Last year: the 2025 race
- 1Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing · from P3
- 2Oscar PiastriMcLaren · from P1
- 3Carlos SainzWilliams · from P7
Max Verstappen won the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix from P3 on the grid. Watch the highlights or the full race replay, every car on the real circuit.
At a glance
- Length
- 5.419 km
- Turns
- 16
- Lap (pole)
- ≈ 1:19
- First held
- 2021
- Top speed
- 327 km/h
- Average speed
- 247 km/h
- Slowest corner
- 99 km/h
- Full throttle
- 59% of the lap
The Lusail International Circuit, just north of Doha, hosts the Qatar Grand Prix under floodlights. Built for MotoGP in 2004 and adopted by Formula 1 in 2021, it is a fast, flowing 5.419 km lap of long, committed medium- and high-speed corners with very few heavy braking zones, putting huge, sustained loads through the cars and drivers.
Run at night to beat the desert heat, Lusail rewards rhythm and a car that can carry speed through a long string of sweeping corners. Pole laps run into the 1:19s.
Corners
- T1Turn 1Hard braking from the main straight into a tight right.
- T4Turn 4Start of the fast, flowing middle sequence.
- T6Turn 6Quick, committed sweep taken at high speed.
- T10Turn 10Long right in the relentless high-speed section.
- T16Turn 16Final corner onto the long main straight.
Common questions
How long is the Lusail International Circuit?
A lap of the Lusail International Circuit is 5.419 km with 16 corners.
What is the top speed at Lusail?
On the 2025 pole lap, cars reached 327 km/h, slowed to 99 km/h in the slowest corner and averaged 247 km/h, with 59% of the lap at full throttle.
What is the pole lap time at Lusail?
Oscar Piastri took pole in 2025 with a 1:19.387.
Where do drivers overtake at Lusail?
Overtaking at Lusail is tricky on such a flowing layout; the main straight into Turn 1 is the prime DRS chance.
When is the 2026 Qatar Grand Prix?
The race starts on Sun, 29 Nov 2026 16:00 UTC. Practice and qualifying run on the two days before.
Who won the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix?
Max Verstappen won, ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz. The full race replay is on the Race tab.