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Abu Dhabi F1 Track

The Facts on the Yas Island Formula One Track

Video of Yas Island

Construction

The track will be one of its kinds, and is speculated to have a hint of Monaco race track. The length of the track 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.

The Track

Track Facts

  • 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.

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