The Drivers' title may have already been acquired by Max Verstappen, the fact remains that there is a championship to complete in this long and intense 2024 Formula 1 season! After the lights of Las Vegas, head to the Losail desert for the Qatar GP, the 23rd and penultimate round of the year. The Persian Gulf peninsula is hosting F1 for the third time in its history, with a Sprint format – the last of the season – as in 2023.
Introduced to the calendar in 2021, the Qatar GP is organized on the Losail track, in the middle of the desert. A 5,419 kilometer circuit, primarily designed for MotoGP, with numerous high-speed corners that are extremely demanding on the tires. In 2023, F1 even had to set a lap limit on the same tires to avoid any drama, with very high temperatures on the track and in the air. Several drivers even suffered from illness during and after the race!
This year the Grand Prix is being held almost two months later, which should ensure cooler temperatures. Only one DRS on this Losail track, on the start-finish straight. During the first two editions of the Qatari round, it was Lewis Hamilton (2021) and Max Verstappen (2023) who won. The Dutchman even won the title in Qatar after the Sprint race last year. The race lap record was set by the now four-time world champion, in 1'24″319.
F1 – Qatar GP 2024
Programme
Friday November 29
14h30 – Free Practice 1: Canal+ Sport
6:30 p.m. – Qualifications Sprint : Canal+ Sport / Live texte AUTOhebdo.fr
Saturday November 30
15h00 – Sprint : Canal+ Sport / Live texte AUTOhebdo.fr
19h00 – Qualifications : Canal+ Sport / Live texte AUTOhebdo.fr
Sunday December 1st
17:00 – Grand Prix: Canal+ / Live text AUTOhebdo.fr
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