GridpediaLosail International Circuit
- Location
- Al Daayen, Qatar
- Races held
- 4 (2021 to 2025)
- Most wins, drivers
- Max Verstappen (3), Lewis Hamilton (1)
- Most wins, teams
- Red Bull (3), Mercedes (1)
- Most poles
- Max Verstappen (2), Lewis Hamilton (1), Oscar Piastri (1)
- Fastest race lap
- 1:22.384, Lando Norris, 2024 (race laps since 1982; layouts change over time)
- Map
- OpenStreetMap
What is a lap of Losail International Circuit like?
Built in 2004 for MotoGP, Lusail is a fast, flowing 16-corner track where medium- and high-speed corners predominate; the slowest corner, Turn 6, is taken at roughly 95-100 km/h. Medium- and high-speed corners load the tyres heavily: for 2025 Pirelli limited each tyre set to 25 laps because of the track's energy, thermal stress and wear demands. The main straight is over a kilometre long and carries the circuit's single DRS zone, so Turn 1 is the main overtaking point. Before F1's return in 2023 the track was resurfaced and its kerbs revised, but the raised pyramid edges of the new kerbs damaged tyre sidewalls and forced an 18-lap limit per tyre set in the 2023 race; for 2024 the tips of the pyramid kerbs were rounded off at seven corners and gravel strips added beside some kerbs.
- Lap length
- 5.419 km
- Turns
- 16
- Direction
- clockwise
- Downforce
- High
- Longest straight
- 1,068 m
- DRS zones (to 2025)
- 1
- Character
- Fast and flowing (about 43% of the lap is cornering)
- Layout described
- 16-turn Grand Prix circuit, 5.419 km, as resurfaced and re-kerbed for 2023 and used 2023-2025; the 2021 race used the same track shape, then listed at 5.380 km
| Turn | Name | Side | Type | Angle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | medium | 150° | |
| 2 | Left | medium | 123° | |
| 3 | Right | medium | 44° | |
| 4 | Right | medium | 92° | |
| 5 | Right | medium | 89° | |
| 6 | Left | slow | 154° | |
| 7 | Right | medium | 162° | |
| 8 | Left | fast | 40° | |
| 9 | Right | medium | 65° | |
| 10 | Left | medium | 123° | |
| 11 | Left | fast | 10° | |
| 12 | Right | medium | 68° | |
| 13 | Right | medium | 60° | |
| 14 | Right | medium | 70° | |
| 15 | Left | medium | 74° | |
| 16 | Right | medium | 124° |
Sources for the checked facts (12)
- formula1.com/en/racing/2025/qatar/circuit
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusail_International_Circuit
- planetf1.com/news/first-look-revamped-lusail-international-circuit-qatar
- racingcircuits.info/middle-east/qatar/losail-international-circuit.html
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/what-tyres-will-the-teams-and-drivers-have-for-the-2024-qat
- mercedesamgf1.com/news/what-can-we-expect-from-the-losail-international-circuit
- autosport.com/f1/news/fastest-and-slowest-turns-on-the-f1-calendar/10571441/
- planetf1.com/news/red-bull-mercedes-rear-wings-catch-eye-qatar-gp
- formula1.com/en/latest/article/need-to-know-the-most-important-facts-stats-and-trivia-ahea
- the-race.com/formula-1/did-f1-miss-chances-to-make-qatar-racing-better/
- planetf1.com/news/major-tyre-concern-forces-radical-rule-change-qatar-grand-prix
- planetf1.com/news/nico-rosberg-pirelli-warned-f1-sport-didnt-listen
Map, character and grey values are approximate (measured from a GPS trace). Report a correction.
Does pole position win at Losail International Circuit?
The pole sitter has won 3 of 4 races here (75%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 3 of 4 races (75%) and from the top three in 4 (100%). Lowest grid position to win: 3rd, Max Verstappen in 2025.
| Winner started from | Wins | Share |
|---|---|---|
| P1 | 2 | 50% |
| P2 | 1 | 25% |
| P3 | 1 | 25% |
Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.
How are races at Losail International Circuit won?
- Since 2010
- 4 races; winners made 2 stops in 2, 3 or more in 2; first stop at a median lap 18 (31% of the race)
| Race | Winner | Stops | Stop laps | Tyre compounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Max Verstappen | 2 | 7, 32 of 57 | C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft |
| 2024 | Max Verstappen | 3 | 35, 36, 37 of 57 | C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft |
| 2023 | Max Verstappen | 3 | 17, 34, 51 of 57 | C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft |
| 2021 | Lewis Hamilton | 2 | 18, 42 of 57 | C1 hard C2 medium C3 soft |
Lap times over the years
All races at Losail International Circuit
| Race | Winner | Team | Pole | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Qatar Grand Prix | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri (1:22.996) |
| 2024 Qatar Grand Prix | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Lando Norris (1:22.384) |
| 2023 Qatar Grand Prix | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Max Verstappen (1:24.319) |
| 2021 Qatar Grand Prix | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | Lewis Hamilton | Max Verstappen (1:23.196) |