Update On Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Progress

The location of Yas Marina Circuit for 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was just a dusty bare land a year ago, and now the Yas Island is buzzing with life and construction.

There’s a slight resemblance of a race circuit on the middle of the main area, still bumpy but encouraging signs work is on schedule.

Abu Dhabi Motorsport Management the organizer is using some 4,000 workers, working round the clock, to build the 21 turns anticlockwise 3.4 mile circuit with the largest 50,000 grandstands seats in the world, 500 room hotels accommodation, theme parks and a nearby marina.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is set to debut next year on November 1st 2009 as the final race of the season.

Sales for the ticket is set to go on sale in January 2009. Get your Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix tickets!

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Posted November 24th, 2008 in Abu Dhabi by unclesha.

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Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 1:13.811 [26 laps]
Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.825 [25 laps]
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:13.961 [20 laps]
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Paul di Resta (Force India-Mercedes) 1:15.241 [31 laps]
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Season 2011

Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 392 pts
Jenson Button (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 270 pts
Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 258 pts
Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Ferrari / 257 pts
Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 227 pts
Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 118 pts
Nico Rosberg (German) Mercedes GP / 89 pts
Michael Schumacher (German) Mercedes GP / 76 pts
Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 42 pts
Vitaly Petrov (Russian) Renault / 37 pts
Nick Heidfeld (German) Renault / 34 pts
Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese) Sauber-Ferrari / 30 pts
Paul di Resta (British) Force India-Mercedes / 27 pts
Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) STR-Ferrari / 26 pts
Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 15 pts
Sergio Perez (Mexican) Sauber-Ferrari / 14 pts
Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Williams-Cosworth / 4 pts
Bruno Senna (Brazilian) Renault / 2 pts
Pastor Maldonado (Venezuelan) Williams-Cosworth / 1 pts
Jarno Trulli (Italian) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts
Jerome d'Ambrosio (Belgian) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Timo Glock (German) Virgin-Cosworth / 0 pts
Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) Lotus-Renault / 0 pts

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