Yas Marina Circuit (Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)
Yas Marina on Yas Island is a 5.281 km circuit that hosts the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, traditionally the season finale, run into the evening from daylight to dark. A 2021 reprofile opened up several corners to improve racing, turning a once processional layout into a venue with genuine overtaking and a dusk-to-night track that cools as the race runs.
At a glance
- Location: Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Length: 5.281 km
- Corners: 16
- Layout: permanent circuit, run clockwise; starts in daylight and finishes under lights
The character
:::analysis Yas Marina was long criticised as a track where following was hard, so it was reprofiled in 2021, with banking added and tight corners replaced by faster, more open ones. The result is a smoother, quicker lap with better wheel-to-wheel racing. Its day-into-night running is a quiet performance variable: the track surface cools through the race, shifting grip and tyre behaviour from start to finish. :::
Strategy and overtaking
The long straights and DRS zones provide the main passing opportunities, and the post-reprofile corners let cars follow more closely into them[1]. As the traditional finale, strategy is sometimes shaped by championship mathematics as much as outright pace, with teams covering rivals rather than chasing the theoretical optimum. The cooling track favours teams that manage tyre temperature as conditions change.
Related
- [1]Yas Marina Circuit (Wikipedia) (wikipedia-en). Accessed 2026-06-18.