Lusail International Circuit

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2016 FIA WTCC Race of Qatar
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View from the grandstand

The Lusail International Circuit (Template:Langx, sometimes rendered Losail International Circuit) is a motor racing circuit located just outside the city of Lusail, north of Doha, Qatar. The track is Template:Convert in length, with a main straight of Template:Convert. It is surrounded by artificial grass intended to stop the sand encroaching on the track.

History

Built in just under a year by 1,000 workers at the cost of Template:Currency 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 Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The first night race in MotoGP history was the 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix in March 2008.[2]

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

The circuit hosted the 20th race of the 2021 Formula One season, the inaugural edition of the Qatar Grand Prix.[3] Before the second edition of the Grand Prix,[4] the circuit was renovated, the facilities upgraded, and the capacity was increased from 8,000 to 52,000.[5]

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.[6]

Layout history

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Events

Current

Former

Lap records

The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:22.384, set by Lando Norris driving for McLaren in the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix. As of April 2025, 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 1:22.384[7] Lando Norris McLaren MCL38 2024 Qatar Grand Prix
FIA F2 1:37.997[8] Oliver Bearman Dallara F2 2024 2024 Lusail Formula 2 round
LMDh 1:39.748[9] Matt Campbell Porsche 963 2024 Qatar 1812 km
LMH 1:41.259[10] Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 499P 2025 Qatar 1812 km
Formula Regional 1:50.541[11] Nikita Bedrin Tatuus F3 T-318 2025 Lusail Formula Regional Middle East round
MotoGP 1:52.561[12] Marc Márquez Ducati Desmosedici GP25 2025 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
GT3 1:53.529[9] Alessio Rovera Ferrari 296 GT3 2024 Qatar 1812 km
Formula 4 1:54.996[13] Doriane Pin Tatuus F4-T421 2024 Lusail F1 Academy round
Moto2 1:57.366 Sam Lowes Kalex Moto2 2023 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
Porsche Carrera Cup 1:59.347[14] Janne Stiak Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup 2024 Lusail Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East round
Moto3 2:03.135 Tatsuki Suzuki Husqvarna FR250GP 2024 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
Touring car racing 2:19.449[15] Abdulla Ali Alkhelaifi Honda S2000 2024 1st Qatar Touring Car Championship round
Original Grand Prix Circuit: 5.380 km (2004–2022)
Formula One 1:23.196[16] Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing RB16B 2021 Qatar Grand Prix
GP2 Asia 1:38.699[17] Davide Rigon Dallara GP2/05 2009 Qatar GP2 Asia Series round
GP Masters 1:49.116[18] Pierluigi Martini Delta Motorsport GP Masters car 2006 Losail Grand Prix Masters
MotoGP 1:54.338 Enea Bastianini Ducati Desmosedici GP21 2022 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
World SBK 1:56.687[19] Jonathan Rea Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR 2019 Lusail World SBK round
Moto2 1:58.711 Thomas Lüthi Kalex Moto2 2019 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
250cc 1:59.379 Alex Debón Aprilia RSV 250 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
MRF Challenge 1:59.519[20] Toby Sowery Dallara Formulino Pro 2014 Lusail MRF Challenge round
Porsche Carrera Cup 2:00.322[21] Clemens Schmid Porsche 911 (991 I) GT3 Cup 2015 2nd Lusail Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship round
TC1 2:01.628[22] José María López Citroën C-Elysée WTCC 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Qatar
World SSP 2:01.832[23] Kenan Sofuoğlu Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R 2017 Lusail World SSP round
Stock car racing 2:04.508[24] Vitantonio Liuzzi Speedcar V8 2009 Lusail Speedcar Series round
Moto3 2:05.403 Romano Fenati Honda NSF250RW 2019 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
125cc 2:05.695 Scott Redding Aprilia RS125R 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
Supersport 300 2:13.798[25] Ana Carrasco Kawasaki Ninja 400 2019 Lusail Supersport 300 round
Asia Productions 250 2:24.177[26] Kasma Daniel Kasmayudin Yamaha YZF-R25 2015 Lusail ARRC round
Asia Underbone 130 2:31.934[27] Ferlando Herdian Yamaha T-150 2014 Lusail ARRC round

Racing history

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Since Template:MGP, MotoGP class has run under lights at Losail

Formula One

Year Winning driver Winning team
2021 Template:Flagicon Lewis Hamilton Template:Flagicon Mercedes
2023 Template:Flagicon Max Verstappen Template:Flagicon Red Bull Racing
2024 Template:Flagicon Max Verstappen Template:Flagicon Red Bull Racing

