# Dubai Autodrome

The Dubai Autodrome (دبي أوتودروم) is an FIA sanctioned 5.390 km (3.349 mi) motorsports circuit located in Dubailand, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The architects of the project were Populous and the circuit was designed by Clive Bowen of Apex Circuit Design.
Opened in October 2004 with the final round of the LG Super Racing Weekend featuring the final rounds of the FIA GT Championship, European Touring Car Championship and 2004 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup season, Dubai Autodrome was the first part of the Dubai Motor City development that was available for use. The venue hosted the December 2005 A1 Grand Prix and the FIA GT Championship from 2004 to 2006. The track record at the longest configuration was set by Kamui Kobayashi (DAMS) with a time of 1:41.220 in a GP2 Asia car. The Dubai Kartdrome includes international standard karting track which across the boulevard from Dubai Autodrome, it declares the championship level karting also becoming popular for its arrive and drive karting at both the outdoor and indoor venues.
Since 2006 the Autodrome has been home to the Dubai 24 Hour, a GT, sports car and touring car automobile endurance race open to both professional and semi-professional teams. The circuit has FIA Grade 1 license, which means that it has all the requirements to host a Formula One race (though Abu Dhabi currently hosts F1 races in the UAE). Dubai Autodrome will include retail stores, themed restaurants and refreshment outlets and will also provide private corporate hospitality suites with a public grandstand that can play host to 7,000 spectators.

## Events
### Current

* January: 24H Series Middle East Trophy Dubai 24 Hour, Porsche Carrera Cup Middle East
* February: Asian Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Dubai, Formula Regional Middle East Championship, F4 Middle East Championship, DSBK National Championship
* March: UAE Procar Championship, Gulf Radical Cup, DSBK National Championship
* April: GRC SuperPrix, DSBK National Championship
* October: Historic GP Revival

### Former

* A1 Grand Prix (2005)
* European Touring Car Championship (2004)
* Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific (2022–2023)
* FIA GT Championship (2004–2006)
* FIA GT3 European Championship (2007–2008)
* Formula 4 Australian Championship (2024)
* Formula 4 UAE Championship (2016–2024)
* Formula Trophy UAE (2024)
* Formula Regional Asian Championship (2020–2022)
* Formula Renault V6 Eurocup (2004)
* GP2 Asia Series (2008)
* MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship (2015–2019)
* Speedcar Series (2008–2009)
* TCR International Series (2017)
* TCR Middle East Series (2017–2019)

## Dubai Kartdrome

The Kartdrome an international standard karting track situated across the boulevard from the Dubai Autodrome main straight. It has 1.2 km Kartdrome circuit features 17 testing corners and is attentively designed to give it the flexibility of being divided into two smaller circuits. The circuit accommodates 40 cars at a time and provides every feasible service which is needed to enjoy a complete karting experience.
The venue also hosts UAE championship karting and has in the past hosted rounds of the Biland World Finals and the Middle East Karting Championship. The biggest karting race in the Middle East (Dubai O Plate) is held there.

## Track configurations

The circuit has four racing configurations and two additional non-racing sections. These are the courses with access to the pit area.
* Grand Prix course
* International Course
* National Course
* Club Course

