Yas V8 400

Race results

Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi

10-12 February 2011

  • Qual 4th
  • Race 1 3rd
  • Qual 2 3rd
  • Race 2 14th
Championship 4th

Yas Marina Circuit is a brand new racing venue in Abu Dhabi and will host the opener for the 2010 V8 Supercar Series. More information soon.

Pre-race report

1 February 2011

This was the shortest off season we have ever had and i am extremely excited to be heading to Abu Dhabi for Round 1 of the 2011 Championship. This year we are using soft tyres in qualifying and both races, we get three sets of tyres per race so it is completely different to last year and will be a challenge to set up the car on two sets of tyres as they only give you a good read for 3 laps in the hot conditions. Racing under lights again will be fun and i hope you all enjoy the channel 7 telecast.

Post-race report

13 February 2011

Up and down round 1, could have been better. Coming in to this round i knew the soft tyres would be challenging, we struggled with the car in practice and qualifying for race 1, kerb riding was poor along with understeer and rear locking. I managed to drive around the problems and qualify 4th, finishing the race in 3rd. I knew what we needed to fix the car so my engineers put their heads down and came up with a good package for race 2, we qualified 3rd and i was happy with the car in the race. I received a late call to pit for our second stop and unfortunately got a drive through penalty for crossing the pit entry line taking me from challenging the lead to 17th. I made a couple of spots, salvaged some points to finish 14th. We will carry our knowledge gains from this round and fight hard at Clipsal.

Track summary

Race map of Yas Marina Circuit
  • Track Length 5.555km
  • Best Position 2nd (2010)