Sunday, January 4, 2015

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Day 1

I'm not really into the Formula 1, but when the opportunity to go to such a world class event, practically on our doorstep presented itself, it seemed wrong to pass it up. We'd briefly considered going to it last year, but with it being the biggest event in Abu Dhabi's calendar we found it very difficult to find a hotel room. This year, we were all organised and tickets and hotels were booked back in April.



We set off early on the Friday morning and after opting for the slightly longer route (to ease the immigration process), we arrived in Abu Dhabi a mere 5 hours later.

Included with our package were tickets to both the water park and theme park on Yas Island. On Saturday morning we went to Yas Waterworld. Given the amount of people that were in Abu Dhabi for the Grand Prix, we were surprised at how quiet the water park was. Not complaining though, this just meant that we didn't have to queue to go on the rides. 





After lunch we headed over to the circuit to watch the Qualifying racing. 









One of the unique features of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is the evening concerts. The outdoor 'Du Arena' is part of the Yas Marina Circuit complex and only a short walk from the race track. On the Friday night Pharrell Williams was playing.


We had to wait until the encore for him to sing the only song I knew, but here it is.



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