Yas Marina F1 Circuit Layout & Lap Record

Description

Yas Marina circuit: Three turns in detail

Turn 7
Yas Marina is considered a mid-range power track, although the power sensitivity is lessened by the high concentration of low to medium speed bends in the back part of the circuit round the Marina. Turn 7, the hairpin, is the slowest of the circuit and similar to the challenges of the Grand Hairpin in Monaco. The engine braking needs to be particularly effective for rear stability on entrance, but equally the response needs to be completely correct as the hairpin exit leads onto the long back straight. Any hesitation will compromise the entry to the straight and therefore the overall lap time.

Back straight (between Turns 7 and 8)
Approximately 55% of the track is spent at full throttle, with average speeds of 190km/h, similar to the demands of Montreal circuit. The percentage is heightened by the two long straights, the longest of which is the 1.2km straight between turns 7 and 8. The RS27 will be at full throttle for 14secs here, reaching speeds of over 310km/h. Calibration of gear ratios is crucial: seventh gear must be set relatively long to allow a competitive end of straight speed with DRS active. However the right-hand corners in the third sector require the gears to be closely spaced to achieve the required short bursts of acceleration between tight corners, so engine engineers will be forced to compromise somewhere along the line.

Turn 21
The third part of the track from turn 11 through to the final turn 21 features mainly right hand corners that are taken in second or third gear. Turn 21 is a good example of a typical corner in this section. The average speed is low; just 160km/h so the RS27 will be set up to give good driveability whilst being responsive for the short bursts of power between turns. Rear stability is the key here since tenths of a second can be won if the car is ‘nailed’ to the track in the slow speed turns.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Yas Marina Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
2024	2024 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	December 8	Lando Norris Carlos Sainz Charles Leclerc	McLaren Ferrari Ferrari	58
2023	2023 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 26	Max Verstappen Charles Leclerc George Russell	Red Bull Ferrari Mercedes	58
2022	2022 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 20	Max Verstappen Charles Leclerc Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Ferrari Red Bull	58
2021	2021 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	December 12	Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton Carlos Sainz	Red Bull Mercedes Ferrari	58
2020	2020 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	December 13	Max Verstappen Valtteri Bottas Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull Mercedes Mercedes	55
2019	2019 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	December 1	Lewis Hamilton Max Verstappen Charles Leclerc	Mercedes Red Bull Ferrari	55
2018	2018 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 25	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Max Verstappen	Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull	55
2017	2017 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 26	Valtteri Bottas Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	55
2016	2016 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 27	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	55
2015	2015 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	September 29	Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen	Mercedes Mercedes Ferrari	55
2014	2014 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 23	Lewis Hamilton Felipe Massa Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Williams Williams	55
2013	2013 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 3	Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber Nico Rosberg	Red Bull Red Bull Mercedes	55
2012	2012 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 4	Kimi Räikkönen Fernando Alonso Sebastian Vettel	Lotus F1 Ferrari Red Bull	55
2011	2011 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 13	Lewis Hamilton Fernando Alonso Jenson Button	McLaren Ferrari McLaren	55
2010	2010 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 14	Sebastian Vettel Lewis Hamilton Jenson Button	Red Bull McLaren McLaren	55
2009	2009 Abu Dhabi F1 GP	November 1	Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber Jenson Button	Red Bull Red Bull Brawn	55

