Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2012, Yas Marina - Race 18/20

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Yas Marina

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.


Session Times

Fri 2 Nov 2012
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30

Sat 3 Nov 2012
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00

Sun 4 Nov 2012
Race 13:00


All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here. FIA 2011 race edit can be found here.

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Race preview - http://www.vivaf1.com/blog/?p=10077


Track:

Track Diagram

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Track DRS

2 zones - straight after turn 7 and 9/10. First zone extended by 80m over last year. Map - http://files.upit.me/1351848033.gif


Circuit information

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




Current Standings

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Technical Changes

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



Photos from the event

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/881/general/thursday.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/881/general/friday.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/881/general/saturday.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/gallery/race/2012/881/general/sunday.html


FIA Press Conference

Thursday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/11/13999.html

Friday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/11/14009.html

Saturday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/11/14017.html

Sunday - http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2012/11/14024.html


Practice 1
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                    Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes        1m43.285             20
 2.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes        1m43.618s  + 0.333   18
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault        1m44.050s  + 0.765   21
 4.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                 1m44.366s  + 1.081   20
 5.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault        1m44.542s  + 1.257   21
 6.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes                1m44.694s  + 1.409   21
 7.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault        1m45.115s  + 1.830   26
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                1m45.194s  + 1.909   19
 9.  Valtteri Botta        Williams-Renault        1m45.347s  + 2.062   23
10.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault           1m45.422s  + 2.137   15
11.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                 1m45.567s  + 2.282   23
12.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes    1m45.587s  + 2.302   18
13.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari          1m45.722s  + 2.437   19
14.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault           1m45.743s  + 2.458   19
15.  Jules Bianchi         Force India-Mercedes    1m45.769s  + 2.484   21
16.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari          1m45.811s  + 2.526   21
17.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m46.649s  + 3.364   22
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari      1m46.708s  + 3.423   24
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault        1m47.418s  + 4.133   22
20.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth       1m47.891s  + 4.606   19
21.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth            1m48.354s  + 5.069   21
22.  Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth       1m48.887s  + 5.602   21
23.  Ma Qing Hua           HRT-Cosworth            1m50.487s  + 7.202   20
24.  Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault        no time               3


Practice 2
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time               Laps[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m41.751            33
 2.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes       1m41.919s  + 0.168  33
 3.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m42.412s  + 0.661  35
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m42.466s  + 0.715  21
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m42.500s  + 0.749  33
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m42.532s  + 0.781  27
 7.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m42.587s  + 0.836  30
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m42.823s  + 1.072  32
 9.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m42.998s  + 1.247  36
10.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari         1m43.106s  + 1.355  35
11.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault       1m43.191s  + 1.440  33
12.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m43.200s  + 1.449  35
13.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes   1m43.255s  + 1.504  33
14.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes               1m43.267s  + 1.516  31
15.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m43.578s  + 1.827  33
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari         1m43.689s  + 1.938  31
17.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m44.260s  + 2.509  26
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m45.073s  + 3.322  18
19.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault       1m45.245s  + 3.494  35
20.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault       1m45.782s  + 4.031  32
21.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth      1m46.589s  + 4.838  34
22.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth      1m46.671s  + 4.920  30
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth           1m46.707s  + 4.956  25
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth           1m47.406s  + 5.655  34


