Red Bull have never failed to get both of their cars through to the final part of qualifying on all of their appearances at the Yas Marina Circuit. In three of the first four Abu Dhabi Grands Prix, the polesitter failed to finish the race. In the last six years, the polesitter has never failed to win. Leave a comment!
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Practice 2 Highlights and analysis. Practice 1 Highlights and analysis. This new corner layout reminds of an 80s tracks corner where there was never any overtaking.
I do want to be proven wrong though! I think the first new corner will greatly improve close racing and also will improve overtaking on the following straight. The lower lap time seems to me a relatively unimportant byproduct of the changes? I mean, I feel it is a reasonably irrelevant number to me. Okay, so the lap time is lower and it is safe to assume average speeds will be higher.
Seeing the removal of 90 degree bends make it plausible that also the speed difference, the spread of speeds will be narrower. But the actual reason for the changes had nothing to do with lap times, it has to do with following and overtaking opportunities. Did the sim work teach us anything about this? I mean, that is what we want to know right? I am really looking forward to this. For me personally they changed the worst 2 parts of the track and replaced them with 2 great corners.
This will change the nature of the track and the setup of the cars drastically and could make this track a modern classic. Skip to content. Having previously worked as a motoring Read more about Keith Collantine, find all their articles and get in touch with them.
Completely agree. Tracks and rules should not change during a season. You do know that teams build car with a specific philosophy in mind? What about the changes to Spain and Spa in ?
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