Losail International Circuit

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

Losail International Circuit
LocationLusail, Qatar
Time zoneUTC+03:00
Capacity8,000
FIA Grade1
Opened2004
Major eventsQatar motorcycle Grand Prix
SBK
8 Hours of Doha
FIA WTCC Race of Qatar
Length5.380 km (3.375 mi)
Turns16
Race lap record1:38.699 (Davide Rigon, Trident Racing, GP2 Asia Series, 2009[1])
Websitewww.circuitlosail.com
2016 FIA WTCC Race of Qatar
View from the Grandstand

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.[2]

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.[1]

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

Notes
  1. Losail International Circuit, Qatar 2009 - GP2 Asia results - autoevolution.com
  2. "Losail International Circuit". RacingCircuits.info. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
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