Practice 3
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver              Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m42.130s            18
 2.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m42.420s  + 0.290s  17
 3.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m42.614s  + 0.484s  7
 4.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m42.743s  + 0.613s  18
 5.  Nico Hulkenberg     Force India-Mercedes  1m42.750s  + 0.620s  19
 6.  Romain Grosjean     Lotus-Renault         1m43.015s  + 0.885s  18
 7.  Pastor Maldonado    Williams-Renault      1m43.064s  + 0.934s  19
 8.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m43.133s  + 1.003s  15
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault         1m43.184s  + 1.054s  22
10.  Paul di Resta       Force India-Mercedes  1m43.338s  + 1.208s  19
11.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m43.480s  + 1.350s  17
12.  Sergio Perez        Sauber-Ferrari        1m43.571s  + 1.441s  20
13.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m43.593s  + 1.463s  20
14.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m43.635s  + 1.505s  19
15.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m44.010s  + 1.880s  22
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m44.025s  + 1.895s  18
17.  Bruno Senna         Williams-Renault      1m44.071s  + 1.941s  19
18.  Daniel Ricciardo    Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m44.149s  + 2.019s  19
19.  Heikki Kovalainen   Caterham-Renault      1m45.301s  + 3.171s  22
20.  Timo Glock          Marussia-Cosworth     1m45.879s  + 3.749s  19
21.  Charles Pic         Marussia-Cosworth     1m46.036s  + 3.906s  19
22.  Vitaly Petrov       Caterham-Renault      1m46.261s  + 4.131s  22
23.  Pedro de la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth          1m46.554s  + 4.424s  20
24.  Narain Karthikeyan  HRT-Cosworth          1m47.032s  + 4.902s  22


Qualifying
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver                Team                 Time          Gap [/b]  
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        McLaren-Mercedes     1m40.630s
 2.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m40.978s  + 0.348
 3.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m41.073s  + 0.443
 4.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m41.226s  + 0.596
 5.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m41.260s  + 0.630
 6.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m41.290s  + 0.660
 7.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m41.582s  + 0.952
 8.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m41.603s  + 0.973
 9.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m41.723s  + 1.093
10.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m41.778s  + 1.148  
Q2 cut-off time: 1m41.907s                                   Gap **
11.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes 1m42.019s  + 1.118
12.  Sergio Perez          Sauber-Ferrari       1m42.084s  + 1.183
13.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m42.218s  + 1.317
14.  Michael Schumacher    Mercedes             1m42.289s  + 1.388
15.  Bruno Senna           Williams-Renault     1m42.330s  + 1.429
16.  Kamui Kobayashi       Sauber-Ferrari       1m42.606s  + 1.705
17.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m42.765s  + 1.864
Q1 cut-off time: 1m43.582s                                    Gap *
18.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m44.058s  + 2.561
19.  Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault     1m44.956s  + 3.459
20.  Charles Pic           Marussia-Cosworth    1m45.089s  + 3.592
21.  Vitaly Petrov         Caterham-Renault     1m45.151s  + 3.654
22.  Timo Glock            Marussia-Cosworth    1m45.426s  + 3.929
23.  Pedro de la Rosa      HRT-Cosworth         1m45.766s  + 4.269
24.  Narain Karthikeyan    HRT-Cosworth         1m46.382s  + 4.885


Race
Code: 
[b]Pos  Driver        Team                       Time[/b]
 1.  Raikkonen     Lotus-Renault              1h45:58.667
 2.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     0.852
 3.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault           +     4.163
 4.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     7.787
 5.  Maldonado     Williams-Renault           +    13.007
 6.  Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +    20.076
 7.  Massa         Ferrari                    +    22.896
 8.  Senna         Williams-Renault           +    23.542
 9.  Di Resta      Force India-Mercedes       +    24.160
10.  Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    27.463
11.  Schumacher    Mercedes                   +    28.075
12.  Vergne        Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +    34.906
13.  Kovalainen    Caterham-Renault           +    47.764
14.  Glock         Marussia-Cosworth          +    56.473
15.  Perez         Sauber-Ferrari             +    56.768
16.  Petrov        Caterham-Renault           +  1:04.595
17.  De la Rosa    HRT-Cosworth               +  1:11.578


Code: 
[b]Drivers:                    Constructors:             [/b]
 1.  Vettel       255        1.  Red Bull-Renault          422
 2.  Alonso       245        2.  Ferrari                   340
 3.  Raikkonen    198        3.  McLaren-Mercedes          318
 4.  Webber       167        4.  Lotus-Renault             288
 5.  Hamilton     165        5.  Mercedes                  136
 6.  Button       153        6.  Sauber-Ferrari            124
 7.  Massa         95        7.  Force India-Mercedes       95
 8.  Rosberg       93        8.  Williams-Renault           73
 9.  Grosjean      90        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari         22
10.  Perez         66       
11.  Kobayashi     58       
12.  Hulkenberg    49       
13.  Di Resta      46       
14.  Maldonado     43       
15.  Schumacher    43       
16.  Senna         30       
17.  Vergne        12       
18.  Ricciardo     10
 
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Another boring circuit, good on the eye.. rubbish racing.

