Yas Marina Circuit

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What is a lap of Yas Marina Circuit like?

The 2021 reconfiguration cut the lap from 21 to 16 corners and by 273 m to 5.281 km: the Turn 5-6 chicane was removed and the Turn 7 hairpin (now Turn 5) widened, the four 90-degree bends at Turns 11-14 were replaced by the single long banked Marsa Corner (now Turn 9), and the hotel-section corners (now Turns 12-15) were opened up. The lap is built around two long straights, each with a DRS zone: the first, about 1.2 km, runs from the Turn 5 hairpin to the Turn 6-7 chicane; the second ends at the banked left-hander of Marsa Corner (Turn 9), taken at around 240 km/h. The final sector twists around the marina and passes under the W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island hotel, with the track dropping downhill through the final right-hander; the pit lane exits through a tunnel under the track. The circuit is largely flat, with 10.7 m between its highest and lowest points (a crest at Turn 3), and the Grand Prix is a day-night race that starts in daylight and finishes under floodlights; it was the 2025 season finale.

Lap length

5.281 km

Turns

16

Direction

anticlockwise

Downforce

Medium

Longest straight

1,200 m

Elevation change

10.7 m

DRS zones (to 2025)

2

Character

Balanced (about 34% of the lap is cornering)

Layout described

Reconfigured Grand Prix layout introduced for the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (5.281 km / 16 turns), used 2021-2025 including the most recent race (2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)

Sources for the checked facts (12)

• formula1.com/en/racing/2025/united-arab-emirates/circuit
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yas_Marina_Circuit
• formula1.com/en/latest/article/drivers-including-alonso-hamilton-and-verstappen-give-their
• racefans.net/2025/12/06/2025-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-strategy-briefing-all-the-data-to-follow
• the-race.com/formula-1/inside-abu-dhabis-tougher-track-with-new-signature-corner/
• racefans.net/2021/06/21/yas-marina-changing-track-layout-to-aid-overtaking-f1-2021-season-
• yasmarinacircuit.com/en/w/track-reveal-1
• si.com/onsi/f1/guides/f1-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-yas-marina-circuit-track-guide
• ferrari.com/en-EN/formula1/articles/abu-dhabi-grand-prix-2025-preview
• sites.google.com/view/f1technology-bible/tracks/abu-dhabi
• formula1.com/en/latest/article/highs-and-lows-which-f1-track-has-the-most-elevation-change
• thenationalnews.com/sport/other-sport/day-night-gp-for-abu-dhabi-1.512155

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Does pole position win at Yas Marina Circuit?

The pole sitter has won 12 of 17 races here (71%). Across all circuits since 1950 the pole sitter wins 44% of races. The winner started from the front row (P1 or P2) in 16 of 17 races (94%) and from the top three in 16 (94%). Lowest grid position to win: 4th, Kimi Räikkönen in 2012.

Where the winner started, every race at this circuit. Pole sitter means the driver who set the fastest qualifying time (first on the grid where no qualifying data exists); a grid penalty can move the pole sitter back, and that race still counts for them. Compare every circuit.

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How are races at Yas Marina Circuit won?

Since 2010

16 races; winners made 1 stop in 9, 2 stops in 6, 3 or more in 1; first stop at a median lap 16 (29% of the race)

1994 to 2009 (refuelling)

1 race; winners made 2 stops in 1; first stop at a median lap 19 (35% of the race)

Lap times over the years

All races at Yas Marina Circuit