Length: 5.380 km
Time Zone: +3 (Plus Three) hour
Remarkable Event(s): Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix
GP2 Asia, SpeedCar, SBK
City and Country: Doha, Qatar.
Description: Losail International Circuit is a motor racing circuit of Qatar. It stands just outside of Doha city and in the Persian Gulf State. It needed to spend 58 million US Dollar in a year with using 1,000 workers. The track opened in 2004 to the inaugural Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar, won by Sete Gibernau. In addition the circuit hosted the 2006 Grand Prix Masters of Qatar won by Nigel Mansell. The track is 5.380 km in length, with a main straight of just over a kilometer at 1,068 metres. It is surrounded by artificial grass to stop the sand encroaching too much onto the track. In 2007, Losail added permanent outdoor lighting for night races. At the time, the lighting of the Losail Circuit by Musco Lighting was the largest permanent venue sports lighting project in the world, a distinction that now belongs to another Gulf motorsport venue, Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. The first night race in MotoGP history was the Commercial Bank Grand Prix of Qatar in March 2008.
