Look, there’s race tracks, and then there’s Yas Marina Circuit. This thing cost over a billion dollars. A BILLION. That’s not a typo. When Abu Dhabi decided they wanted an F1 track back in the mid-2000s, they didn’t just want any old circuit—they wanted the most advanced, most expensive, most jaw-dropping venue the sport had ever seen. Hermann Tilke got the job, construction wrapped in 2009, and we’ve had the season finale there ever since. Some of the sport’s most intense championship moments? Yeah, they’ve happened right here.
Look, there’s race tracks, and then there’s Yas Marina Circuit. This thing cost over a billion dollars. A BILLION. That’s not a typo. When Abu Dhabi decided they wanted an F1 track back in the mid-2000s, they didn’t just want any old circuit—they wanted the most advanced, most expensive, most jaw-dropping venue the sport had ever seen. Hermann Tilke got the job, construction wrapped in 2009, and we’ve had the season finale there ever since. Some of the sport’s most intense championship moments? Yeah, they’ve happened right here.
Look, there’s race tracks, and then there’s Yas Marina Circuit. This thing cost over a billion dollars. A BILLION. That’s not a typo. When Abu Dhabi decided they wanted an F1 track back in the mid-2000s, they didn’t just want any old circuit—they wanted the most advanced, most expensive, most jaw-dropping venue the sport had ever seen. Hermann Tilke got the job, construction wrapped in 2009, and we’ve had the season finale there ever since. Some of the sport’s most intense championship moments? Yeah, they’ve happened right here.