Yas Marina Circuit
Race circuit · Yas Marina
Ages 9+ · Families · Outdoor · 1 to 3 hours
Okay, this one is the best toy on the whole map! Press START over the grid and eight cars race a full lap with a TV helicopter on their tail. And in real life? You can drive it, ride with a pro, or cycle it on the free community nights. Do it at least once.
Facts
- Start the race
- Press the START board over the grid: five red lights, lights out, and eight cars race one lap. The cars wait on the grid until you press it. The camera rides along with the TV helicopter; Esc or a drag takes it back., (any time)
- Lap
- 5.28 km, the Grand Prix layout since 2021
- Turns
- 16, on the Grand Prix layout
- Opened
- 2009, with the first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Grandstand seats
- 60,000, for the Grand Prix
- Cars on our grid
- 8, a new race every time: each start deals new pace, so any of them can win
- Top speed
- 320 km/h, our cars on the straights; the real F1 cars do about 340
- Helicopter cam
- A TV helicopter lifts off from its pad behind the West Grandstand and follows the leaders; click it during a race to ride along again.
- At night
- The track is floodlit, the cars light the road with their headlights and the helicopter keeps a searchlight on the leader.
- The winner
- Gets a label in its colour and confetti at the line, then a cool-down lap back to the grid.
- Free to try (for real)
- Cycling and running nights on the track (TrainYAS); check the circuit's calendar
On the map at 24.47520, 54.60390, Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi.
Photos
- The circuit and the W hotel's gridshell · Rob Alter · CC BY 2.0
- The track at Yas Marina Circuit · Rob Alter · CC BY 2.0
- The North Grandstand · TravelPhotosNL · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sunset over the track · samuelnabi · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Yas Marina Circuit on the map by day · Yas Island map
- Yas Marina Circuit on the map by night · Yas Island map
