Qatar stepped in at a late stage in the course of the COVID-hit 2021 season to fill a gap within the calendar left by the cancellation of different occasions.
The nation subsequently signed a 10-year cope with F1 to start out in 2023, with 2022 skipped to keep away from any conflict with the FIFA World Cup.
After the preliminary F1 occasion needed to cope with the compromises created by small pit garages that have been designed for MotoGP, in addition to short-term workforce hospitality buildings within the paddock, the circuit has responded by establishing a very new pit and paddock complicated, in addition to including tunnels and enhancing entry and parking.
As a part of the improve work, the circuit has been resurfaced, though there have been no adjustments to the format.
The development work will see the creation of a brand new race management facility and media centre in addition to bigger pit garages.
“The F1 paddock is state-of-the-art,” stated Amro Al-Hamad, CEO of the Qatar Motor and Bike Federation and the Losail circuit.
“We’ve not left any stone unturned. We have collected numerous classes realized from different circuits all over the world.
“The pit packing containers are actually appropriate for F1 racing, reverse to those that we had for Moto GP prior to now. We’ve got 50 packing containers. I do not assume that anyone else throughout the F1 calendar has that variety of pit packing containers.
“The adjustments additionally reached the workforce buildings. It is a full change from what we had prior to now.
“We used to have one tunnel. Now we now have as much as 4 tunnels to serve the doorway and the exit of the spectators.”
He added: “The World Cup was completed already in 2022. We have collected a number of classes realized in the course of the World Cup. All of the departments, all of the authorities within the state of Qatar are keen to really come and assist us out with all that they collected throughout that interval.
“There’s a lot in terms of the organisation of the followers going out and in (and) in terms of safety measures.
“Everyone now could be very desperate to share their experiences with us to guarantee that we ship a fair increased calibre occasion than the World Cup was.”
Whereas the funding within the Losail upgrades means that the everlasting venue is now favoured, the choice of transferring the grand prix to a road format in Doha has not solely disappeared.
“It was one of many many concepts that we had already on our agenda,” stated Al-Hamad. “It is simply one thing that we explored. Possibly, in all probability, it’ll be one thing sooner or later.
“I am not telling you it’ll be, however we’re simply open now for thus many concepts. We’re not leaving any stone unturned, however it’s not confirmed information or something.”