• Yas Marina Circuit hosted the inaugural 2009 Formula 1™ Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from 30 October - 1 November 2009
• The 5.55 km circuit has been designed by the world-renowned circuit designer Hermann Tilke
• The track can be viewed from one of the 45,000 grandstand seats or from many of the boats moored in the Yas Marina
• Yas Marina Circuit is packed with unique and innovative features:

• Every Grandstand seat is covered – a first for any Formula 1 circuit
• The Yas Hotel straddles the track allowing guests to experience the sensation of race cars passing underneath a bridge and between two sections of the hotel
• Yas Marina Circuit can be used as two separate tracks
• Cars in the pit lane re-enter the circuit via an underground tunnel
• Drivers who miss their breaking point at the end of the longest straight in Formula 1™ will traverse a run-off area beneath the West Grandstand

• The ancillary facilities include YMC Raceway, a drag racing strip along the eastern waterfront, as well as technologically advanced go-kart facilities
• This is the only facility on the Formula 1™ circuit to feature permanent lighting
• The circuit will also feature driving schools, including the first open Ferrari Driving School in the world (open to non-owners of Ferrari cars)