Have you always dreamed about driving around the Yas Marina Circuit like the F1 professionals? Now is your chance to do it an entire month before the racing pros will be zooming around it at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 thanks to a free arrive and drive experience.
The public has the chance to experience the twists and hairpin turns on the newly reconfigured track at Yas Marina Circuit with the unique arrive and drive opportunity via DriveYAS. There’s no need to pre-register. Simply turn up in your car, sign the waiver, follow the rules (leave the racing to the professionals!) and take a spin around Yas Marina Circuit – for free.
Participants will even get a photo of their car on the track. YMC will handle all of the snaps so attendees can focus on their driving. The event is happening on November 10 from 1.30-3.30pm, a month before Formula One drivers will be competing on the very same asphalt.
The new track for the 2021 F1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been updated to enhance the experience for drivers and spectators, including more overtaking potential and a shorter, faster lap on the 5.28km track. Vroom, vroom. One major change is on the North Hairpin section, where the previous Turn 7 hairpin has been widened to a 20-metre-wide corner and “slow corners” have been removed. This gives professional drivers (we repeat: professional drivers) the chance to approach it at 300km per hour. Zoooooom.
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Want even more 2021 F1 activities? Stormzy was recently announced as the third headliner for the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix post-race concerts.
The British rapper is joining Lewis Capaldi and Khalid as the headlining acts at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix Yasalam post-race concerts, with Khalid kicking things off on Thursday December 9, Stormzy hitting the stage on Friday December 10 and Lewis Capaldi crooning on December 11.
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The fourth and final headliner for the post-race concerts will be announced shortly.
Etihad Park will return to full capacity for the Yasalam After-Race concerts, and all ticketholders will have access to the Thursday concert, headlined by Khalid.
Single-day ticketholders will have access to the concert on the day they have their Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ticket for. And those with two-day tickets will be able to sing along at the Thursday, Saturday and Sunday gigs. Three-day ticketholders will have access to all post-race entertainment.
Yas Marina Circuit has released new tickets available now across different categories, including one-day tickets and hospitality packages, from December 9 to 12.
Free. Nov 10, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Yas Marina, Yas Island, yasmarinacircuit.com.
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