2026 · ROUND 22 · GRAND PRIX

Grand Prix Qatar

🇶🇦 QatarLusail International Circuit29 November 2026 · local dateUPCOMING

Lusail is a fast, flowing circuit dominated by medium- and high-speed corners. Its main straight exceeds a kilometre and ends in an important braking zone.

UP NEXT · Practice 150 days · 09:12:52Romania time: 27 November at 15:30

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CIRCUIT SNAPSHOT

Lusail International Circuit

Lusail · Qatar

Race date · local29 November 2026

FormatGrand Prix

Circuit length5.419 km

Scheduled laps57

Scheduled distance308.611 km

What to watch

Loading the car through fast corners
Braking for Turn 1

First F1 race at this circuit: 2021. Lap record: 1:22.384 · Lando Norris (2024).

Formula 1 · race information ↗

WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Weekend schedule

FP1

Practice 1

27 Nov, 15:30UP NEXT · Europe/Bucharest

FP2

Practice 2

27 Nov, 19:00SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

FP3

Practice 3

28 Nov, 16:30SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

QUALIFYING

Qualifying

28 Nov, 20:00SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

RACE

Race

29 Nov, 18:00SCHEDULED · Europe/Bucharest

These are the officially scheduled times. Live status and session completion require confirmation from the sports data source.

CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEXT

2026 championship

The current standings below were verified after the latest completed race, Sepang, on 7 October 2026.

2026 · VERIFIED 07 OCT

Drivers Championship

1Kimi AntonelliMercedes320 PTS 2George RussellMercedes236 PTS 3Lewis HamiltonFerrari214 PTS 4Charles LeclercFerrari191 PTS 5Lando NorrisMcLaren188 PTS

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Full standings ↗

Drivers and constructors · 2026 season ↗

F1 EXPLAINED · STRATEGY

Understand the weekend

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Driver profiles ↗Formula 1 teams ↗

VERIFIED · 7 October 2026Official source ↗