INDIAN

GRAND
PRIX Thesis
Report
By Divyesh Kumar

Buddh International Circuit,Greater Noida

 Introduction
ABOUT THE PROJECT

Jaypee race circuit – which will host India’s first ever F1 Grand Prix in 2011. Situated on the
outskirts of New Delhi, near Greater Noida, the Jaypee racetrack will be a part of Jaypee Sports City,
which is spread over 2,500 acres. This facility will include a Cricket stadium that will have a seating
capacity of 100,000 people. There will also be a hockey arena, a sports training academy and
infrastructure for other sports.
BIC has been designed as one of the fastest, most exciting motor racing circuits in the world, is
well suited to the requirements of powerful, high-spec racing cars and motorcycles and will
host some of the most challenging motorsports events on the planet. The track’s combination
of 16 corners, high-speed straights and dramatic changes in elevation has been designed to
provide ample opportunities for overtaking, which is what makes motor racing exciting. At the
same time, in terms of adherence to safety norms and regulations, run-off areas, medical
facilities, facilities for the media and overall infrastructure, BIC will be among the best in the
world.

BUDDH INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT: FACT SHEET

Length: 5.14km
Turns: 16
Highest point of elevation: 14m
Width of the track: Between 18m – 20m
Top speeds on the circuit: About 320km/h, for an F1 car
Total seating capacity: About 120,000
Approximate cost of building the track: US$400 million
Distance from New Delhi: 40km approx.

ABOUT JAYPEE SPORTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (JPSI)

Established in October 2007, Jaypee Sports International Ltd., a subsidiary of Jaiprakash
Associates Ltd. (JAL), is well on its way to completing the construction of India’s premier
motorsports destination – Buddh International Circuit (BIC) – which will host India’s first ever F1
Grand Prix in October 2011. In addition to F1, the track is also expected to host other top-level
international motorsports events from 2012 onwards.
BIC will be a part of Jaypee Sports City, which is spread over 2,500 acres. This facility will include
a Cricket stadium that is being developed in two phases and which will have a seating capacity
of 100,000 people. There will also be a hockey arena, a sports training academy and
infrastructure for other sports.
Jaypee Sports City, the country’s first fully integrated megacity built around a sporting lifestyle
and featuring premium residential and commercial spaces, has been designed by world-
renowned architects and planners, SOM. One of the world's leading design consultants for the
hospitality, leisure and entertainment industries, SOM has made a significant contribution to
making Jaypee Sports City the best of its kind anywhere in the world.

INTRODUCTION
ABOUT THE LOCATION:GREATER NOIDA

28 23’ 12’’ N
o
In the early 1980s the Government of India realized that the rapid rate at which
Delhi was expanding would result in chaos. So they planned to develop residential
and industrial areas around the capital to reduce the burden of rapid development
77 31’ 3’’ E
o

on the capital. The two areas which were developed were Gurgaon (across the
border with Haryana) and Noida (across the border with Uttar Pradesh). As a
planned expansion, Noida's infrastructure and utilities was carefully laid out. Noida
was developed to be able to accommodate population growth for 20–25 years. But,
with the massive influx to Delhi, it was overloaded in just 15 years.

The site for the project is

located in Greater Noida which falls Panipat
within the Delhi - National Capital Meerut
Region. The metropolitan region of Baghpat
Delhi - NCR was notified in 1962 to Sonpat
relieve Delhi of developmental Rohtak
pressures. Apart from Delhi, the NCR Ghaziabad
includes areas of participating states - Delhi
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and G.B. Nagar
Faridabad
Rajasthan. Covering an area of Gurgaon
33,578 square kilometres, this is the Jhajhar
ninth largest urban conglomeration in Rewari
the world. Alwar
Greater Noida is located in Gautam
Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh
and lies 40 kilometres south east of
Delhi. It is an extension to Noida.

NH 1 As a 40,000 hectare planned

to Chandigarh
Yamuna river township, Greater Noida is the
Hindon river
NH 10 largest industrial township in
to Rohtak NH 24
to Ghaziabad Asia. Current population is 0.22
million, which is set to grow to
Noida
0.7 million by 2016.
Airport Greater Noida i Greater Noida has the best
Greater Noida ii
planned infrastructure in NCR.
Delhi
This township is home to several
multinational firms and a large
number of educational
Airport institutions. The landuse profile is
NH 8
a mix of residential, commerce &
to Jaipur NH 2 services, educational institutes
to Agra
and industrial zones.

INTRODUCTION
 Introduction
TERMINOLOGIES RELATING F1
PITS
An area of track separated from the start/finish straight by a wall, where the
cars are brought for new tyres and fuel during the race, or for set-up
changes in practice, each stopping at their respective pit garages.

PIT STOP
Drivers get most of the attention, but Formula One racing remains a team
sport even during the race itself. The precisely timed, millimetre perfect
choreography of a modern pit stop is vital to help teams to turn their race
strategy into success - changing a car’s tyres, replacing damaged parts and
adjusting front wings in a matter of seconds.

PIT LANE
The pit-lane at every circuit is divided into two lanes. The lane closest to the
pit wall is known as the ‘fast lane’, whilst the lane closest to the garages is
the ‘inner lane’.
The FIA allocates garages and an area in the ‘inner lane’ where the teams
may work, and within each space is one position - or pit box - where pit
stops may be carried out during practice sessions, qualifying and the race

PIT WALL
RACING COUSRE PIT LANE PIT BLDG.

