16 down, 1 to go. Only the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix stands between the teams and a winter of working out what went wrong in 2009.
The Yas Marina circuit is a design by Hermann Tilke, Formula One’s track designer of choice. From on-board a speeding car, it looks as though there might be the occasional chance to overtake during the race itself – let Bruno Senna take you through the novel pit exit tunnel, under an on-site hotel and around a couple of steady laps:
Parts of it almost feel like a street circuit, with a new energy absorbing barrier allowing for shorter run-off areas, a greater sense of speed for the drivers and a much closer view for the paying public at F1’s first ever day-night event. Pretty much all of it looks a bit stop-start, which should suit the McLarens, especially the one driven by Lewis Hamilton.
The man at the controls in the above video, by the way, announced via Twitter today that he’s got a deal in place to race next year. No official word on who with just yet, though the word for a while now has been that the new Campos team will be his destination.
