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Location:
Aisa,
UAE, Abu Dhabi
Category:
lF1 view
Description:
View of the Asian Grand Prix
Formula 1 race track Yas Marina
Circuit
Location Information:
The
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was announced
in early 2007 at the Abu Dhabi F1
Festival in the United Arab
Emirates. The first race took place
on November 1 2009, held at the
Hermann Tilke designed Yas Marina
Circuit.
On June 25, 2008 the FIA announced
the provisional 2009 Formula One
calendar including the Abu Dhabi
Grand Prix as the 19th and final
race of the season on November 15.
On November 5, 2008, however, it was
announced that the race would be
held as the season finale on
November 1, two weeks before the
initially planned date, as the 17th
and final race.
The race was Formula One's first
ever day-night race, starting at
17:00 local time. Floodlights used
to illuminate the circuit were
switched on from the start of the
event to ensure there is a seamless
transition from daylight to
darkness. Formula 1 first came to
Abu Dhabi in 2007 in the guise of
the first ever Formula One Festival.
Announced in January 2007, 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. At
the festival it was announced that
Abu Dhabi had won the rights to host
a Grand Prix from 2009 until 2016.
Later that year, Etihad Airways
negotiated a three-year deal for
them to become sponsors of the Grand
Prix
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