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Round 20 · Lusail International Circuit

2026 Qatar GP Moto2

Lap 3.343 miles · race – laps (–)

✈ 3,686 miles in a straight line from the previous event (Sepang), flight time at least 8 h. Every rider travels at least this far

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Qatar GP 2026 schedule (UTC)

Date	Time	Session	Local
Fri, Nov 6	11:00	Moto3 Free Practice 1	14:00
Fri, Nov 6	11:50	Moto2 Free Practice 1	14:50
Fri, Nov 6	12:45	MotoGP Free Practice 1	15:45
Fri, Nov 6	15:15	Moto3 Practice	18:15
Fri, Nov 6	16:05	Moto2 Practice	19:05
Fri, Nov 6	17:00	MotoGP Practice	20:00
Sat, Nov 7	10:30	Moto3 Free Practice 2	13:30
Sat, Nov 7	11:15	Moto2 Free Practice 2	14:15
Sat, Nov 7	12:00	MotoGP Free Practice 2	15:00
Sat, Nov 7	12:40	MotoGP Qualifying Q1	15:40
Sat, Nov 7	13:05	MotoGP Qualifying Q2	16:05
Sat, Nov 7	14:45	Moto3 Qualifying Q1	17:45
Sat, Nov 7	15:10	Moto3 Qualifying Q2	18:10
Sat, Nov 7	15:40	Moto2 Qualifying Q1	18:40
Sat, Nov 7	16:05	Moto2 Qualifying Q2	19:05
Sat, Nov 7	17:00	MotoGP Sprint	20:00
Sun, Nov 8	12:40	MotoGP Warm Up	15:40
Sun, Nov 8	14:00	Moto3 Race	17:00
Sun, Nov 8	15:15	Moto2 Race	18:15
Sun, Nov 8	17:00	MotoGP Race	20:00

Schedule

This weekend: strong and weak tracks (top 10 in the standings)

Of the top 10, Alonso Lopez does best here (on average 1.6 places better than usual).

Each finish here compared with the rider's usual finish that season (average without this circuit): how many places better or worse on average. Same layout only; retirements counted separately

Track character: clockwise, 6 left / 10 right corners, longest straight 1068 m, average speed 173.3 km/h (medium-speed)

1GONZALEZ Slightly strong 1.4 places better than usual (4 finishes) On clockwise tracks: +0.4 · On medium-speed tracks: +1.0

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	1	3
2024	Moto2	4	5
2023	Moto2	9	2
2022	Moto2	23	20

2GUEVARA Little data (reference) As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (2 finishes · Retired 1 of 3 here) · Reference: 1.0 places better than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.1 · On medium-speed tracks: -1.2

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	26	22
2024	Moto2	8	retired
2023	Moto2	24	23
2022	Moto3		8
2021	Moto3		6

3ORTOLA Little data (reference) As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (1 finishes) · Reference: 3.6 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.4 · On medium-speed tracks: -0.1

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	25	18
2024	Moto3		9
2023	Moto3		15
2022	Moto3		11

4HOLGADO Little data (reference) Slightly strong on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (1 finishes) · Reference: 2.1 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: +0.2 · On medium-speed tracks: +2.2

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	5	4
2024	Moto3		2
2023	Moto3		9
2022	Moto3		16

5ALONSO Little data (reference) Slightly strong on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (1 finishes) · Reference: 2.9 places better than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.4 · On medium-speed tracks: +2.0

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	11	11
2024	Moto3		1
2023	Moto3		2

6AGIUS Little data (reference) As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (2 finishes) On clockwise tracks: -0.7 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.3

		Qual.	SPR	Race
2025	Moto2	13		14
2024	Moto2	21		17

7SALAC Little data (reference) As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (2 finishes · Retired 1 of 3 here) · Reference: 0.3 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: +0.3 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.1

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	8	10
2024	Moto2	19	21
2022	Moto2	4	crash
2021	Moto3		crash
2020	Moto3		8
2019	Moto3		21

8VIETTI Slightly strong 1.4 places better than usual (6 finishes) On clockwise tracks: +0.5 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.7

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	14	7
2024	Moto2	16	9
2023	Moto2	2	6
2022	Moto2	1	1
2021	Moto2	18	7
2020	Moto3		28
2019	Moto3		5