### Handling courses

* Hill Handling Course
* Oval Handling Course

## Lap records

The official lap record for the current circuit layout is 1:41.220, set by Kamui Kobayashi during the 2008 2nd Dubai GP2 Asia Series round, while the unofficial all-time track record is 1:40.887, set by Romain Grosjean in the qualifying of the aforementioned race. As of March 2025, the fastest official race lap records at the Dubai Autodrome are listed as:
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
| Grand Prix Circuit: 5.390 km (2004–present) |||||
| GP2 Asia | 1:41.220 | Kamui Kobayashi | Dallara GP2/05 | 2008 2nd Dubai GP2 Asia Series round |
| LMP2 | 1:46.306 | Franco Colapinto | Aurus 01 | 2021 4 Hours of Dubai Race 2 |
| A1GP | 1:46.497 | Ralph Firman | Lola A1GP | 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, United Arab Emirates |
| LMP1 | 1:48.528 | Emmanuel Collard | Pescarolo 01 | 2022 Gulf Historic Dubai Grand Prix Revival |
| LMP3 | 1:53.651 | Kay van Berlo | Ligier JS P3 | 2018 3x3H Dubai Race 2 |
| Formula One | 1:53.947 | Stuart Hall | March 821 | 2023 Gulf Historic Dubai Grand Prix Revival |
| Formula Renault 3.5 | 1:54.926 | Christian Montanari | Tatuus FRV6 | 2004 Dubai Formula Renault V6 Eurocup round |
| GT1 (GTS) | 1:55.621 | Jean-Denis Delétraz | Aston Martin DBR9 | 2006 FIA GT Dubai 500km |
| Formula Regional | 1:55.761 | Mari Boya | Tatuus F3 T-318 | 2023 1st Dubai Formula Regional Middle East Championship round |
| FIA Group 2 | 1:55.902 | Gabriele Gardel | Ferrari 550 Maranello Evo | 2006 FIA GT Dubai 500km |
| GT3 | 1:56.358 | Ben Barnicoat | McLaren 720S GT3 | 2022 4 Hours of Dubai Race 2 |
| MRF Challenge | 1:57.038 | Max Defourny | Dallara Formulino Pro | 2018 Dubai MRF Challenge round |
| Lamborghini Super Trofeo | 2:00.531 | Brendon Leitch | Lamborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo Evo 2 | 2025 Dubai 24 Hour |
| Formula 4 | 2:00.536 | Dilano van 't Hoff | Tatuus F4-T014 | 2021 3rd Dubai Formula 4 UAE round |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 2:00.711 | Morris Schuring | Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup | 2022 Dubai Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East round |
| GT2 | 2:01.387 | Tim Mullen | Ferrari F430 GT2 | 2006 FIA GT Dubai 500km |
| Ferrari Challenge | 2:02.552 | Roman Ziemian | Ferrari 488 Challenge Evo | 2022 Dubai Ferrari Challenge Asia-Pacific round |
| Gulf Radical Cup | 2:03.423 | Usmaan Mughal | Radical SR3 XXR | 2024 5th Dubai Gulf Radical Cup round |
| N-GT | 2:03.426 | Sascha Maassen | Porsche 911 (996) GT3-RSR | 2004 FIA GT Dubai 500km |
| Stock car racing | 2:05.910 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Speedcar V8 | 2008 3rd Dubai Speedcar Series round |
| GT4 | 2:06.702 | Keith Gatehouse | Mercedes AMG GT4 | 2023 3rd Dubai Gulf ProCar round |
| TCR Touring Car | 2:10.287 | René Münnich | Honda Civic Type R TCR (FK8) | 2019 2nd Dubai TCR Middle East Series round |
| Super 2000 | 2:12.285 | Augusto Farfus Gabriele Tarquini | Alfa Romeo 156 GTA Super 2000 | 2004 Dubai ETCC round |
| Renault Clio Cup | 2:23.386 | Jerzy Spinkiewicz | Renault Clio RS V | 2023 1st Dubai Renault Clio Cup Middle East round |
| International Circuit: 4.290 km (2004–present) |||||
| GP2 Asia | 1:22.453 | Romain Grosjean | Dallara GP2/05 | 2008 1st Dubai GP2 Asia Series round |
| Formula Regional | 1:35.055 | Hadrien David | Tatuus F3 T-318 | 2022 1st Dubai FR Asia round |
| Formula 4 | 1:37.839 | Logan Sargeant | Tatuus F4-T014 | 2017 1st Dubai Formula 4 UAE round |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 1:38.286 | Ghislain Cordeel | Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup | 2023 Dubai Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East round |
| Gulf Radical Cup | 1:40.133 | Sebastian Murray | Radical SR3 XXR | 2025 1st Dubai Gulf Radical Cup round |
| Stock car racing | 1:42.438 | Jean Alesi | Speedcar V8 | 2009 Dubai Speedcar Series round |
| TCR Touring Car | 1:45.236 | Luca Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | 2018 Dubai TCR Middle East Series round |
| SEAT León Supercopa | 1:51.107 | Costas Papantonis | SEAT León Cupra R | 2012 2nd Dubai UAE GT round |
| Renault Clio Cup | 1:56.685 | Jerzy Spinkiewicz | Renault Clio RS V | 2022 3rd Dubai Renault Clio Cup Middle East round |
| National Circuit: 3.560 km (2004–present) |||||
| Formula 4 | 1:21.997 | Jonathan Aberdein | Tatuus F4-T014 | 2016–2017 1st Dubai Formula 4 UAE round |
| GT3 | 1:24.503 | Vasily Vladykin | Audi R8 GT3 Evo 2 | 2024 3rd Dubai Gulf Procar round |
| Gulf Radical Cup | 1:24.747 | Ian Aguilera | Radical SR3 XXR | 2024 4th Dubai Gulf Radical Cup round |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 1:27.563 | Alex Giannone | Porsche 911 (992) GT3 Cup | 2024 3rd Dubai Gulf Procar round |
| TCR Touring Car | 1:28.733 | Pepe Oriola | SEAT León TCR | 2017 TCR International Series Dubai round |
| Supersport | 1:29.383 | Simon Reid | Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R | 2025 1st Dubai DSBK round |
| Renault Clio Cup | 1:38.579 | Jerzy Spinkiewicz | Renault Clio RS V | 2022 2nd Dubai Renault Clio Cup Middle East round |

## Fatal accidents

| No. | Competitor | Date | Section | Race | Event | Machine |
| 1 | Christophe Hissette | April 2010 | Turn 16 | | Qualifying session | Radical SR3 |
| 2 | Pascal Grosjean | 27 Nov 2010 | Finish | 2010 Sportsbike Championship race | UAE Sportbike 600cc championship | Sportbike 600cc |
| 3 | Federico Fratelli | January 2018 | Turn 14 | 2018 Sportsbike Championship race | UAE Sportbike 600cc championship | Sportbike 600cc |