It is the latest in a series of circuits to undergo revisions this year. Lewis Hamilton established the course record during qualifying for the 2019 race with a best lap of 1’34.779. The first changes to the track, which F1 has raced at since it opened in 2009, are likely to significantly reduce lap times. However drivers have regularly described it as one of the most difficult circuits to overtake on. The circuit, situated on the purpose-built island of Yas, has been the venue of the final race of the season every year since 2014. Later in the lap the current turns 11, 12, 13 and 14 will be replaced with a single, sweeping left-hand curve. Turns four, five and six will be replaced with a single left-handed hairpin, leading drivers onto the first back straight. The image above, produced by RaceFans, reflects the changes which are being made to the track. The circuit owners are understood to have approved plans to aid overtaking at the track by removing two series of slow corners.
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