ROUND 24: 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2024
Circuit stats
- Circuit name: Yas Marina Circuit
- First Grand Prix: 2009
- Number of laps: 58
- Circuit Length: 5.281 km
- Race Distance: 306.183 km
- Lap record: 1:26.103 Max Verstappen (2021)
- 2023 winner: Max Verstappen
Personally found this weird considering Bottas, Zhou, Magnusson, Colapinto, Peréz are not coming back for the start of next season.
Surely the donuts should have been theirs, but I remember Schumacher Jr wasn’t allowed :(
I looked at the post-race procedure notes. According to it: “After taking the chequered flag the top three (3) drivers and driver of car 44 (if outside of top tree (3)) should stay on track, drop to the back of the field and then proceed directly to the Grid where there will be the opportunity for post-championship celebrations should they wish to do so.”
Departing drivers weren’t allowed, but the top 3 were allowed to do donuts. They just … didn’t?
Do you know why only them are allowed to do the donuts?
Not sure. But apparently Zhou did donuts?
https://youtu.be/U0Dx7zmkiV4
Ah yeah, that makes sense, good spot!