Lusail International Circuit

Losail International Circuit

Location	Lusail, Qatar
Time zone	UTC+03:00
Capacity	8,000
FIA Grade	1
Opened	2004
Major events	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix SBK 8 Hours of Doha FIA WTCC Race of Qatar
Website	https://www.circuitlosail.com/
Length	5.380 km (3.375 miles)
Turns	16
Race lap record	1:38.699 (Davide Rigon, Trident Racing, GP2 Asia Series, 2009)

2016 FIA WTCC Race of Qatar

View from the Grandstand

Losail International Circuit (Arabic: حلبة لوسيل الدولية) is a motor racing circuit located just outside in the town of Lusail, north of Doha, Qatar.

Built in just under a year by 1,000 workers at the cost of US$58 million, the track opened in 2004 to the inaugural Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar, won by Sete Gibernau.

The track is 5.380 km in length, with a main straight of just over a kilometre at 1,068 metres. It is surrounded by artificial grass to stop the sand encroaching on the track.

In 2007, Losail added permanent outdoor lighting for night races. At the time, the lighting of the Losail Circuit by Musco Lighting was the largest permanent venue sports lighting project in the world, a distinction that now belongs to another Gulf motorsport venue, Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The first night race in MotoGP history was the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar in March 2008.

In February 2009, a GP2 Asia Series nighttime race took place. The qualifying lap record was achieved by Nico Hülkenberg in 1:35.741.

The Superbike World Championship has visited Losail from 2005-2009 and 2014-present.

Racing history

Since 2008, MotoGP has run under lights at Losail.

MotoGP

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	Moto2 and Moto3 Only	Tetsuta Nagashima	Albert Arenas

Superbike World Championship

Year	Race	Winning driver	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

World Touring Car Championship

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

Motorcross World Championship

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

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

GP2 Asia

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

External links

• Official website
• Trackpedia's guide to driving the Losail International Circuit
• Google maps satellite view of Losail International Circuit