Qatar Grand Prix 2026

Round 21 of 22 · Lusail International Circuit · November 27–29, 2026

Race Start

Sunday, November 29 at 11:00 AM EST
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Session Times (US Time Zones)

Session Eastern Central Mountain Pacific
Practice 1 Fri, Nov 27, 8:30 AM EST Fri, Nov 27, 7:30 AM CST Fri, Nov 27, 6:30 AM MST Fri, Nov 27, 5:30 AM PST
Practice 2 Fri, Nov 27, 12:00 PM EST Fri, Nov 27, 11:00 AM CST Fri, Nov 27, 10:00 AM MST Fri, Nov 27, 9:00 AM PST
Practice 3 Sat, Nov 28, 9:00 AM EST Sat, Nov 28, 8:00 AM CST Sat, Nov 28, 7:00 AM MST Sat, Nov 28, 6:00 AM PST
Qualifying Sat, Nov 28, 1:00 PM EST Sat, Nov 28, 12:00 PM CST Sat, Nov 28, 11:00 AM MST Sat, Nov 28, 10:00 AM PST
Race Sun, Nov 29, 11:00 AM EST Sun, Nov 29, 10:00 AM CST Sun, Nov 29, 9:00 AM MST Sun, Nov 29, 8:00 AM PST

Circuit Guide

Lusail is a floodlit, flowing circuit originally built for MotoGP, which shows in its fast, cambered medium-speed corners that punish tires harder than almost any other track. The penultimate round of 2026 runs at night in the desert, and the relentless corner sequence makes it one of the most physical races of the year — drivers regularly call it tougher than Singapore. If the title fight is alive, the high-degradation racing here can flip it.

Circuit
Lusail International Circuit
Length
5.419 km
Laps
57
Corners
16
First GP
2021
Local Start
7:00 PM (Lusail)

Watching from the US

The night race in Qatar translates to morning viewing in the US — lights out Sunday morning Eastern, very early Pacific. Tire life is the story to follow: watch the gap between cars that nurse the rubber and those that burn it, because three-stop strategies are live here.