2025 Qatar Grand Prix

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2025 Qatar Grand Prix
Race 23 of 24 in the 2025 Formula One World Championship
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Lusail International Circuit 2023.svg
Layout of the Lusail International Circuit
Race details [1]
Date 30 November 2025 (2025-11-30)
Official name Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2025
Location Lusail International Circuit
Lusail, Qatar
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.419 km (3.367 miles)
Distance 57 laps, 308.611 km (191.762 miles)

The 2025 Qatar Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix 2025) is a Formula One motor race set to be held on 30 November 2025 at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail, Qatar. It will be the twenty-third round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the sixth and final Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format.

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Background

The event will be held at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail for the fourth time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 28–30 November. [2] The Grand Prix will be the twenty-third round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the fourth running of the Qatar Grand Prix. [3] It will also be the sixth and final Grand Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the third time overall that the Qatar Grand Prix will feature it. [4]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Lando Norris leads the Drivers' Championship with 390 points, 24 points ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, who are second and third, respectively. McLaren, who won the Constructors' Championship at the Singapore Grand Prix, leads with 756 points ahead of Mercedes and Red Bull Racing, who are second and third with 431 and 391 points, respectively. [5]

Championship permutations

World Drivers' Championship leader Lando Norris has an opportunity to secure his first title at this event, and McLaren's first Drivers' Championship since 2008. Norris will become World Champion if he outscores both Piastri and Verstappen by two points over the weekend.

Entrants

The drivers and teams are set to be the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions; Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull Racing will hold the seat originally held by Liam Lawson before Lawson was demoted back to Racing Bulls from the Japanese Grand Prix onward, [6] and Franco Colapinto replaced Jack Doohan at Alpine from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix onward on a race-by-race basis. [7]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli will bring the C1, C2, and C3 tyre compounds (the three hardest in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.

Mandatory tyre set laps

A limit of 25 laps will be introduced for each set of tyres that can be covered over the course of the whole race weekend, as a result of energy, thermal stress and wear on them. As the Grand Prix is run over 57 laps, each driver will inevitably have to change tyres at least twice. [8]

Penalties

Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) carries a five-place grid penalty for the main race for causing a collision with Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) at the preceding Las Vegas Grand Prix. [9]

Practice

The only free practice session will be held on 28 November 2025, at 16:30 local time (UTC+3). [1]

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying will be held on 28 November 2025, at 20:30 local time (UTC+3), and will determine the starting grid order for the sprint. [1]

Sprint

The sprint will be held on 29 November 2025, at 17:00 local time (UTC+3), and is scheduled to run for 19 laps. [1]

Qualifying

Qualifying will be held on 29 November 2025, at 21:00 local time (UTC+3), and will determine the starting grid order for the main race. [1]

Race

The race will be held on 30 November 2025, at 19:00 local time (UTC+3), and is scheduled to run for 57 laps. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Qatar Grand Prix 2025 – F1 Race". Formula 1. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  2. ↑ "Lusail". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  3. ↑ "Grands Prix Qatar". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "FIA and Formula 1 announce 2025 Sprint calendar". Formula1.com. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Las Vegas 2025 – Championship". StatsF1.com. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tsunoda to replace Lawson at Red Bull from Japanese GP as New Zealander drops down to Racing Bulls". Formula1.com. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Colapinto set to keep Alpine seat beyond initial evaluation". The-Race.com. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "A maximum of 25 laps per tyre set in Qatar". Pirelli.com. 17 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Bortoleto handed five-place grid penalty for Turn 1 crash with Stroll in Las Vegas". Formula 1.com. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
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