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The Facts on the Yas Marina Circuit Formula One Track


UPDATE: Pictures from the constuction site of Yas Marina Circuit

The Official F1 website has really nice pictures from the Yas Marina Circuit Construction Site. Abu Dhabi F1 track construction site pictures. They Still have some months to go, but I got to admit even I get a little nervous that they will be done in time, when I look at the pictures.

Video of Yas Island Yas Marina Circuit

Introduction

The 2009 season of the formula 1 will end in Abu Dhabi on the new race track at Yas Island. The track name is Yas Marina Circuit and this is the first time we will see Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi.

Construction

The Yas Marina Circuit will be one of its kinds, and is speculated to have a hint of Monaco race track. The length of Yas Marina Circuit will be approximately 3.6 miles of which 1.7 miles will be through the city roads consecutively along the marina. The track comprises of 20 turns. As seen in the other tracks which were designed by Hermann Tilke, this one too will be having the signature lengthy straight which leads into a speed killer hair pin. The construction site was a flat piece of land which was not good to build a good F1 track. So Tilke created some manmade hills on the construction site so the race could have gravitational acceleration and deceleration. Rest assured that Yas Marina Circuit will be an interesting Formula 1 track. We will make sure that we buy abi dhabi formula-1 tickets when they are released in order to see the cars master this track.

The Track

Yas Marina Circuit Facts and Rumors

  • Race would comprise of 56 laps.
  • Circuit length would be 192 miles.
  • Lap time would be 1min 38 sec.
  • Top speed an F1 car would attain will be 199 mph.
  • Average speed of an F1 car will be 125 mph.