9LOPEZ Slightly strong 1.6 places better than usual (3 finishes) On clockwise tracks: -0.7 · On medium-speed tracks: -2.0

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	18	16
2024	Moto2	2	1
2023	Moto2	10	9
2020	Moto3		13
2019	Moto3		12
2018	Moto3		crash

10MUÑOZ First MotoGP・500cc start here Slightly strong on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) On clockwise tracks: +0.8 · On medium-speed tracks: +2.8

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11ARBOLINO Weak 3.6 places worse than usual (6 finishes) On clockwise tracks: -0.1 · On medium-speed tracks: -1.2

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	22	20
2024	Moto2	5	20
2023	Moto2	11	10
2022	Moto2	2	5
2021	Moto2	20	11
2020	Moto3		15
2019	Moto3		16
2018	Moto3		17
2017	Moto3		24

12VEIJER Little data (reference) As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (1 finishes) · Reference: 0.3 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.0 · On medium-speed tracks: +1.3

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	20	13
2024	Moto3		5
2023	Moto3		10

13ESCRIG Weak 3.3 places worse than usual (3 finishes) On clockwise tracks: +0.3 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.3

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	19	21
2024	Moto2	24	26
2023	Moto2	15	20

14BALTUS Strong 2.8 places better than usual (3 finishes · Retired 1 of 4 here) On clockwise tracks: -0.3 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.5

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	9	6
2024	Moto2	6	2
2023	Moto2	16	18
2022	Moto2	16	crash

15ÖNCÜ Little data (reference) As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (2 finishes) · Reference: 1.5 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.4 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.1

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	7	2
2024	Moto2	20	15
2023	Moto3		3
2022	Moto3		4
2021	Moto3		18
2020	Moto3		12

16ROBERTS As usual 0.3 places better than usual (8 finishes · Retired 1 of 9 here) On clockwise tracks: +0.5 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.7

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	23	15
2024	Moto2	14	7
2023	Moto2	1	11
2022	Moto2	14	8
2021	Moto2	8	crash
2020	Moto2	1	4
2019	Moto2	23	22
2018	Moto2	27	25

17RUEDA First MotoGP・500cc start here As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) · Reference: 6.0 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.6

		Race
2025	Moto3	technical
2024	Moto3	crash
2023	Moto3	16

18HUERTAS Little data (reference) Slightly weak on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (1 finishes) On clockwise tracks: -0.7 · On medium-speed tracks: -1.6

		Qual.	SPR	Race
2025	Moto2	16		17

19LUNETTA First MotoGP・500cc start here As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) · Reference: 1.8 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.1

		Qual.	SPR	Race
2025	Moto3			7
2024	Moto3			15

20SASAKI Little data (reference) As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (0 finishes · Retired 2 of 2 here) · Reference: 0.3 places better than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.3 · On medium-speed tracks: +1.4

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	24	crash
2024	Moto2	25	crash
2023	Moto3		6
2022	Moto3		retired
2021	Moto3		7
2020	Moto3		19
2019	Moto3		crash
2018	Moto3		8
2017	Moto3		11

21FERRANDEZ First MotoGP・500cc start here As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) On clockwise tracks: +0.2

22CANET As usual 0.4 places worse than usual (6 finishes · Retired 1 of 7 here) On clockwise tracks: +0.3 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.2

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	3	1
2024	Moto2	1	10
2023	Moto2	3	3
2022	Moto2	9	2
2021	Moto2	9	crash
2020	Moto2	16	8
2019	Moto3		3
2018	Moto3		2
2017	Moto3		4
2016	Moto3		15

23FURUSATO First MotoGP・500cc start here Slightly weak on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) · Reference: 3.5 places better than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -1.3

		Race
2025	Moto3	2
2024	Moto3	3
2023	Moto3	14

24VAN DEN GOORBERGH As usual 0.3 places better than usual (4 finishes) On clockwise tracks: +0.0 · On medium-speed tracks: -0.1

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	6	12
2024	Moto2	9	13
2023	Moto2	14	19
2022	Moto2	28	24

25GARCIA Slightly weak 1.2 places worse than usual (3 finishes) On clockwise tracks: +0.1 · On medium-speed tracks: -1.3

