Abu Dhabi Yas Marina circuit changes complete

[Metzo]

Bottom post of the previous page:

A1 Ring - Went defunct and was only resurrected because Red Bull bought it

to be fair, the original circuit would definitely be defunct by now without the redesign by tilke.

about Fuji, were the changes really only done to get F1 back? i doubt the previous layout would still be in use today due safety reasons.

[Michkov]

Toyota enters F1 > track owned by Toyota rebuild > said track gets Japanese GP slot

So you can make both cases, the changes where made to get F1 back or Toyota lobbied F1 to go to their track and had to upgrade it to current specs. Which apart from the last sector isn't all that bad if you dont look at the carpark that is the runoff.

[PTRACER]

A1 Ring - Went defunct and was only resurrected because Red Bull bought it

to be fair, the original circuit would definitely be defunct by now without the redesign by tilke.

about Fuji, were the changes really only done to get F1 back? i doubt the previous layout would still be in use today due safety reasons.

There was talk about reviving the old layout a few years ago, I guess it won't happen.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Yas Marina changes will slash F1 lap times by “10 to 15 seconds”

(GTP entrants take note!)

Revisions to the Yas Marina circuit could cut Formula 1 lap times by as much as 15 seconds, according to the team behind the changes.

Redevelopment work is largely complete at the venue which will hold F1’s season finale in December. FIA F1 race director Michael Masi is due to inspect the track tomorrow.

Three areas of the circuit, involving more than half of its turns, have received attention. In each case corners have been eased or slow sequences replaced with individual, quicker bends.

It is the first time the Yas Marina circuit configuration has been changed since it opened in 2009. The new layout features 16 corners instead of 21 and its length has been reduced by 273 metres.

The race distance has therefore been increased from 55 laps to 58.

The alterations were designed by Driven International and implemented in conjunction with MRK 1 Consulting. Driven’s managing director Ben Willshire said the new layout will be “around 10 to 15 seconds – depending what set-up and DRS – quicker.”

Max Verstappen’s pole position time for last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was 1’35.246. That was almost half a second off the track record set by Lewis Hamilton the year before, at 1’34.779.

The changes include replacing turns four, five and six – a chicane and hairpin – with a single, quicker corner; removing a sequence of slow bends from turns 11 to 14 with another fast left-hander; and easing turns 17 to 20, where the cars pass underneath the Yas Viceroy hotel.
A range of possible alterations were tested before the final design was settled on. “We had a lot of driver-in-the-loop simulation testing,” Willshire explained.

“We have tested it in the sim and correlated our data against what Formula 1 are looking and worked with them quite closely to evaluate the lap. So that’s been a big part of the design process using the simulator.”

Formula 1’s analysis of the track also indicated lap times will decrease significantly, said MRK 1 managing director Mark Hughes.

“We did our own in-house simulations which were then also replicated by Formula 1 using their sim technology and it was reassuring to see that they were incredibly similar,” he said. “It validated the quality of our own in-house simulations.”

“We’ve got less slow corners as well as the shorter lap distance,” Hughes added. “But it also means it adds three laps to the race distance, so it’s better for the spectators as well.”

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Photos of the completed track here:
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/abu- ... s/6758951/

Looks impressive

[Michkov]

I was expecting more banking.

[Circuitmaster]

I was expecting more banking.

Nah, if they were going to do it seriously, they'd have given us a figure for how many degrees it would be. Still sounds like they'll be taking it pretty quick though..

[PTRACER]

I was expecting more banking.

Same.

[MonteCristo]

I was expecting more banking.

Let the disappointment commence!

[Michkov]

Its Yas Marina there was never much hope to begin with

[XcraigX]

I was expecting more banking.

There will be! They are renewing the Banking contract for the race circuit! It has an amazing vault for all the VIPs to store their riches right near the race track! $$$$$$$


(Click the picture for the article)

[Everso Biggyballies]

Karun Chandok in the simulator on the now finished updated circuit




Some pics of the new bits now they re finished.

North Hairpin






Marsa Corner






The Hotel section.