Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Key Figures
F1. The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final stage of the 2024 Formula 1 championship, has become a key event on the calendar. For its sixteenth edition, here are 16 key figures to better understand this unique race, held at the Yas Marina circuit.
The key figures of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
1 - Only one victory for McLaren (2011) and Lotus (2012), the other victories are shared between Red Bull and Mercedes.
2 - X2: This is the only race that awarded double points at the end of the final race of the championship in 2014. This test was not renewed.
3 - Among the six winners, three of them have only achieved one victory on this track: the Finns Kimi Räikkönen and Valtteri Bottas in 2012 and 2018 and the German Nico Rosberg in 2015.
3 (bis) - Max Verstappen won in 2021, 2022 and 2023, three times in a row, a record. Will the series gain another unit this weekend?
4 - The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has determined the final order of the world championship for drivers on four occasions, in 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2021.
5 - Lewis Hamilton has won this Grand Prix five times. A record that could be equaled by Max Verstappen this year?
6 - In fifteen editions, this race has seen six different winners: Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Räikkönen, Nico Rosberg, Valtteri Bottas, and Max Verstappen.
7 - Seven wins for the Mercedes engine since the first edition in 2009, making it the most successful engine at Yas Marina. On the team side, Red Bull holds the record with seven wins as well.
13 - Since this race has been integrated into the World Championship, it has closed it 13 times.
15 - Fifteen editions of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix until 2023, the circuit having joined the F1 calendar in 2009.
16 - This route has 16 turns.
58 - 58 laps are to be completed during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, for a total distance of 306.298 km.
227 - Exactly 227.834 km/h: this is the average speed on the qualifying lap of Max Verstappen that allowed him to clinch pole position in 2023.
About 2,000 projectors are used to light up the track, providing perfect visibility at night.
2009 - The year of the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, won by Sebastian Vettel at the wheel of a Red Bull - Renault.
2022 - This year, the podium of the race is the same as the drivers' championship, namely Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez.
