News Details

Driver feedback on Yas Marina Circuit layout changes

While the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been held since 2009, this year the Yas Marina Circuit has been tweaked ahead of this year's Formula 1 World Title showdown between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Long before anyone could have dreamt up such a scenario, the contenders arriving for the final race of the season tied on points, Yas Marina owners decided the track needed to be revitalized, made racier. What they came up with is a much faster and flowing circuit, with times a dozen or so seconds per lap faster than before. While most drivers hailed the changes as improvements, several are not so sure it will make for closer racing which was the prime purpose for modifying the track in the...
Full Story »
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Yas Marina ‘much more enjoyable' after layout...

Leading Formula 1 drivers have praised the changes made to the layout to...
3y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Yas Marina set to be 14s faster after track alterations

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli says the Yas Marina Circuit is set to be...
3y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Much faster Yas Marina Circuit to ditch boring...

Yas Marina Circuit has been made immensely faster ahead of the 2021...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

New layout of Yas Marina Circuit to provide more...

This weekend the last race of the season will take place at the Abu Dhabi...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP to return to Buenos Aires from 2027 season

MotoGP has officially announced that the Grand Prix of Argentina will...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez likens his 2025 MotoGP form to 2019 and...

Marc Marquez has likened his 2025 MotoGP form to the peak performances...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

O’Ward explains the multiple steps that came...

Pato O’Ward won Sunday’s IndyCar race from the streets of Toronto,...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyffin Simpson’s confidence ‘very high right...

When Kyffin Simpson crossed the finish line in Sunday’s Honda Indy...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar Toronto – Race Results

IndyCar completed its sole visit across the border this weekend, with a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: New Arsenal signing waiting in London and set...

Arsenal are on the verge of announcing the signing of Spanish centre-back...
8h ago from FreshArsenal.com

“I’m bored, give me a f**king ball man” -...

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has taken to Instagram as he gears up for a...
16h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mosquera deal edges near as Arsenal still chase striker

The summer transfer window is in full flow and we are now nigh on a full...
17h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsenal forced to reschedule first pre-season training...

Premier League giants Arsenal have been forced to reschedule their first...
17h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.