Qatar Grand Prix 2026. Lusail under lights, and Abu Dhabi a week later on the same trip.

It has been an unusual year. The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian rounds were called off in March because of the conflict in the region, Bahrain's race was later run in Malaysia, and Formula 1 has been open about holding contingency plans for the last two races of the season. On 3 October 2026 Formula 1's chief executive said the last two rounds will stay in Qatar and Abu Dhabi on their published dates. That is the position we are working to, and we will tell you if it changes.

What that means practically: plan the trip properly, but build it so that it can be unwound. Airspace and routings across the Gulf have shifted repeatedly through 2026, and the questions to settle with an operator are not only the aircraft but the routing, the overflight permits and what happens if a date moves. We check the current position before quoting and we say plainly what we find rather than what would be easiest to sell.

Getting to Lusail is not difficult. The circuit sits in open desert north of the Lusail development, reached on wide, fast, modern highways that carry far heavier loads than a Grand Prix during a normal Doha week. What concentrates the traffic is the shape of a night race: everybody arrives in the late afternoon, everybody leaves within the same hour after the flag, and the circuit is far enough out of town that there is nowhere useful in between for a car to wait.

So the plan is the familiar one. A drop-off at the gate your passes name, a car held at an agreed point rather than circling, and a departure set by you. Cars in Qatar are arranged through operators we know, with one person at Odyssey holding the itinerary together. Your car at the London end, to Luton, Farnborough or Biggin Hill, is our own. See Doha, Doha airport and private terminals in Doha.