Photo: Losail Circuit Sports Club on Twitter
With the New Year around the corner, Qatar Tourism has revealed that the 2023 calendar will be “action-packed.”
AFC Asian Cup, Formula 1, Geneva International Motor Show and Expo 2023 Doha are among the events for the 2023 Qatar calendar, said Qatar Tourism Chief Operating Officer Berthold Trenkel in a press conference recently.
“We have an action-packed calendar, we have about 300 days of events in 2023 — it’s a full calendar. We will host the Formula 1 again, the Geneva International Motor Show will not be happening in Geneva but here in Qatar, AFC Asian Cup because of all the stadiums we have, and Expo 2023 Doha, which will run for six months.”
The Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix 2023 will run from October 6 to 8 at Losail International Circuit. The popular racetrack will host one of the six F1 Sprint races planned for the 2023 season.
Sprint races will take place in Azerbaijan (Baku City Circuit), Austria (Red Bull Ring), Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps), Qatar (Lusail), the United States (Circuit of The Americas) and Sao Paulo (Interlagos).
Losail International Circuit, a 5.38km track, debuted on the Formula 1 calendar in 2021 but skipped the 2022 season due to redevelopment.
Defending champions Qatar will host the AFC Asian Cup for the third time after staging the 1988 and 2011 editions. The tournament is held every four years, same like the World Cup.
Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre (DECC) and other notable locations in the city will host the inaugural Geneva International Motor Show Qatar from October 5 to 14, 2023.
The event has been designed to become a cutting-edge, first-of-its-kind motor show, bringing together the biggest players of the global automotive industry into a truly immersive space.
Expo 2023 Doha, the second-largest global event in Qatar after the World Cup, will take place from October 2, 2023 to March 28, 2024, and will last six months.
It is projected to draw over three million people, and participants from over 80 countries are expected to showcase their products, services, and research.
The International Horticultural exhibition will be held in Al Bidda Park.
