Qatar 2024
Overview
Event in Progress
Sprint Quali
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Free Practice 1
P9
finished
A. Albon
P19
finished
F. Colapinto
About 7 hours ago
Sunset shots 👌
27 minutes ago
Huddle up 🗣
Listen in as our Team Principal speaks to the group ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix
28 minutes ago
Practice ✅
Plenty of data gathered to take us into the weekend...
About 1 hour ago
ALEX to PIT
It's hard to know if that was tyres or wind. The three-corner balance was much better.
About 1 hour ago
Decent lap, Albono 👏
He's splitting the Mercedes as it stands, up in P7 after a 1:23.161 - he's heading back in.
About 1 hour ago
1:24.200 ⏱
Franco's best lap of the day sees him jump up to P15 momentarily...
About 1 hour ago
1:23.465 ⏱
It's our best time of the day, Alex goes up to P3 for the time being. Both him and Franco are popping in for a flap adjustment...
About 1 hour ago
New best ⏱
Franco dips a wheel in the gravel, but still improves on his previous best time. Alex opening a lap now on soft tyres...
About 1 hour ago
"Straight out" 👉
Who fancies some soft tyre running? Well, we've got some for you... Franco has left the garage on the red-walled rubber...
About 1 hour ago
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About 1 hour ago
20 laps each 📊
Franco is in after adding to his lap tally, just setting his best lap of the day so far in race simulation.
Alex follows Franco into the pits, he's laying down some rubber onto our pit box.
About 1 hour ago
Alex on track 👉
Halfway through the session, Alex heads back out on used hards too for race sim...
About 2 hours ago
Race simulation 👉
On used hards, Franco heads back out to gather some long run data for Saturday's Sprint and Sunday's Grand Prix...
About 2 hours ago
20 minutes gone ⏳
We're back in the garage after our opening stint, Alex is in P8 with Franco in P20...
About 2 hours ago
Sprinkling of purple 🟣
Fastest middle sector of the day for Albono, he climbs to P6 on the hard tyres...
About 2 hours ago
1:27.371 ⏱
Another PB for FC43, he's P19 as it stands...
About 2 hours ago
Getting to grips 📊
With high-winds, the track is pretty sandy so is getting better with every lap. Alex improves to a 1:25.647, with Franco opening another lap now...
About 2 hours ago
ALEX to PIT
It's weird, hard to feel the grip. Just the track's so smooth. It feels like we're under-flapped. My high-speed balance is good. Lacking mid-corner rotation.
About 2 hours ago
PIT to ALEX
Track's good to push again. Gap at 8 to Franco.
About 2 hours ago
First lap banked ⏱
1:28.619 for Albono on his first tour of the weekend...
About 2 hours ago
Golden hour driving 👉
Alex leaves the garage with hard tyres fitted, Franco joins him a minute later...
About 2 hours ago
One hour only ⏳
The final Sprint weekend of 2024 starts imminently - it's the only hour of Practice we have, so every lap matters as Alex and Franco get to grips with the Lusail International Circuit.
About 2 hours ago
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About 3 hours ago
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About 3 hours ago
Get warmed up 🔥
Hear from James Vowles, James Urwin and Gaetan Jego as we preview our weekend in Lusail
About 7 hours ago
Qatar 2024
Race Weekend
Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix 2024
Times displayed in your local time zone.
Fri, 29 November, 13:30
Free Practice 1
Fri, 29 November, 17:30
Sprint Quali
Sat, 30 November, 14:00
Sprint
Sat, 30 November, 18:00
Qualifying
Sun, 1 December, 16:00
Race
Welcome to the Losail International Circuit, located just outside Doha, Qatar, for the Qatar Grand Prix.
The track's flowing layout offers a challenging mix of technical turns and flat-out straights under the floodlights for a spectacular setting for night racing.
Almost every type of corner a racing driver could experience is here to challenge the car and pilot, with its recently upgraded facilities also improving comfort for attending fans.
Circuit Overview:
The Losail International Circuit spans 5.419 km (3.367 miles) with 16 turns, starting with a long straight that leads into a series of high-speed corners, testing each car’s aerodynamics around Sector 1.
Sector 2, meanwhile, is a combination of trickier, lower-speed turns where driver precision and mechanical stability will gain or lose tenths.
High-speed corners around Sector 3 that lead onto the main straight conclude the lap, and carrying momentum around Turn 16 proves key in benefiting from the circuit's sole DRS zone.
Fast Facts
Circuit Name: Losail International Circuit
Location: Losail, Qatar
First Grand Prix: 2021
Circuit Length: 5.419 km (3.367 miles)
Race Distance: 308.611 km (191.762 miles)
Laps: 57
Lap Record: 1:24.319 (Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 2023)
2024 Support Series: Formula 2, F1 Academy
Alex Albon Last Year
Race: P13
Fastest Lap: 1:26.666 (Lap 57)
Qualifying: P14 (1:25.707)
Tyre Strategy: Medium-Medium-Hard-Hard
Williams Racing's Qatar GP History
Best Finish: P13 (Alex Albon, 2023)
Best Qualifying: P14 (Alex Albon, 2023)
Alex's Best Finish: P13 (2023)
Franco's Best Finish: TBC (2024)
Williams Racing Highlight: Alex climbed an incredible 10 positions in the 2023 Sprint, starting in P17 and finishing P7 in just 19 laps around Losail Circuit to net two vital points for our championship campaign.
Qatar At A Glance
Capital: Doha
Population: 2.8 million
Size: 11,586 sq km
Language: Arabic
Currency: Qatari Riyal (QAR)
Sprint Quali
STARTS IN
00
D
01
H
51
M
51
S
Free Practice 1
P9
finished
A. Albon
P19
finished
F. Colapinto
About 7 hours ago
Sunset shots 👌
27 minutes ago
Huddle up 🗣
Listen in as our Team Principal speaks to the group ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix
28 minutes ago
Practice ✅
Plenty of data gathered to take us into the weekend...
About 1 hour ago
ALEX to PIT
It's hard to know if that was tyres or wind. The three-corner balance was much better.
About 1 hour ago
Decent lap, Albono 👏
He's splitting the Mercedes as it stands, up in P7 after a 1:23.161 - he's heading back in.
About 1 hour ago
1:24.200 ⏱
Franco's best lap of the day sees him jump up to P15 momentarily...
About 1 hour ago
1:23.465 ⏱
It's our best time of the day, Alex goes up to P3 for the time being. Both him and Franco are popping in for a flap adjustment...
About 1 hour ago
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