
    2016 Race 1   Tim Gajser   Jeffrey Herlings   Courtney Duncan
    Race 2   Tim Gajser   Jeffrey Herlings   Courtney Duncan
    2017 Race 1   Tony Cairoli   Pauls Jonass
    Race 2   Tony Cairoli   Pauls Jonass

    Speedcar Series

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    Year Race Winning driver Winning team
    2009 Race 1   Gianni Morbidelli   Palm Beach
    Race 2   Vitantonio Liuzzi   Union Properties

    GP2 Asia

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    Year Race Winning driver Winning team
    2009 Race 1   Nico Hülkenberg   ART Grand Prix
    Race 2   Sergio Pérez   Barwa International Campos

    References

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  • ^ "Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2023".
  • ^ Horton, Phillip (30 May 2023). "Qatar GP organisers reveal Lusail renovations". motorsportweek.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  • ^ Tribune, Qatar (2023-06-11). "'Qatar 1812' unveiled as name for 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship race". Qatar Tribune. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
  • ^ "Qatar Grand Prix 2023". Formula1.com. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  • ^ a b c "FIA WEC 2024 - Qatar 1812 KM - Race Final Classification by Driver Fastest Lap" (PDF). FIA. 3 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  • ^ "2024 Aramco F4 Saudi Arabia - Race 4 Final Classification" (PDF). 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  • ^ "2024 Classic Endurance Racing - Qatar 1812 KM - Race (1 Hour 1 Minute 2 Seconds) Final Classification" (PDF). FIA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  • ^ "2024 Qatar Touring Car Championship - Qatar 1812 KM - Race 2 10 Laps / Max. 35 Minutes) Final Classification" (PDF). FIA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
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  • ^ "Lusail International Circuit, Qatar 2009 – GP2 Asia results". autoevolution.com. 13 February 2009. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011.
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  • ^ "World Superbike Motul Qatar Round, 24-26 October 2019 Results Tissot Superpole Race" (PDF). World Superbike. Dorna. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "Qatar Superbike1-QCH1-MRF Challenge 17th Friday October QSBK-1 QCH-1-MRF Challenge – MRF Challenge Race-2". 17 October 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  • ^ "QCH R5-Porsche G3 CUP-Radical Car Feb.6,2015- QCH4-GT3 Cup-Radical Car – GT3 Cup Race 2". 6 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  • ^ "WTCC 2015 » Losail International Circuit Round 23 Results". 27 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "Qatar Round, 2-3-4 November 2017 World Supersport – Results Race" (PDF). World Superbike. Dorna. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  • ^ "2009 Losail Speedcar – Round 5". Motor Sport Magazine. 13 February 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  • ^ "Motul Qatar Round, 24-26 October 2019 Race Results" (PDF). World Superbike. Dorna. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  • ^ "Asia Road Racing Championship Saturday 3rd October 2015 Asian Production 250 CC Race 2 Race (9 Laps) started at 21:30:53". 3 October 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  • ^ "2014 Asia Road Racing Championship Round 6 Losail International Circuit, Qatar December 14, 2014 Underbone 130cc Race 1" (PDF). 14 December 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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