Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2011, Yas Marina Circuit - Race 18/19

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Yas Marina Circuit

Abu Dhabi is a country on the move. Not content with enjoying one of the world's richest oil reserves, the region has recently thrown itself into a massive programme of development. And one of the jewels in Abu Dhabi's crown is the new 5.55-kilometre Yas Marina Circuit, which on November 1, 2009, hosted the country's inaugural Grand Prix. It was also the first F1 twighlight race, with powerful lighting ensuring a seamless transition from day to night.

Located on the spectacular Yas Island, the track is set to revolutionise the design of future Formula One circuits. Boasting top speeds of 320 km/h and average speeds of 195 km/h, it features nine right turns and 11 left turns and is one of the few venues on the calendar to run in an anti-clockwise direction.

Designed by renowned circuit architect Hermann Tilke, Yas Marina has a waterfront setting scenic enough to rival the likes of Monaco and Valencia. And with the track wrapping itself around the island's glamorous newly-built marina, there's plenty of mooring space for the paddock's plethora of yachts.

Its distinctive design also boasts several innovative elements including the stunning five-star, 500-room Yas Marina Hotel, which straddles the circuit; the 60-metre solar powered Sun Tower, which offers unrivalled views for invited guests; and a pit lane which sees the cars exit via a tunnel passing under the track.

Another world first is that all of the grandstands, including the massive hairpin seating area, are covered to protect spectators from the desert sun, whilst the state-of-the-art pit building boasts 40 air-conditioned garages. Luxuriant comforts and first-rate views are clearly the watchwords for Abu Dhabi race goers.

The track itself was designed with racing in mind. As well as the waterside marina area, there are high-speed sections (including the longest straight on the F1 calendar), tight corners for overtaking, and even a twisty street circuit-style sector. Overall, its diverse elements come together to create one of the longest and most demanding tracks in the world, where close and competitive racing is guaranteed.


TV Times

Friday 11 November
First practice: 0900-1030, BBC Red Button/online
Second practice: 1300-1430, BBC Red Button/online

Saturday 12 November
Third practice: 1000-1100, BBC Red Button/online
Qualifying: 1300-1400, BBC One/online
Qualifying re-run:

Sunday 13 November
Grand Prix live: 1300-1500, BBC One/online
F1 forum: , BBC Red Button/online
Grand Prix re-run: , BBC One/online
Highlights: , BBC Three/BBC HD


Track:

Track Diagram

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Track DRS

Two zones - one on each straight - http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/1498/drsabudhabi.gif


Circuit information

Circuit Name: Yas Marina Circuit
Number of Laps: 55
Circuit Length: 5.554 km
Race Distance: 305.355 km
Lap Record: 1:40.279 - S Vettel (2009)

Mercedes said:
The penultimate race of the 2011 Formula One World Championship takes place in Abu Dhabi and is the home race for Aabar, shareholder and partner of the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team. Round 18 will be hosted at the impressive 5.554 km Yas Marina Circuit and is the season’s only twilight event, with the race starting at 17.00 on Sunday 13 November.

The Yas Marina Circuit features six corners below 100 kph - only Monaco, Singapore and Valencia have more. The circuit also features four straights where the cars exceed 285 kph - the same number as in Monza. With an estimated 3740 gear changes, the race features some 20 per cent more than the season average.
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2010 Race Edit - http://www.formula1.com/video/?uid=2010111419R


Team Preview

Pirelli -
Lotus -
Williams -
HRT - http://pitpass.com/45148-Abu-Dhabi-GP-Preview-HRT
Mclaren - http://pitpass.com/45149-Abu-Dhabi-GP-Preview-McLaren
Mercedes - http://pitpass.com/45146-Abu-Dhabi-GP-Preview-Mercedes
Ferrari -
Renault -
Virgin Racing -
Red Bull -
Toro Rosso -
Sauber - http://pitpass.com/45147-Abu-Dhabi-GP-Preview-Sauber
Force India -


Technical Changes

http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/


Weather Forecast

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News




Driver Changes

Robert Wickens to drive in Friday practice for Virgin Racing. He was on the practice commentary a few races ago on 5 Live.


