Lusail (Qatar Grand Prix) F1 Fantasy Guide: Best Picks & Past Results

Lusail International Circuit is a permanent racing circuit in Lusail, Qatar (5.419 km, 16 turns, clockwise) that has held 4 Formula 1 World Championship races. It hosts the Qatar Grand Prix 2026, round 22, with session times, what PPFL managers picked and results on the Grand Prix page.

Lusail fantasy guide: what the numbers say

• Qualifying decides a lot here: 3 of the last 4 winners started on the front row. In PPFL a pole is worth 10 qualifying points before the race starts.
• Finishers gain 0.9 places on average from grid to flag (+2 PPFL points per place, up to +10).
• Attrition is high: 16.5% of starters failed to finish. A DNF costs a driver 5 points, and a constructor loses the both-cars-finished bonus.
• Top PPFL scorer here in 2025: Max Verstappen with 39 points.

Overtaking, qualifying and reliability at Lusail

From the last 4 races here (2021–2025):

• Average places gained, grid to finish: 0.9 per classified finisher; 61.2% of finishers gained places. Biggest climb: Guanyu Zhou, P19 to P9 in 2023.
• How much qualifying matters: 2 of 4 winners started from pole, 3 from the front row and 4 from the top 3. Grid-to-finish correlation: 0.72 (1.00 would mean every finisher ended where they started).
• DNF rate: 16.5% of starters (13 retirements from 79 starts, 3.3 per race).

Top PPFL fantasy scorers at Lusail

2025

PPFL points before the captain bonus; earlier seasons are scored with the current PPFL rules.

Past winners and pole sitters at Lusail

Driver of the Day at Lusail

The fan-voted Driver of the Day at every race here since the vote began.

• 2025: Max Verstappen (31.2% of the vote)
• 2024: Guanyu Zhou (29.7% of the vote)
• 2023: Oscar Piastri (27.9% of the vote)
• 2021: Fernando Alonso (28.6% of the vote)

Racing here this year: the Qatar Grand Prix 2026. Check prices and form on the F1 fantasy Price Form before teams lock at the start of FP1.