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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
The UAE capital on the Gulf, spread across the mainland and the islands of Yas and Saadiyat. Home to Formula 1 at Yas Marina Circuit, the Louvre and Zayed National Museum on Saadiyat, and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
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Why here
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is the closer of the Formula 1 calendar, the last race of the season run under lights at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island. It has become the sport's grand finale, the place where championships are settled and the paddock says goodbye to the year, and the twilight start means the race slides from daylight into a floodlit night as it runs. Beyond the track, the weekend is built around it: concerts by headline acts after each session, a marina full of yachts, and the whole of Yas Island turned over to the event. Tickets and grandstands are sold through the circuit. For a first Formula 1 weekend, the combination of a dramatic season-ending race and an easy, compact host city is hard to beat.
Best months
The race is the Formula 1 season finale, run over four days in late November or early December, with the 2026 edition confirmed for December 3 to 6. Weather is at its most pleasant then, warm days and mild evenings. Grandstand and paddock tickets, and the post-race concerts, sell out well ahead. The twilight race starts in late afternoon and finishes after dark.
Getting there & around
Yas Marina Circuit is on Yas Island, about 30 minutes from downtown Abu Dhabi and around 60 to 90 minutes from Dubai. Yas Island hotels sell out and price up for the race weekend, so book far ahead. Shuttles and organised parking serve the circuit; the island also holds the theme parks if you are making a trip of it.
Skill levels: beginner
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Yas Marina Circuit
OrganizerThe Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island hosts the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix each December and opens its track the rest of the year for public driving experiences, from laps in your own car to passenger hot laps, drag racing, drift sessions and karting. The floodlit 5.28-kilometre circuit is one of the most recognisable venues in motorsport.