Photos from the event

Thursday - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/11/10/2011-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-thursday-pictures/

Friday - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/11/11/2011-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-practice-pictures/

Saturday - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/11/12/2011-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-qualifying-pictures/

Sunday - http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2011/11/13/2011-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-pictures/


FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/11/12765.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/11/12779.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2011/11/12785.html


Practice 1
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                    Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m40.263s           21
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m40.389s  + 0.126  26
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m40.403s  + 0.140  27
 4.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m40.755s  + 0.492  27
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m40.801s  + 0.538  25
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m41.260s  + 0.997  17
 7.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    1m41.340s  + 1.077  23
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m42.130s  + 1.867  26
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes    1m42.151s  + 1.888  28
10.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m42.377s  + 2.114  26
11.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m42.633s  + 2.370  26
12.  Romain Grosjean       Renault                 1m42.685s  + 2.422  29
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                 1m43.118s  + 2.855  13
14.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth       1m43.255s  + 2.992  29
15.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m43.389s  + 3.126  24
16.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m44.412s  + 4.149  28
17.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m44.484s  + 4.221  18
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault           1m44.565s  + 4.302  27
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault           1m44.898s  + 4.635  25
20.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth            1m46.385s  + 6.122  28
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth            1m46.532s  + 6.269  27
22.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth         1m48.024s  + 7.761  20
23.  Robert Wickens        Virgin-Cosworth         1m48.551s  + 8.288  23
24.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth                            3


Practice 2
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time              Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.586s    	      31
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m39.785s  + 0.199  30
 3.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m39.971s  + 0.385  20
 4.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m39.980s  + 0.394  34
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m40.104s  + 0.518  35
 6.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m40.132s  + 0.546  26
 7.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m40.553s  + 0.967  34
 8.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m40.951s  + 1.365  34
 9.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m41.021s  + 1.435  37
10.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.490s  + 1.904  34
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m41.565s  + 1.979  34
12.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.680s  + 2.094  33
13.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault                1m41.947s  + 2.361  31
14.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m41.983s  + 2.397  34
15.  Bruno Senna           Renault                1m42.369s  + 2.783  36
16.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosworth      1m42.798s  + 3.212  35
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth      1m42.910s  + 3.324  34
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault          1m43.562s  + 3.976  36
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault          1m44.050s  + 4.464  38
20.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m44.265s  + 4.679  41
21.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth        1m45.486s  + 5.900  34
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth        1m46.142s  + 6.556  32
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth           1m46.249s  + 6.663  21
24.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth           1m46.328s  + 6.742  34


Practice 3
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m38.976s            17
 2.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m39.403s  + 0.427s  18
 3.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m39.427s  + 0.451s  18
 4.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m39.429s  + 0.453s  16
 5.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m39.661s  + 0.685s  16
 6.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m40.135s  + 1.159s  19
 7.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m40.183s  + 1.207s  18
 8.  Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m40.429s  + 1.453s  21
 9.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m40.511s  + 1.535s  19
10.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m40.938s  + 1.962s  18
11.  Bruno Senna         Renault               1m41.509s  + 2.533s  21
12.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m41.527s  + 2.551s  21
13.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m41.566s  + 2.590s  20
14.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m41.594s  + 2.618s  18
15.  Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m41.622s  + 2.646s  18
16.  Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m41.855s  + 2.879s  18
17.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Cosworth     1m42.025s  + 3.049s  19
18.  Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Renault         1m43.409s  + 4.433s  22
19.  Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m43.861s  + 4.885s  5
20.  Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m45.262s  + 6.286s  23
21.  Tonio Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth          1m45.302s  + 6.326s  20
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio   Virgin-Cosworth       1m45.509s  + 6.533s  22
23.  Daniel Ricciardo    HRT-Cosworth          1m45.732s  + 6.756s  20
24.  Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Renault                              1


