The Abu Dhabi occasion concludes the longest season in Method 1 historical past, finishing a 24-round world tour. The Yas Marina Circuit has hosted the premier motorsport competitors 15 instances, and on 12 events, it has been the season’s last Grand Prix. 4 weekends have been decisive in awarding a number of world titles: in 2021 for each titles, and in 2010, 2014, and 2016 for the Drivers’ Championship alone. Subsequent Sunday, the race will as soon as once more resolve who between McLaren and Ferrari shall be topped the 2024 world champion.
As per custom, Pirelli has chosen the softest trio of compounds for this occasion: the C3 as Onerous, C4 as Medium, and C5 as Smooth. The compound marked with pink brackets will doubtless dominate the qualifying classes, whereas Medium and Onerous will take middle stage – in each sense, as this would be the third consecutive night time race – on Sunday night.
Following vital adjustments launched in 2021, which made the monitor a lot quicker and smoother, the circuit is 5.281 kilometers lengthy and presents a number of overtaking alternatives. Tire forces are usually medium-low as a result of shortage of high-speed corners. The asphalt presents restricted grip and has a mean roughness for the season. Temperatures will play a key position: two of the three follow classes happen in pure gentle, FP2 and the race span sundown, and qualifying is totally within the night. Consequently, asphalt circumstances can change quickly as temperatures drop, and monitor evolution as a consequence of rubbering in shall be swift, particularly within the early days, additionally aided by the three assist collection – F4 UAE, F1 Academy, and F2 – scheduled for the weekend.
On a monitor the place graining can have a major affect and, as beforehand talked about, presents overtaking alternatives due to the modifications made three years in the past, a two-stop technique is undoubtedly preferable, as seen final 12 months. Moreover, the undercut may be very efficient, whereas a single cease requires very excessive ranges of tire administration to restrict efficiency degradation.
The motive force with essentially the most wins in Abu Dhabi is Lewis Hamilton, victorious 5 instances. Max Verstappen, who will obtain the Pirelli Pole Place Award of the Yr on Sunday for securing essentially the most poles this season, can match him, having already gained 4 instances consecutively from 2020 to 2023. Amongst groups, Purple Bull leads Mercedes (7 to six). Solely two different groups have gained in Abu Dhabi: Lotus with Kimi Raikkonen in 2013 and McLaren with Hamilton within the inaugural 2009 version.
Nonetheless, the 2024 season won’t finish on Sunday night. On Tuesday, December 10, a extremely intensive collective take a look at day is scheduled at Yas Marina. All ten groups will area two vehicles every: one for rookies – outlined by FIA sporting rules as drivers who haven’t competed in additional than two Grands Prix – and one for different drivers. The tire units will differ: rookies will use the 2024 compounds chosen for this Grand Prix, whereas common or official drivers will take a look at the homologated model of all of the tires, besides the C1, unsuitable for the monitor’s traits, that Pirelli will provide in 2025, developed in collaboration with the groups all year long.
Younger drivers may have eight tire units in whole: two C3, 4 C4, and two C5. Different drivers may have ten units accessible: one C2, three every of C3 and C4, two C5, and one C6, the brand new ultra-soft compound increasing the 2025 vary, presumably to be used on sure avenue circuits subsequent 12 months. In contrast to the so-called “in-competition take a look at” in Mexico Metropolis, Pirelli won’t outline a standardized program for the usage of the 2025 tires: every crew can work as they like to gather essential information for creating subsequent 12 months’s vehicles. Through the take a look at, C2 and C6 shall be marked solely with the Pirelli emblem in white and pink, respectively, whereas C3, C4, and C5 will retain the standard coloring for Onerous, Medium, and Smooth (along with the brand, the brackets shall be white, yellow, and pink, respectively).
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