Qatar... Anyone been?

I think MigsAngel went last year and the dude that has a girl licking a lollipop in his Avi lives down there. Cant remember his name though.

JohnnyKnockdown said:

I think MigsAngel went last year and the dude that has a girl licking a lollipop in his Avi lives down there. Cant remember his name though.

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J708

Hi, I did go last year. If you pay regular admission then you get access to the one main grandstand on the main straight. you cant really see the first and final turns from there since they are like half a kilometer away. The TV across the stand isnt great and you cant hear the announcers very well. And the only concessions stand (yes only 1) does not sell beer (for obvious reasons) and has a pizza hut.

If you go with a premium package then you get to sit in the paddock box which allows you to see main straight and look in on the infield, you get fed apparently, have access to a bar, and you can watch part of the race on the internal monitors. I may go again this coming year and if I do then i will go for premium package (which includes paddock walk).

Otherwise, you go practice, qualifying and racing at night and in the day you can sleep and work on your tan....

Sunday Race day, the local comes to race and the place is packed at the start finish end of the grand stand, so if you take the grandstand option then arrive find your seats with your mates and dont move....

Enjoy...

Are the attendees mostly fans who have traveled to Qatar or is there a fair amount of the local population?

The fans for most of the practices and Qualifying are from all over the world....so true MotoGP fans....

Race day brings out the locals to add to the mix....however the local were okay, no bad behaviour at all....I guess it helps that they cant get drunk at track, but if you go to hotel bar then you will see the locals in action (and they seriously cant handle it).

Like i said i am mulling it over and might do it last minute like i did last year.....i decide the week before to go and had http://www.polepositiontravel.com/ sort out the hotel, transport to track, and tickets for me...i just had to get flights...

migsangel said it like it is. the bikes under the lights are spectacular but it will be an average trip over all.

Hey,

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I was thinking of maybe going to this years' MotoGP.


I was wondering if anybody had any idea of how easy it is to get to the track with public transport?

It's a night race (obvs), but what time, local time does the main race finish (I was looking at a 01.30 flight out)

Thanks in advance for any replies.

bb69

I thought that I would reply to this thread. This year I went to the MotoGP in Qatar.

Transportation: The metro in Doha is world-class, so was the organisation. We got a day pass for the metro and then took the metro from the city centre to Lusail metro station and then there are buses at the metro station taking you to the circuit. On the way back it was equally as good; buses lined up ready to take you back to the metro station.
Tickets: I bought this directly from the Lusail circuit website, but they could also be bought from the MotoGP ticket website. They first went on sale remarkably late (Mid August) and they didn't email out the tickets until a few days beforehand. We bought general entry tickets which give you a seat in the grandstand.

There isn't an awful lot of entertainment outside of the racing itself. A few small manufacturer stands, a big screen, but that was about it.
Obviously the main draw is to watch racing under the lights. We arrived before the before the Moto3 race and had the pick of the seats in the grandstand. By the start of the MotoGP race the grandstand was virtually full. The vibe was a strange one; a few racing fans or motorbike lovers but very few hard-core MotoGP fans there. No rider or manufacturer fan sections. From what I could tell the vast majority that were there were ex-pats just there to watch an 'event'.