“And then the one that follows, the left corner is same, it’s a very high-speed one. So it’s a nice challenge, especially coming into qualifying,” Gasly said. It’s just on the edge of being flat out, so it’s really a corner where you are really maximizing the load of the car and the Gs you’re feeling there. Qatar’s circuit isn’t quite comparable to the F1 greats, Pierre Gasly said Thursday, but it does have “quite a lot of character.” The Alpine driver pointed out the high-speed portion starting at Turns 14 and 15. Belgium’s Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps features Eau Rouge while Canada’s Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve boasts the “Wall of Champions.” And some fans may remember the Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul and its memorable Turn 8. Silverstone has the likes of Maggots and Becketts, and Monaco is home of Casino Square, The Hairpin and a tunnel. Many circuits have iconic aspects that stand out among the rest. Race lap record: 1:23.96 by Max Verstappen (2021).Corners: 16 (most are medium and high-speed).Number of laps: 57 (grand prix), 19 (sprint).🚥 The layout may be be the same, but a lot has changed since we were last in Qatar! Here’s everything you need to know ahead of #F1’s return to the Lusail International Circuit📝 The Qatar Grand Prix … By the Numbers! 📊📈 #FIA #F1 It’s a fast and twisty track with a significant number amount of medium- and high-speed corners, and over one kilometer (.62 miles) of the circuit’s length is the main straight.īefore the cars hit the track for the weekend’s single practice session, here’s what the drivers had to say while breaking down Qatar’s Lusail International Circuit. The Lusail International Circuit was originally created to host the country’s first MotoGP event in the early 2000s, and it was built in just over a year. “But yeah, the sprint weekend obviously will add spice to everything.” “The question mark is the new asphalt: how grippy it is and how dusty (it) is going to be in the Free Practice One,” Fernando Alonso said. It’ll be hot and windy, and combined with the surrounding desert terrain, track conditions will evolve throughout the weekend. Putting in the work before the weekend begins 💪 track guide from Qatar 🏃‍♂️ #QatarGP 🇶🇦 #F1 /ubpttejQsA Even those who raced in the 2021 GP did it in a different generation of car. Alex Albon, Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg weren’t on the grid that season, though Hülkenberg won one of the rounds of the GP2 Asia series here in 2009 (Sergio Pérez won the other round at Lusail). That was before Liam Lawson, Oscar Piastri, Logan Sargeant and Zhou Guanyu made their F1 debuts.

That being said, it is a new track for some because F1 has only been here once before, in 2021.

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