BWT Alpine Formulation One Group returns to the Center East for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix, the penultimate spherical of the FIA Formulation One World Championship and the sixth and closing Dash weekend of the season.
The high-speed Lusail Worldwide Circuit flows by means of the desert on the outskirts of Doha, Qatar’s capital metropolis. The observe, which was initially designed for bike racing, is sort of fully made up of medium and high-speed corners with a one-kilometre start-finish straight, offering one of the best alternative for overtaking into Flip 1. The observe presents quite a few challenges for the staff, not least with Pirelli limiting the variety of laps per tyre set to 25 such is the pressure on all compounds by means of the variety of high-speed corners on the 5.419km circuit.
Pierre Gasly: “We left Las Vegas with combined feelings as a result of, while our tempo was good within the dry and moist circumstances, we weren’t capable of capitalise on this within the race by means of no fault of our personal. We sustained a considerable amount of injury to the rear of the automobile after the incident at Flip 1, which just about took us out of the combat immediately. It’s encouraging, nevertheless, that we have been within the combine once more throughout Qualifying and have been capable of begin within the top-10 as soon as once more. We head now instantly to Qatar for an additional evening race, however one with very totally different – a lot hotter – circumstances. The distinctive Lusail Worldwide Circuit is sort of fully made up of high-speed corners and will probably be very fascinating to tackle with our bundle, which I’m hopeful can swimsuit us. It is the ultimate Dash weekend of the season so we should be on it from the get-go with just one observe session. I do know the entire staff is prepared for the problem with solely two rounds left of the yr and everyone seems to be motivated to gather some extra factors.”
Franco Colapinto: “The weekend in Las Vegas was difficult on my aspect of the storage. The circumstances have been fascinating the entire weekend with the cool temperatures and rain throughout a number of the periods. It made driving very difficult, particularly Qualifying the place we have been capable of make it by means of to Q2 within the rain the place there was such little grip. My race on Saturday was compromised once we suffered injury to the rear of the automobile in the course of the chaos at Flip 1 and it was exhausting to recuperate from there. There was nonetheless a lot to be taught from the Las Vegas race and we are going to debrief forward of Qatar to replicate on how we will profit from the ultimate two rounds. The totally different circumstances in Qatar will play a major half over the weekend, particularly because the observe can also be excessive pace in nature. Additionally it is the ultimate Dash occasion of the season so it’s important we will have a great first observe and be on it immediately. We’re prepared to present it our all and to go racing on the penultimate spherical of the season.”
