Teammate Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport chauffeur Valtteri Bottas (77) of Finland puts champagne on the head of Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport chauffeur Lewis Hamilton (44) of Great Britain after clinching the 2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship following the F1 – U.S. Grand Prix race at Circuit of The Americas on November 3, 2019 in Austin, Texas.
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The Qatar Grand Prix has actually signed up with the 2021 Formula 1 calendar, with a November date verified for the launching race that finishes the season’s schedule.
F1 has actually likewise revealed a 10- year handle Qatar, which will see it take a long-term put on the calendar from 2023.
This year, the golden race at Doha’s Losail International Circuit is on November 19-21 and is among 7 staying rounds of an extremely competitive project, as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen fight for the title.
It fills the uninhabited slot that was left by the Australian GP’s cancellation, concluding a triple header after Mexico and Brazil and is the very first of 3 races in the Middle East to end up the season.
The Saudi Arabian and Abu Dhabi GPs are on December 3 and 10.
“We are very pleased to welcome Qatar to the Formula 1 calendar this season and for the longer term from 2023,” stated F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali, after the Qatar GP was verified as the 20 th round of 2021.
“We have shown that we can continue to adapt and there is huge interest in our sport and the hope from many locations to have a Grand Prix. The huge effort from all the teams, F1 and the FIA has made it possible to deliver a 22-race calendar, something that is very impressive during a challenging year and something we can all be proud of.”
The Losail International Circuit is currently a staple on the MotoGP calendar, having actually hosted races given that 2004.
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And Qatar now has a long-lasting dedication to F1, with a 10- year offer to begin in 2023 – a year after the nation hosts football’s FIFA World Cup for the very first time.
“There was a strong will from Qatar to be helpful to F1, and in the course of this process, the vision for a longer partnership was discussed and agreed for 10 years,” checked out a declaration from F1.
“The action from the gesture to be handy to F1 in 2021 to a long term method was brief and easy and the vision for F1 to be the display for Qatar after the FIFA World Cup in 2022 was the driving force behind this long term arrangement.
“As part of the longer-term offer, conversations will continue relating to the area for the Grand Prix from 2023 with more information to be supplied at a later time.”
