Lusail International Circuit
The Lusail International Circuit is a motor racing circuit located just outside the city of Lusail, north of Doha, Qatar. The track is in length, with a main straight of. The circuit has an FIA Grade 1 license. 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 million, the track opened in 2004 and hosted the inaugural Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix in the same year, won by Sete Gibernau. 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.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.
The circuit hosted the 20th race of the 2021 Formula One season, the inaugural edition of the Qatar Grand Prix. Before the second edition of the Grand Prix, the circuit was renovated, the facilities upgraded, and the capacity was increased from 8,000 to 52,000.
Beginning in 2024, the FIA World Endurance Championship hosted its season opener at Lusail, the Qatar 1812 km, in addition to the Prologue, the championship's pre-season testing sessions.
Layout history
Events
; Current- January: Lusail 4 Hours
- February: Formula Regional Middle East Championship, UAE4 Series
- March: FIA World Endurance Championship Qatar 1812 km, Classic Endurance Racing
- April: Grand Prix motorcycle racing Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix, Moto4 Asia Cup
- November: Formula One Qatar Grand Prix, FIA Formula 2 Championship, Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East
; Former
- Asia Road Racing Championship
- F1 Academy
- F4 Saudi Arabian Championship
- FIM Endurance World Championship
- * 8 Hours of Doha
- GP2 Asia Series
- Grand Prix Masters
- Grand Prix motorcycle racing
- * Doha motorcycle Grand Prix
- Motocross World Championship
- MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship
- Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship
- Speedcar Series
- Superbike World Championship
- Supersport World Championship
- Supersport 300 World Championship
- World Touring Car Championship
- * ''FIA WTCC Race of Qatar''
Lap records
Racing history
Formula One
MotoGP
| Year | MotoGP | 250cc/Moto2 | 125cc/Moto3 | |||
| 2004 |  FIA World Endurance Championship
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