BWT Alpine System One Group returns to the Center East for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix, the penultimate spherical of the FIA System One World Championship and the sixth and ultimate Dash weekend of the season.
The high-speed Lusail Worldwide Circuit flows via the desert on the outskirts of Doha, Qatar’s capital metropolis. The monitor, which was initially designed for motorbike racing, is sort of fully made up of medium and high-speed corners with a one-kilometre start-finish straight, offering the most effective alternative for overtaking into Flip 1. The monitor presents plenty of 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 via the variety of high-speed corners on the 5.419km circuit.
Pierre Gasly: „We left Las Vegas with blended feelings as a result of, while our tempo was good within the dry and moist situations, we weren’t in a position to capitalise on this within the race via no fault of our personal. We sustained a considerable amount of injury to the rear of the automotive after the incident at Flip 1, which just about took us out of the battle immediately. It’s encouraging, nevertheless, that we have been within the combine once more throughout Qualifying and have been in a position to begin within the top-10 as soon as once more. We head now instantly to Qatar for one more night time race, however one with very totally different – a lot hotter – situations. 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 package deal, which I’m hopeful can go well with us. It is the ultimate Dash weekend of the season so we must be on it from the get-go with just one apply session. I do know the entire staff is prepared for the problem with solely two rounds left of the 12 months 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 situations have been fascinating the entire weekend with the cool temperatures and rain throughout among the periods. It made driving very difficult, particularly Qualifying the place we have been in a position to make it via to Q2 within the rain the place there was such little grip. My race on Saturday was compromised after we suffered injury to the rear of the automotive in the course of the chaos at Flip 1 and it was exhausting to recuperate from there. There was nonetheless loads to be taught from the Las Vegas race and we are going to debrief forward of Qatar to replicate on how we are able to take advantage of the ultimate two rounds. The totally different situations in Qatar will play a major half over the weekend, particularly because the monitor can also be excessive velocity in nature. It’s also the ultimate Dash occasion of the season so it is vital we are able to have a great first apply and be on it immediately. We’re prepared to provide it our all and to go racing on the penultimate spherical of the season.“