MotoGP

Year MotoGP 250cc/Moto2 125cc/Moto3
2004 Template:Flagicon Sete Gibernau Template:Flagicon Sebastián Porto Template:Flagicon Jorge Lorenzo
2005 Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi Template:Flagicon Casey Stoner Template:Flagicon Gábor Talmácsi
2006 Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi Template:Flagicon Jorge Lorenzo Template:Flagicon Álvaro Bautista
2007 Template:Flagicon Casey Stoner Template:Flagicon Jorge Lorenzo Template:Flagicon Héctor Faubel
2008 Template:Flagicon Casey Stoner Template:Flagicon Mattia Pasini Template:Flagicon Sergio Gadea
2009 Template:Flagicon Casey Stoner Template:Flagicon Héctor Barberá Template:Flagicon Andrea Iannone
2010 Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi Template:Flagicon Shoya Tomizawa Template:Flagicon Nicolás Terol
2011 Template:Flagicon Casey Stoner Template:Flagicon Stefan Bradl Template:Flagicon Nicolás Terol
2012 Template:Flagicon Jorge Lorenzo Template:Flagicon Marc Márquez Template:Flagicon Maverick Viñales
2013 Template:Flagicon Jorge Lorenzo Template:Flagicon Pol Espargaró Template:Flagicon Luis Salom
2014 Template:Flagicon Marc Márquez Template:Flagicon Esteve Rabat Template:Flagicon Jack Miller
2015 Template:Flagicon Valentino Rossi Template:Flagicon Jonas Folger Template:Flagicon Alexis Masbou
2016 Template:Flagicon Jorge Lorenzo Template:Flagicon Thomas Lüthi Template:Flagicon Niccolò Antonelli
2017 Template:Flagicon Maverick Viñales Template:Flagicon Franco Morbidelli Template:Flagicon Joan Mir
2018 Template:Flagicon Andrea Dovizioso Template:Flagicon Francesco Bagnaia Template:Flagicon Jorge Martín
2019 Template:Flagicon Andrea Dovizioso Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Baldassarri Template:Flagicon Kaito Toba
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns Template:Flagicon Tetsuta Nagashima Template:Flagicon Albert Arenas
2021 Qatar Template:Flagicon Maverick Viñales Template:Flagicon Sam Lowes Template:Flagicon Jaume Masià
2021 Doha Template:Flagicon Fabio Quartararo Template:Flagicon Sam Lowes Template:Flagicon Pedro Acosta
2022 Template:Flagicon Enea Bastianini Template:Flagicon Celestino Vietti Template:Flagicon Andrea Migno
2023 Template:Flagicon Fabio Di Giannantonio Template:Flagicon Fermín Aldeguer Template:Flagicon Jaume Masià
2024 Template:Flagicon Francesco Bagnaia Template:Flagicon Alonso López Template:Flagicon David Alonso
2025 Template:Flagicon Marc Márquez Template:Flagicon Arón Canet Template:Flagicon Ángel Piqueras

FIA World Endurance Championship

Year Hypercar Winners LMGT3 Winners
2024 Template:Flagicon No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Template:Flagicon No. 92 Manthey PureRxcing
Template:Flagicon Kévin Estre
Template:Flagicon André Lotterer
Template:Flagicon Laurens Vanthoor 		Template:Flagicon Alex Malykhin
Template:Flagicon Joel Sturm
Template:Flagicon Klaus Bachler
2025 Template:Flagicon No. 50 Ferrari AF Corse Template:Flagicon No. 33 TF Sport
Template:Flagicon Antonio Fuoco
Template:Flagicon Miguel Molina
Template:Flagicon Nicklas Nielsen 		Template:Flagicon Jonny Edgar
Template:Flagicon Daniel Juncadella
Template:Flagicon Ben Keating

Superbike World Championship

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

World Touring Car Championship

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

FIM Endurance World Championship

Year Manufacturer Winning team Winning riders
2007 Template:Flagicon Suzuki Template:Flagicon Template:Ill Template:Flagicon Template:Ill
Template:Flagicon Matthieu Lagrive
2008 Template:Flagicon Yamaha Template:Flagicon Yamaha Austria Racing Team Template:Flagicon Template:Ill
Template:Flagicon Steve Martin
Template:Flagicon Steve Plater
2009 Template:Flagicon Yamaha Template:Flagicon Yamaha Austria Racing Team Template:Flagicon Template:Ill
Template:Flagicon Steve Martin
Template:Flagicon Template:Ill
2010 Template:Flagicon Suzuki Template:Flagicon Template:Ill Template:Flagicon Template:Ill
Template:Flagicon Sylvain Guintoli
Template:Flagicon Template:Ill
2011 Template:Flagicon Yamaha Template:Flagicon Template:Ill Template:Flagicon David Checa
Template:Flagicon Kenny Foray
Template:Flagicon Matthieu Lagrive
2012 Template:Flagicon BMW Template:Flagicon BMW Motorrad France Thevent Template:Flagicon Sebastien Gimbert
Template:Flagicon Damian Cudlin
Template:Flagicon Template:Ill

Motocross World Championship

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

Speedcar Series

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

GP2 Asia

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

References

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External links

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