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Yas Marina Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	16	5	4	1	10	5	3	3.5	5.9	258
2	Max Verstappen	10	4	1	1	6	4	2	3.9	4.0	165
3	Sebastian Vettel	14	3	1	3	7	2	4	8.4	6.4	154
4	Valtteri Bottas	12	1	1	1	3	1	1	9.3	10.2	103
5	Nico Rosberg	8	1	1	1	3	2	0	4.9	7.8	78
6	Kimi Räikkönen	11	1	0	1	2	0	0	10.0	11.0	62
7	Lando Norris	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	4.3	5.3	64
8	Charles Leclerc	7	0	2	2	4	0	0	7.9	5.7	73
9	Fernando Alonso	14	0	2	0	2	0	1	9.7	9.3	71
10	Mark Webber	5	0	2	0	2	1	1	3.0	7.2	42
11	Carlos Sainz	10	0	1	1	2	0	0	9.6	9.7	62
12	Felipe Massa	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	7.4	7.4	64
13	Jenson Button	8	0	0	3	3	0	0	7.4	7.8	68
14	Sergio Pérez	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	9.2	9.9	71
15	George Russell	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.2	10.5	35
16	Daniel Ricciardo	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	10.5	10.5	64
17	Nico Hülkenberg	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.8	12.3	40
18	Alex Albon	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	9.6	20
19	Pierre Gasly	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.3	12.1	20
20	Yuki Tsunoda	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	8.8	16
21	Romain Grosjean	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.2	12.1	16
22	Esteban Ocon	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	10.7	14
23	Paul di Resta	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	8.0	12
24	Kamui Kobayashi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.2	10.8	12
25	Robert Kubica	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.3	11.3	10
26	Pastor Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.6	13.8	10
27	Oscar Piastri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	8.0	9
28	Vitaly Petrov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	11.7	8
29	Michael Schumacher	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.7	13.7	6
30	Lance Stroll	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	13.3	6
31	Rubens Barrichello	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.7	9.3	5
32	Adrian Sutil	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	12.8	5
33	Nick Heidfeld	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	8.0	4
34	Bruno Senna	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	14.3	4
35	Daniil Kvyat	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	13.8	3
36	Jaime Alguersuari	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.3	14.7	2
37	Jarno Trulli	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	15.3	2
38	Sébastien Buemi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.7	15.0	1
39	Kevin Magnussen	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	15.0	15.7	1
40	Sergey Sirotkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	15.0	0
41	Pedro de la Rosa	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	17.0	0
42	Logan Sargeant	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	16.0	0
43	Pietro Fittipaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	19.0	0
44	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	23.0	0
45	Jules Bianchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.0	20.0	0
46	Franco Colapinto	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	19.0	0
47	Liam Lawson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	17.0	0
48	Christian Klien	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	20.0	0
49	Max Chilton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	21.0	0
50	Roberto Merhi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	19.0	0
51	Narain Karthikeyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23.0	22.0	0
52	Kazuki Nakajima	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	13.0	0
53	Jolyon Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	17.0	0
54	Lucas di Grassi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	18.0	0
55	Giedo van der Garde	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	18.0	0
56	Giancarlo Fisichella	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	16.0	0
57	Jack Doohan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	15.0	0
58	Mick Schumacher	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	15.0	0
59	Stoffel Vandoorne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	13.0	0
60	Brendon Hartley	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.5	0
61	Charles Pic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	18.5	0
62	Pascal Wehrlein	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	14.0	0
63	Will Stevens	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	17.5	0
64	Felipe Nasr	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.5	15.5	0
65	Timo Glock	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.3	18.3	0
66	Antonio Giovinazzi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.7	16.3	0
67	Esteban Gutierrez	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.3	0
68	Zhou Guanyu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.3	14.0	0
69	Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	19.7	0
70	Jean-Eric Vergne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	13.7	0
71	Nicholas Latifi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	17.3	0
72	Heikki Kovalainen	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	14.5	0
73	Marcus Ericsson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.8	16.0	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Yas Marina Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Red Bull	16	7	3	3	13	7	6	5.4	6.2	392
2	Mercedes	15	6	5	3	14	6	3	5.2	5.9	407
3	McLaren	16	2	1	2	5	3	2	7.7	9.1	194
4	Lotus F1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	12.8	13.4	39
5	Ferrari	16	0	6	6	12	0	3	7.3	6.8	296
6	Williams	16	0	1	1	2	0	0	14.3	13.2	87
7	Brawn	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.5	3.5	11
8	Force India	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.9	10.6	81
9	Renault	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	11.9	12.6	43
10	AlphaTauri	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.6	9.0	30
11	Alpine	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	11.4	18
12	Sauber	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	13.7	15
13	Aston Martin	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	10.3	14
14	Racing Point	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	13.7	11
15	Haas	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	13.9	14.0	7
16	Toro Rosso	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.1	14.8	6
17	Toyota	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	6.5	5
18	BMW Sauber	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	10.0	4
19	Racing Bulls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.5	14.5	0
20	Virgin Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.8	20.5	0
21	HRT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.3	19.8	0
22	Manor	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	17.1	0
23	Caterham	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.2	17.4	0
24	Alfa Romeo	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.4	15.6	0