The final race of the 2010 Formula One World Championship takes place at theYas Marina Circuit on Sunday 14 November. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the homerace of Aabar, shareholders in the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team, is FormulaOne's only twilight race with the floodlights at the spectacular 5.5km YasMarina Circuit allowing the race to start at 17:00hrs.
Yas Marina Circuit Stats
Circuit Length: 5.554 km Race Distance: 305.355 km Number of Laps: 55
Full Throttle: 60% Brake Wear: High Tyre Compounds: Super Soft/Medium Downforce Level: High 8/10 Tyre Usage: Medium Average Speed: 188kph (117mph)
NICO ROSBERG"I really enjoyed our first visit to the Yas Marina Circuit at the end oflast season. The track is interesting to drive with a unique layout with theunusual pit lane exit and the day/night programme makes a change from theusual format of a race weekend. It was good to be back in the points inBrazil last Sunday and we hope to finish the season with another good resulthere before looking ahead to next season which will definitely be strongerfor us."
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER"We had quite an encouraging weekend in Sao Paulo, even if it did not showtoo much to the outside, as our pace in qualifying and the race wassatisfying. The final race weekend in Abu Dhabi will be exciting for me as Iwill be driving this impressive circuit for the first time.Obviously the main focus of the fans and the media will be on thechampionship fight so we will be able to work calmly and concentrate on ourown weekend. I'm sure that everyone in the team is motivated to deliver agood last performance of the season."
ROSS BRAWN"The final race of the 2010 season takes us to the home Grand Prix for ourAbu Dhabi based shareholders and partner Aabar. We were extremely impressedwith the Yas Marina Circuit on our first visit and look forward to anexciting weekend which will see the battle for the Drivers' Championshipconcluded. For the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team, on the back of ourdouble-points finish in Brazil, we would like to finish this challengingseason on an equally strong note before turning our attentions fully to nextyear."
NORBERT HAUG"We are all looking forward to a thrilling final race of a great seasonwhich still sees four drivers with a chance of competing for thechampionship. Abu Dhabi is one of our team's home races as our shareholderand partner, Aabar, have their headquarters here. Our team will not betaking anything for granted and our target is to achieve the best possibleresult with our current technical package. As in recent races, we want to beright there if a driver in one of the currently faster cars should have aproblem. It would be a nice reward for the team to conclude this very longand tough season, which saw everyone give their all, with a reasonableresult."
