Qatar Grand Prix
Losail International Circuit
🇶🇦Lusail, Qatar
- Circuit type
- Purpose Built
- Lap direction
- Clockwise
- Average speed
- 233 km/h (145 mph)
- Longest straight
- 1068 m
- Straights
- 6
- Corner mix
- 6 slow · 10 high-speed
- Overtakes / race
- ~49 (2021 season)
- Altitude
- 13 m
- First F1 race
- 2021
- Designer
- Hermann Tilke
- Grandstands
- 8
- Cheapest ticket
- from $165
The Qatar Grand Prix, or the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix, takes place at the Losail International Circuit in Losail, Qatar.
The Lusail International Circuit is a purpose-built circuit with 57 laps and a circuit length of 3.36 miles (5.41 km). The total race distance is 191.76 miles (308.6 km).
The circuit in Losail is fast and flowing, with many high-speed corners and one of the longest run of straights on any F1 track.
Where is the Qatar Grand Prix?
The Qatar GP is held at the Losail International Circuit in the city of Losail, Qatar. The climate is hot for most of the year. The 2021 season was the first time that Qatar hosted a Formula One World Championship round.
When is the Qatar Grand Prix?
The Qatar F1 Grand Prix is held late in the season, in the closing weeks of the year, with the main race on the Sunday. It is run at night under floodlights.
Qatar Grand Prix Tickets
The Qatar Grand Prix has 8 grandstands plus a general-admission Lusail Hill area, with the cheapest three-day general-admission ticket starting at around $165, one of the more affordable tickets on the calendar.
The Main Grandstand is the best place to see the night race because you see both the start and finish straight, the team garages, and the pit lane. The T2 grandstand, on the other hand, shows you the circuit’s opening corners where most of the action will take place.
Losail International Circuit
The Losail International Circuit is a purpose-built race track built by Hermann Tilke. The inaugural edition of the Qatar Grand Prix took place in 2021. There are 57 laps on the circuit, each at 3.36 miles (5.41 km) for a total race distance of 191.76 miles (308.6 km).
Drivers reach high average speeds of around 145mph (233 km/h), making Losail one of the fastest, most physically demanding circuits on the calendar. There were 49 overtakes during the 2021 season. The circuit also has permanent outdoor lighting for night races, keeping the motor racing circuit safe for drivers.
Losail International Circuit Lap Record
The current lap record at the Losail International Circuit belongs to Max Verstappen. He hit 1:24.319 during the 2023 season while driving for Red Bull.
Losail International Circuit Corners
The Losail International Circuit has 16 corners, of which 10 are high-speed and 6 are slow-speed. With the lap direction being clockwise, 10 corners are right-hand, and 6 are left-hand corners.
Losail International Circuit Straights & DRS
There are 6 straights at the Losail International Circuit, the highest number of straights on the current F1 calendar. The main straight is also the longest one, at 3,504 ft (1,068m), which is mid-tier in terms of length. There’s also one DRS zone on the track.
Losail International Circuit Altitude
The altitude at the Losail International Circuit is around 13m above sea level, with an elevation change of roughly 6.7m.
Losail International Circuit F1 Contract
The Losail International Circuit held its first F1 race in 2021 and returned in 2023 on a long-term contract that runs into the next decade.