Qatar Grand Prix Winners & History
F1 Qatar Grand Prix – Historical Winners
| Season | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  Max Verstappen |
Red Bull | 1:24:38.241 |
| 2024 | Max Verstappen |
Red Bull | 1:31:05.323 |
| 2023 | Max Verstappen |
Red Bull | 1:27:39.168 |
| 2021 |  Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes | 1:24:28.471 |
Circuit Record Holders & Grand Prix History
The roll of honour at the Qatar Grand Prix is defined by the commanding presence of Max Verstappen. Securing a hat-trick of victories from 2023 to 2025, the Dutchman established an unparalleled benchmark at the Lusail International Circuit. His unbroken winning sequence followed the event’s inaugural running in 2021, which was claimed by his rival Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen’s triple success makes him the circuit’s undisputed all-time record holder for wins, demonstrating a masterful command of the high-speed venue across multiple campaigns.
From a constructor’s perspective, Red Bull Racing holds a clear performance advantage in Qatar. The team’s three consecutive victories with Verstappen between 2023 and 2025 solidified their status as the dominant force. This run of form effectively broke the initial success of Mercedes, who won the first-ever Qatar Grand Prix in 2021. Red Bull’s engineering supremacy under the lights of Lusail created a monopoly on the top step of the podium during the mid-2020s ground-effect era.
The event’s history, though brief, charts a distinct power shift in Formula 1. It began with a standalone victory for Mercedes in 2021 before the Grand Prix returned to the calendar as a fixture defined by Red Bull’s ascendancy. The period from 2023 to 2025 became synonymous with Verstappen’s control, creating a formidable legacy at the circuit. This established pattern of dominance set the competitive stage for the 2026 event, which anticipated the challenge of a new technical regulations cycle.
