Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar

City Guide: Lusail

The Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit is MotoGP's signature night race — the only round on the calendar where every prime-time session runs under the circuit's 3,600 floodlights, illuminating the track against the desert sky in one of the most spectacular spectacles in motorsport. The 5.380 km Lusail circuit, 20 km north of Doha, opened in 2004 and has hosted some of MotoGP's most dramatic and memorable races: Valentino Rossi vs Jorge Lorenzo battles, Dani Pedrosa's legendary victories, Fabio Quartararo's title-clinching moments. Racing under floodlights in Qatar's mild November air — 22–27°C, zero chance of rain, calm and dry — is genuinely unlike any other race weekend experience. Doha, meanwhile, has emerged as one of the Gulf's most sophisticated cities: the extraordinary National Museum of Qatar, the Souq Waqif bazaar, the Museum of Islamic Art, and a dining scene that punches well above its size.