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	27	19
2024	Moto2	18	3
2023	Moto2	21	17
2022	Moto3		2
2021	Moto3		23
2020	Moto3		11

26PIQUERAS First MotoGP・500cc start here · Reference: 0.7 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc

		Qual.	SPR	Race
2025	Moto3			1
2024	Moto3			12

27SURYO AJI Little data (reference) Slightly weak on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (2 finishes) · Reference: 1.6 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.6 · On medium-speed tracks: -2.3

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	17	23
2024	Moto2	28	24
2023	Moto3		25
2022	Moto3		19

28RAMIREZ Strong 2.2 places better than usual (4 finishes · Retired 2 of 6 here) On clockwise tracks: -0.4 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.7

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	10	8
2024	Moto2	7	6
2023	Moto2	8	13
2022	Moto2	20	17
2021	Moto2	20	retired
2020	Moto2	24	retired
2019	Moto3		4
2018	Moto3		15
2017	Moto3		9

29ZURUTUZA First MotoGP・500cc start here As usual on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) On clockwise tracks: +0.3

30ORRADRE First MotoGP・500cc start here

31NAVARRO As usual about as usual (6 finishes · Retired 2 of 8 here) On clockwise tracks: -0.5 · On medium-speed tracks: +0.3

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto2	21	25
2022	Moto2	12	7
2021	Moto2	17	13
2020	Moto2	4	6
2019	Moto2	12	crash
2018	Moto2	7	10
2017	Moto2	17	crash
2016	Moto3		7
2015	Moto3		12

32FOGGIA Little data (reference) Slightly weak on this type of track (clockwise・medium-speed) (2 finishes) · Reference: 3.6 places worse than usual in Moto3・125cc On clockwise tracks: -0.8 · On medium-speed tracks: -1.1

		Qual.	Race
2025	Moto3		crash
2024	Moto2	23	19
2023	Moto2	23	16
2022	Moto3		7
2021	Moto3		17
2020	Moto3		9
2019	Moto3		crash
2018	Moto3		16

33ROULSTONE First MotoGP・500cc start here · Reference: 0.6 places better than usual in Moto3・125cc

		Qual.	SPR	Race
2025	Moto3			14
2024	Moto3			10

34PAWELEC First MotoGP・500cc start here

Winners at this circuitMoto2

Most wins here: Sam Lowes (2). Manufacturer: Kalex (13)

Year	Winner	Bike	Team	2nd	3rd	Pole	Track
2025	CANET	Kalex	Fantic Racing LINO SONEGO	ÖNCÜ	GONZALEZ	GONZALEZ	Dry
2024	LOPEZ	Boscoscuro	Sync SpeedUp	BALTUS	GARCIA	CANET	Dry
▲ 2024: Tyres: Pirelli
2023	ALDEGUER	Boscoscuro	CAG SpeedUp	GONZALEZ	CANET	ROBERTS	Dry
2022	VIETTI	Kalex	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	CANET	LOWES	VIETTI	Dry
2021	LOWES	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	GARDNER	FERNANDEZ	LOWES	Dry
2021	LOWES	Kalex	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	GARDNER	DI GIANNANTONIO	LOWES	Dry
2020	NAGASHIMA	Kalex	Red Bull KTM Ajo	BALDASSARRI	BASTIANINI	ROBERTS	Dry
2019	BALDASSARRI	Kalex	Flexbox HP 40	LÜTHI	SCHROTTER	SCHROTTER	Dry
2018	BAGNAIA	Kalex	SKY Racing Team VR46	BALDASSARRI	MARQUEZ	MARQUEZ	Dry
2017	MORBIDELLI	Kalex	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	LÜTHI	NAKAGAMI	MORBIDELLI	Dry
2016	LÜTHI	Kalex	Garage Plus Interwetten	SALOM	CORSI	FOLGER	Dry
2015	FOLGER	Kalex	AGR Team	SIMEON	LÜTHI	LOWES	Dry
2014	RABAT	Kalex	Marc VDS Racing Team	KALLIO	LÜTHI	RABAT	Dry
2013	ESPARGARO	Kalex	Tuenti HP 40	REDDING	NAKAGAMI	ESPARGARO	Dry
2012	MARQUEZ	Suter	Team CatalunyaCaixa Repsol	IANNONE	ESPARGARO	LÜTHI	Dry
▲ 2012: Tyres: Dunlop
2011	BRADL	Kalex	Viessmann Kiefer Racing	IANNONE	LÜTHI	BRADL	Dry
2010	TOMIZAWA	Suter	Technomag-CIP	DEBON	CLUZEL	ELIAS	Dry
▲ 2010: Tyres: Dunlop
2009250cc	BARBERA	Aprilia	Pepe World Team	CLUZEL	DI MEGLIO	BAUTISTA	Dry
2008250cc	PASINI	Aprilia	Polaris World	BARBERA	KALLIO	DEBON	Dry
2007250cc	LORENZO	Aprilia	Fortuna Aprilia	DE ANGELIS	BARBERA	LORENZO	Dry
2006250cc	LORENZO	Aprilia	Fortuna Aprilia	DOVIZIOSO	LOCATELLI	LORENZO	Dry
2005250cc	STONER	Aprilia	Carrera Sunglasses - LCR	LORENZO	DOVIZIOSO	LORENZO	Dry
2004250cc	PORTO	Aprilia		PEDROSA	AOYAMA	PORTO