Qualifying
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time           Gap   [/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m38.481s
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.622s  + 0.141
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m38.631s  + 0.150
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m38.858s  + 0.377
 5.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m39.058s  + 0.577
 6.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m39.695s  + 1.214
 7.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m39.773s  + 1.292
 8.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m40.662s  + 2.181
 9.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m40.768s  + 2.287
10.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes
Q2 cut-off time: 1m40.554s                                   Gap **
11.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m40.874s  + 2.440
12.  Vitaly Petrov         Renault              1m40.919s  + 2.485
13.  Sebastien Buemi       Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.009s  + 2.575
14.  Bruno Senna           Renault              1m41.079s  + 2.645
15.  Jaime Alguersuari     Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.162s  + 2.728
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.240s  + 2.806
17.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Cosworth    1m41.760s  + 3.326
Q1 cut-off time: 1m42.605s                                   Gap *
18.  Heikki Kovalainen     Lotus-Renault        1m42.979s  + 3.197
19.  Jarno Trulli          Lotus-Renault        1m43.884s  + 4.102
20.  Timo Glock            Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.515s  + 4.733
21.  Daniel Ricciardo      HRT-Cosworth         1m44.641s  + 4.859
22.  Jerome D'Ambrosio     Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.699s  + 4.917
23.  Tonio Liuzzi          HRT-Cosworth         1m45.159s  + 5.377
24.  Rubens Barrichello    Williams-Cosoworth   no time


Race
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           1h37:11.886
 2.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     8.457
 3.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +    25.881
 4.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +    35.784
 5.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    50.578
 6.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +    52.317
 7.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +  1:15.900
 8.  Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +  1:17.100
 9.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +  1:40.000
10.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
11.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +     1 lap
12.  Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
13.  Petrov        Renault                    +     1 lap
14.  Maldonado     Williams-Cosworth          +     1 lap
15.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     1 lap
16.  Senna         Renault                    +     1 lap
17.  Kovalainen    Lotus-Renault              +     1 lap
18.  Trulli        Lotus-Renault              +    2 laps
19.  Glock         Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 laps
20.  Liuzzi        HRT-Cosworth               +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Webber, 1:42.612

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                         On lap
Ricciardo     HRT-Cosworth                 49
Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari           19
D'Ambrosio    Virgin-Cosworth              18
Vettel        Red Bull-Renault             1



World Championship standings as of Indian GP
Code: 
[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Vettel       374        1.  Red Bull-Renault          595
 2.  Button       240        2.  McLaren-Mercedes          442
 3.  Alonso       227        3.  Ferrari                   325
 4.  Webber       221        4.  Mercedes                  145
 5.  Hamilton     202        5.  Renault                    72
 6.  Massa         98        6.  Force India-Mercedes       51
 7.  Rosberg       75        7.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         41
 8.  Schumacher    70        8.  Sauber-Ferrari             41
 9.  Petrov        36        9.  Williams-Cosworth           5
10.  Heidfeld      34       
11.  Sutil         30       
12.  Kobayashi     27       
13.  Alguersuari   26       
14.  Di Resta      21       
15.  Buemi         15       
16.  Perez         14       
17.  Barrichello    4       
18.  Senna          2       
19.  Maldonado      1
 
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Was wondering if this track would suddenly turn up with a bunch of changes too it, but looks like it hasn't. Potential for another snooze fest on Sunday :(

Also, dibs on the claim of 2 DRS zones.
 
Nice post Duke ;)

I thought they was changing turns 6 and 9? another boring race on a boring track.
I bet Webber hates this track as he was the rb,s sacrificial lamb last season.
 
Well Im sure there will be less team bias (if there was any last year - to be diplomatic) this season just so Mark has a chance of getting 2nd in the drivers championship

Still up for grabs between JB, Alonso, Mark and possibly Lewis (latter I think needs a very strong result AND for JB not to score significantly in at least one race) but if Vettel still continues pushing as he has done, its really between 1st two
 
deuse said:
Nice post Duke ;)

I thought they was changing turns 6 and 9? another boring race on a boring track.
I bet Webber hates this track as he was the rb,s sacrificial lamb last season.
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FrankJH said:
Well Im sure there will be less team bias (if there was any last year - to be diplomatic) this season just so Mark has a chance of getting 2nd in the drivers championship

Still up for grabs between JB, Alonso, Mark and possibly Lewis (latter I think needs a very strong result AND for JB not to score significantly in at least one race) but if Vettel still continues pushing as he has done, its really between 1st two
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Lol, I love the conspiracy theory rubbish around this. They were racing Alonso, they pitted in line with racing Alonso, and then Webber failed to have the speed to catch or the skill to overtake.

