Abu Dhabi, 25th January 2012 - Dust from round two of the Maserati Trofeo JBF RAK series has only just settled, but already the one-make Gentlemen driver race initiative is gearing itself up for round three this weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Home to the the UAE capital’s Formula One Grand Prix [...]
Friday 20th 2012 – The inaugural Gulf 12 Hours laid claim to becoming an instant classic after less than10”separated the first three cars after half a day’s racing! Taking a dramatic final stint win after setting the pace for much of the race was the AF Corse Ferrari 458 piloted by Matt Griffin, Marco Cioci [...]
Abu Dhabi Dec 19/20th – The i1 Supercar Series held a successful pre-season shakedown at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi ahead of the inaugural championship of the city based motorsport racing league. Heinz-Harald Frentzen topped the times followed by Giancarlo Fisichella and India’s Karun Chandhok. Watched closely by the team owners, Darshan M, [...]
GNSS Racing Team report: No Quarter asked – No quarter given… This weekend the UAE Touring Car series relocated to the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi for rounds 7 & 8 of the championship. Racing at Yas Marina is special as the teams get to use the Formula 1 pits plus you get information on [...]
Yas Marina Circuit Abu Dhabi, Dec 16th 2011 – Joe Ghanem (Al Buhaira Insurance) stamped his authority on the Formula Gulf 1000 championship today when he won both races in convincing style at the UAE National Race Day. Held over two days on Yas Marina’s Grand Prix Circuit, the best young drivers in the region [...]
Abu Dhabi. Austrian Clemens Schmid won Round 6 of the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East at Yas Marina Circuit today after a great battle with Saudi Arabia’s Prince Abdulaziz Al Faisal who extended his lead in the championship for the second day running. Starting from pole position as he had done 24 hours earlier, [...]
UAE: Umm Al Qaiwain, Dec 15th 2011: Emirati racing driver Haytham Sultan Al Ali has partnered with NBQ (The National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain psc) in his debut season racing in the UAE Championship Formula Gulf 1000. NBQ (The National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain psc) is providing sponsorship funding to support Haytham in [...]
NGK UAE GT Championship: Who can stop the Ferrari? This weekend, on Friday, 16 December, rounds of the DAMC organized NGK UAE GT Championship and Total UAE Touring Cars Championship take place at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi with some fierce battles on the cards as national racing goes to the nation’s capital for [...]
Abu Dhabi November 30, 2011: The staff of Yas Marina Circuit congregated on-track this week, to celebrate the U.A.E.’s 40th Anniversary, a meaningful occasion for all. A commemorative photo was taken of the staff and a fleet of race cars in the formation of the number 40 – with Ahmed M. Hilal Al Kaabi, Head [...]
Abu Dhabi, 13 November 2011 – A new name went into the Yas Marina record books when Lewis Hamilton won the 2011 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren Mercedes. In a sensational start to the 55-lap race Sebastian Vettel, whose Red Bull Renault started from pole position, spun off on the [...]