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| Name = [[Abu Dhabi (emirate)|Abu Dhabi]] Grand Prix |
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| Circuit = [[Yas Island Circuit|Yas Island]] |
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Revision as of 06:58, 25 September 2009
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| Circuit length | 5.52 (estimated) km (3.43 miles) |
| Race length | 305.47 (estimated) km (189.81 miles) |
| Laps | 55 |
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was announced in early 2007 at the Abu Dhabi F1 Festival in the United Arab Emirates. The first race will take place November 1 2009, to be held at the Hermann Tilke designed Yas Marina Circuit.[1]
On June 25, 2008 the FIA announced the provisional 2009 Formula One calendar including the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the 17th and final race of the season on November 15. On November 5, 2008, however, it was announced that the race will be held as the season finale on November 1, two weeks before the initially planned date, as the 17th and final race.[2]
The race will be Formula One's first ever day-night race, starting at 17:00 local time. Floodlights used to illuminate the circuit will be switched on from the start of the event to ensure there is a seamless transition from daylight to darkness.[3]
History
Origin
Formula 1 first came to Abu Dhabi in 2007 in the guise of the first ever Formula One Festival.[4] Announced in January 2007,[5] the event which took place on 3 February 2007 was free, and the largest gathering of current Formula One cars and drivers outside of a Grand Prix.[6] At the festival it was announced that Abu Dhabi had won the rights to host a Grand Prix from 2009 until 2016.[7][8] Later that year, Etihad Airways negotiated a three-year deal for them to become sponsors of the Grand Prix.[9]
Inagural Grand Prix
For the 2009 Formula One season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was added to the schedule. It was provisionally announced as being held on 15 November 2009, as the 19th and final Grand Prix of the season.[10] Both the Canadian Grand Prix and French Grand Prix were later removed from the provisional schedule,[11][12] and as a result the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was moved to 1 November 2009 where it would become the last of 17 meetings.[13] In August 2009, it was announced that the start time would be 1700 local time (1300 UTC), and that the race would be floodlit.[14]
Circuit
The Yas Marina Circuit is located on Yas Island—a 2,550 hectares (25.5 km2) artificial island on the East coast of Abu Dhabi—and the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is planned as being the first event to take place on the circuit.[15]
Sponsors
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009
Notes
- ^ http://www.gulfnews.com/Sport/Motor_Racing/10244440.html
- ^ World Motor Sport Council - Decisions, 05/11/2008
{{citation}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Abu Dhabi confirms 5pm race start, 2009-08-28
- ^ "Countdown underway in Abu Dhabi". Formula One. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "F1 Festival coming to Abu Dhabi". Formula One. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi line-up taking shape". Formula One. 30 January 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi gets Grand Prix for 2009". Formula One. 3 February 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi 'on track' with Grand Prix Circuit construction". AME Info. 16 July 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Etihad Airways to sponsor Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". Formula One. 18 December 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi to stage 2009 F1 finale". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "FIA wants French GP clarification". BBC Sport. BBC. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Canada dropped from F1 calendar". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "China moves to April as FIA issues revised 2009 calendar". Formula One. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ Holt, Sarah (28 August 2009). "F1 fight to have day-night climax". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
- ^ "Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". Yas Marina Circuit. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
References
- http://www.ameinfo.com/109577.html
- http://www.huliq.com/9352/abu-dhabi-to-host-formula-1-grand-prix-in-2009
- http://www.formula1.com/news/5604.html
- http://www.abudhabigp.com/english/
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7473748.stm
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