Simple as that.
 
Skeeter said:
Lol, I love the conspiracy theory rubbish around this. They were racing Alonso, they pitted in line with racing Alonso, and then Webber failed to have the speed to catch or the skill to overtake.

Simple as that.
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No conspiracy just fact. They was racing Alonso but they used webber as bait to bring in Alonso..
RB chose webber and Ferrari took the bait vimto won..simples really.

Both came out in traffic overtaking for anyone was bad that's why the FIA
said after the race they would change turn 6 and 9.

At the end of the day rb wanted vimto to win not matter who had to fall.

edit=it was a stupidly early stop for webber which meant webber got screwed with backdoor team orders
 
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deuse said:
No conspiracy just fact. They was racing Alonso but they used webber as bait to bring in Alonso..
RB chose webber and Ferrari took the bait vimto won..simples really.

Both came out in traffic overtaking for anyone was bad that's why the FIA
said after the race they would change turn 6 and 9.

At the end of the day rb wanted vimto to win not matter who had to fall.

edit=it was a stupidly early stop for webber which meant webber got screwed with backdoor team orders
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Yet if the gamble had worked and they had leapfrogged Alonso, everyone would be saying it was a genuis call by them :rolleyes:

There was no back handers to ensure Vettel won.

And as for overtaking, that race showed Alonso for his true colours. Right infront of you is 1 rookie, and all you have to do is overtake him, and you can win your 3rd title. If you don't overtake him, your not winning, so you have nothing to loose. Anyone in their right mind would put every effort possible in a do or die overtake to get past. But Alonso didn't, he just sat there, and complained.
 
Skeeter said:
And as for overtaking, that race showed Alonso for his true colours. Right infront of you is 1 rookie, and all you have to do is overtake him, and you can win your 3rd title. If you don't overtake him, your not winning, so you have nothing to loose. Anyone in their right mind would put every effort possible in a do or die overtake to get past. But Alonso didn't, he just sat there, and complained.
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trololol

yes he made no effort :) maybe you should just focus on this years race rather than making silly comments about last years, maybe you should go watch it again before making comments :)
 
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deuse said:
No conspiracy just fact. They was racing Alonso but they used webber as bait to bring in Alonso..
RB chose webber and Ferrari took the bait vimto won..simples really.

Both came out in traffic overtaking for anyone was bad that's why the FIA
said after the race they would change turn 6 and 9.

At the end of the day rb wanted vimto to win not matter who had to fall.

edit=it was a stupidly early stop for webber which meant webber got screwed with backdoor team orders
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In your fantasy world do you own a castle and unicorns?
 
well this is the track that sticks out for me as the reason DRS was introduced...lets see if it actually adds anything. Sensible time at least means i might not fall asleep like i did with the Indian GP.
 
Mr Men said:
trololol

yes he made no effort :) maybe you should just focus on this years race rather than making silly comments about last years, maybe you should go watch it again before making comments :)
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Are we talking about the same race?

I remember watching Alonso follow Petrov for about 40 laps, with the only glimpse of an overtake being an occasional move out of the slip stream and back in again on the long straight.

CS||nuTs said:
In your fantasy world do you own a castle and unicorns?
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:D
 
Mr Men said:
You are claiming he did not try?

How much overtaking did you see in the race?
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He didn't try.

And there was very little overtaking.

My point however, is that is was the final race of the season, if he didn't get past, he didn't win. If he stuck it in the barriers, he also didn't win. Therefore surely anyone who want's that 3rd title that much is going to sling a wild outbraking manouver down the inside at some point as at the end of the day, he had nothing to loose.

But he didn't. He just sat there, and complained.
 
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