I hope Ferrari can challenge the run-away Red Bull.
 
Yeah not the best of tracks, possibly worse than India. Cars look good though. Also hope to see Alonso up there again.
 
Depending on grid positions, I don't even think I'm going to bother getting up to watch this weekend. I've found the tail end of this season utterly dull after a promising start.
 
Thanks Duke.

Corners 5-7 and 8-9 has not changed :( Come on knip lets see how good your rain dancing is :)
 
dannyjo22 said:
Depending on grid positions, I don't even think I'm going to bother getting up to watch this weekend. I've found the tail end of this season utterly dull after a promising start.
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Its great isn't it. After everyone complained that the start of the season was too random and they were warned that domination would be boring, everyone is now complaining how the end of the season is boring and they want the random racing back.

With no rule changes for 2013, expect another Vettel snoozefest next year too.
 
Skeeter said:
Its great isn't it. After everyone complained that the start of the season was too random and they were warned that domination would be boring, everyone is now complaining how the end of the season is boring and they want the random racing back.

With no rule changes for 2013, expect another Vettel snoozefest next year too.
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I didn't like the random nature of the tyres and I don't mind someone winning the title in dominant fashion as long as there is some sort of a decent race going on. Mind you the tracks aren't helping.

Sadly I think you are right, next year will be another red bull walk over. Whatever was removed that hindered them they have rapidly got over. I can't see any reason why that would change next year.

My sky sub runs out in the close season and I can't see me renewing it. I've fallen out of love with F1 with the current rules and regulations :(
 
Skeeter said:
Its great isn't it. After everyone complained that the start of the season was too random and they were warned that domination would be boring, everyone is now complaining how the end of the season is boring and they want the random racing back.

With no rule changes for 2013, expect another Vettel snoozefest next year too.
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When you have someone like Maldonado winning then it was too random and you know it :p
 
Cheers Duke. Another borefest most likely, circuit looks good but that's all.


Skeeter said:
Its great isn't it. After everyone complained that the start of the season was too random and they were warned that domination would be boring, everyone is now complaining how the end of the season is boring and they want the random racing back.

With no rule changes for 2013, expect another Vettel snoozefest next year too.
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People are hard to please, never happy. :p :D

I liked the start of the season it spiced it up.
 
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I got all excited F1 was on this weekend (forgot it was back to back) then read its Abu Dhabi :(

Even the commentators hate this place, iv been thinking a game should be played where everyone gets over excited every time they make a dig at dullness of these places, they did loads of "well the drives seem to love this track" for India with no personal preference (or mention of fans). But that is an aside I think someone needs to take one for the team (and the sport) and just block Vettel for the whole quali session so he starts mid pack and can get Grosjean-ed....

Only plausible way to liven up a GP that just needs a lot of civil unrest for F1 to take the hint that it's not worth it.
 
Cheers Duke :)

1 week breaks are nice even if the tracks aren't the best... Least we have Texas and Brazil to look forward to after this just hope Vettel doesn't run away with it to dull those down.
 
Who is the next Adrian Newey in F1?

We've got some of the best drivers around, but only one designer who has a legendary status some can only dream off. I'm pretty sure he's paid more than most drivers are, which is saying something!
 
Since that epic ferrari team split, there really is only one designer to follow and that's newey. Williams and Mclaren must really be kicking themselves for not letting him have the roles he wanted in the companies. Hindsight is a wonderful thing though.

He's worth more than any driver on the grid.
 
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