Highlighted rows: races won by a rider entered this year · Bike and team as entered in that race's official result · Manufacturers →

Manufacturers at this circuit (Moto2)

	Wins	Podiums	Best in last 5 years	Race top speed 2025
Kalex	13	39	1	291.1
Aprilia	6	12	—	—
Suter	2	6	—	—
Boscoscuro	2	3	1	291.8
Honda	0	5	—	—
Speed Up	0	2	—	—
KTM	0	1	—	—
FTR	0	1	—	—
Forward	0	0	20	284.9
MV Agusta	0	0	17	—
NTS	0	0	21	—

Spectator guide (getting there) →

Past results at Lusail (all of this year's riders)

Race finishes at this circuit (all classes) of every rider who raced in Moto2 this year. Colours show the class; vertical lines mark era changes (tyres, engines) and track layout versions

														Pirelli
Rider	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Avg	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Aron Canet	7	1	3	6.2		15	4	2	3	8	13	2	3	10	1
Celestino Vietti	6	1	1	7					5	28	12	1	6	9	7
Alonso Lopez	3	1	1	8.7				R	12	13			9	1	16
Manuel Gonzalez	4		2	7.5								20	2	5	3
Deniz Öncü	2		1	8.5						12	20	4	3	15	2
Barry Baltus	4		1	8.7								R	18	2	6
Sergio Garcia	3		1	13						11	4	2	17	3	19
Daniel Holgado	1			4								16	9	2	4
Marcos Ramirez	6			11			9	15	4	R	R	17	13	6	8
David Alonso	1			11									2	1	11
Jorge Navarro	8			11.8	12	7	R	10	R	6	10	7			25
Joe Roberts	9			12.2				25	22	4	6	8	11	7	15
Collin Veijer	1			13									10	5	13
Tony Arbolino	6			13.7			24	17	16	15	16	5	10	20	20
Filip Salac	3			15.5					21	8	13	R	NS	21	10
Senna Agius	2			15.5										17	14
Zonta Van Den Goorbergh	4			17								24	19	13	12
Adrian Huertas	1			17											17
Dennis Foggia	2			17.5				16	R	9	R	7	16	19	R
Ivan Ortola	1			18								11	15	9	18
Alex Escrig	3			22.3									20	26	21
Izan Guevara	3			22.5							7	8	23	R	22
Mario Suryo Aji	2			23.5								19	25	24	23
Ayumu Sasaki	2						11	8	R	19	R	R	6	R	R
Taiyo Furusato	—												14	3	2
Jose Antonio Rueda	—												16	R	R
Angel Piqueras	—													12	1
Luca Lunetta	—													15	7
Jacob Roulstone	—													10	14
Daniel Muñoz	—
Alberto Ferrandez	—
Unai Orradre	—
Xabi Zurutuza	—
Milan Pawelec	—

Moto3・125ccMoto2・250ccMotoGP・500ccR = DNF · DQ = Disqualified

Scope: official results DB 2015–2025, 23 races of this class tier at this circuit. Starts, wins, podiums and average count this class tier only