The 45,000 grandstand seats at Yas Marina Circuit are all covered, another world first for a permanent race track. In addition to 40 pit garages in the main pit garage on the start-finish straight, 30 pit garages for support races are located at the base of the Marina Grandstand. Unique features of Yas Marina Circuit include a run-off area at Turn 8 that extends beneath the West Grandstand and a tunnel for the pit exit. The circuit can also function as two independent tracks measuring 3.15 and 2.36km respectively, and additional circuit configurations are available. The Formula 1 circuit at Yas Marina measures 5.554km and has 21 turns, including a 1173 metre back straight – the second longest straight on the current calendar. In addition to hotels, retail centres and residential developments, Yas Island is home to some of Abu Dhabi’s largest tourist drawcards, including theme parks (Ferrari World, Yas Waterworld and Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi), the Yas Links golf course and several beaches. The island is connected to the mainland by the 1.1km Yas Tunnel and several highway bridges. Measuring 2,500 hectares, Yas Island is adjacent to Abu Dhabi International Airport, around 20km from downtown Abu Dhabi. The circuit is the centerpiece of the massive Yas Island development, an ongoing project with an estimated price tag of more than $40bn USD. The project used approximately 225,000 cubic metres of concrete and 720,000m2 of asphalt, including a special aggregate that was shipped from a quarry in England for the high-grip track surface. The technologically-advanced circuit features five fully-covered grandstands, a 227-berth marina and the first hotel built over a Formula 1 circuit.Īround 14,000 workers worked on the construction of Yas Marina Circuit, totaling more than 35 million-man hours. The second Formula 1 track to be built in the Middle East, following Bahrain, Yas Marina Circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke and opened in 2009 ahead of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Learn more about the home of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix! Costing more than $1bn USD, Yas Marina Circuit is the most expensive racetrack ever built.
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