2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina, Dec 05 - 07

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Tyre selection
C3 - C4 - C5

2024 Results
Qualifying


Race




2024 Pole Lap
2024 Race Highlights
Schedule and more information

[Farnborough]

Tyres pressures significantly reduced for this one

https://press.pirelli.com/in-abu-dhabi- ... he-future/

Plus increase in camber allowance to let them "work" the tyre through distortion more. A different balance of front runners a possibility as result.

[Wouter]

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A couple of young drivers are coming in for FP1 again:

PIA -> O'Ward
HAM -> tba
TSU -> Lindblad
ALB -> Browning
LAW -> Iwasa
STR -> Crawford
OCO -> Hirakawa
COL -> Aron (tbc)

edit: +ALO -> Shields, for whatever reason.

[venkyhere]

Tyres pressures significantly reduced for this one

https://press.pirelli.com/in-abu-dhabi- ... he-future/

Plus increase in camber allowance to let them "work" the tyre through distortion more. A different balance of front runners a possibility as result.

That's more like it.. conventional pressures, conventional compound choice (at the softer end), conventional track (dare I say it) with a good mix of slow/medium turns and two straights, many 'traction zones' at the exit of corners. It's a very representative track (though not very popular in terms of racing) in terms of engineering requirements. I reckon the 'conflict' will be b/w the downforce demanding S3 v/s low-drag demanding S2. And the overtaking opportunities come from S2 optimization, while tyre life comes from S3 optimization.

T9 and double-apex T13-T14 will be particularly advantageous to the McLaren. It remains to be seen whether Redbull/Merc/Ferrari will 'turn up' with their own advantage elsewhere on the ckt.

On top of all this, the pressure of a title decider. I can't wait for Sunday.

[SB15]

Tyres pressures significantly reduced for this one

https://press.pirelli.com/in-abu-dhabi- ... he-future/

Plus increase in camber allowance to let them "work" the tyre through distortion more. A different balance of front runners a possibility as result.

That's more like it.. conventional pressures, conventional compound choice (at the softer end), conventional track (dare I say it) with a good mix of slow/medium turns and two straights, many 'traction zones' at the exit of corners. It's a very representative track (though not very popular in terms of racing) in terms of engineering requirements. I reckon the 'conflict' will be b/w the downforce demanding S3 v/s low-drag demanding S2. And the overtaking opportunities come from S2 optimization, while tyre life comes from S3 optimization.

T9 and double-apex T13-T14 will be particularly advantageous to the McLaren. It remains to be seen whether Redbull/Merc/Ferrari will 'turn up' with their own advantage elsewhere on the ckt.

On top of all this, the pressure of a title decider. I can't wait for Sunday.

Mclaren will be faster than anybody on Turn 9.

[AR3-GP]