12-17mts. 6mts. 8mts. 2mts.

DRAIN
START GRID FAST LANE WORKING LANE WALKING LANE

Section showing Race course and Pit lane

PADDOCK
An enclosed area behind the pits in which the teams keep their transporters and motor homes.
There is no admission to the public. It also includes parking spaces for participants and FIA officials

Example showing Paddock Area.

SITE
STUDY
CONNECTIVITY
CLIMATOLOGY
& SURVEY
 SITE

TO NOIDA

Why Greater Noida?

There is great potential within this site,a chance to
redefine a neighborhood with no distinctiveness and
energize a seemingly underperforming area marked
by the surrounding venues. This proposal should
Proposed
understand and embrace the following site
Airport at Jewar
conditions and use them as design opportunities to
simultaneously enhance the project and its adjoining
community.

TAJ EXPRESSWAY TO AGRA

SITE STUDY
 SITE CONNECTIVITY
To
Noida City Center De
Upcoming Metro by 2014 Dankuar lh
i
Existing

Alpha and Beta Sector Kurja Junction

Sector 149 Pari chowk To

Ka
npu
r

METRO EXISTING RAILWAYS

• METRO rail’s proposed Line will • Nearest station is Dankaur Station which
add a stop at adjacent to the site along the lies on New-Delhi-Howarh Main line.
river Yamuna. • Khurja junction is upcoming station to
Existing metro is deal with the freight services of Greater
• Will make the area highly accessible to Noida,
all residents within the loop.

To Noida
Eastern Peripheral Road
IGI Airport
Ta
j
Ex
pr
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w
ay

To Agra Jewar Airport

To Ballabhgarh

AUTOMOBILE and BUS Route Airport

• The Taj expressway is under development
where it connects the Noida and Agra by
165 kms in length.
•This project claims to cover the new
International Airport at Jewar which will
take 100 min to Agra and is 12 kms away
from the site
• Existing airport that is Indra Gandhi
International Airport is 110 min apart from
the site.
•The proposed airport at Jewar District is
only 12 kms south towards Agra.

SITE STUDY
 SITE CLIMATOLOGY
SOLAR STUDY

SUN POSITION DURING JULY SUN POSITION DURING MARCH

SUN POSITION DURING SEPTEMBER SUN POSITION DURING DECEMBER

Following observations were made.

1.During July the incident solar angle
is overhead.
2. This fixes the design criteria for the
shadow for the spectators beneath the
roof structure of the Main Grand
Stand.
3.Hence the cantilever arms can be
fixed

SECTION SHOWING MINIMUM CANTILEVER CALCULATION

SITE CLIMATOLOGY
 OPTIMUM ORIENTATION 345°
N
15°
Location: GREATER NOIDA, IND kWh/m²
Orientation based on average daily incident Best
330° 30°
radiation on a vertical surface. 4.50
Worst
Underheated Stress: 0.0
4.00
Overheated Stress: 1398.8 315° 45°
Compromise: 190.0° 3.50

3.00

300° 60°
2.50

2.00

1.50
285° 75°
1.00

0.50

270° 90°

100.0°
255° 105°

240° 120°

225° 135°

Avg. Daily Radiation at -168.0° 210° 150° Annual Average

Entire Year: 1.93 kWh/m² Underheated Period
Compromise:
195° 190.0° 165°
Underheated: 3.47 kWh/m²
Overheated: 0.79 kWh/m²
180°
Overheated Period

MONTHLY DIURNAL AVERAGE

MONTHLY DIURNAL AVERAGES - GREATER NOIDA, IND
°C W/m²

40 1.0k

30 0.8k

20 0.6k

10 0.4k

0 0.2k

-10 0.0k
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

DAILY CONDITIONS - 1st January (1)

°C W/m²

40 1.0k

30 0.8k

20 0.6k

LEGEND 10 0.4k
Comfort: Thermal Neutrality
Temperature Direct Solar
0 0.2k
Rel.Humidity Diffuse Solar
Wind Speed Cloud Cover
-10 0.0k
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

SITE CLIMATOLOGY
 PREVAILING WINDS
Wind Frequency (Hrs)
Location: GREATER NOIDA, IND (28.6°, 77.2°)
Time: 00:00 - 24:00

50 km/h hrs 50 km/h hrs

56+ 56+
40 km/h 44 40 km/h 44
30 km/h 33 30 km/h 33
22 22
20 km/h 11 20 km/h 11
10 km/h <5 10 km/h <5

March July

hrs hrs
56+ 56+
44 44
50 km/h 33 50 km/h 33
40 km/h 22 22
11 40 km/h 11
30 km/h <5 30 km/h <5
20 km/h 20 km/h
10 km/h 10 km/h

September December

PSYCHROMETRIC CHART
Location: GREATER NOIDA, IND
Frequency: 1st January to 31st December
Weekday Times: 00:00-24:00 Hrs AH

Weekend Times: 00:00-24:00 Hrs

Barometric Pressure: 101.36 kPa
30

25

20

15

10

5
Comfort

DBT(°C) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

SITE CLIMATOLOGY
RESERACH
COMMUNITY
SPECTATORS
Spectators are a crucial user group, not only providing the economical support but the spiritual and
social cohesion that keeps these venues and franchises afoat. Seating is a vital component to the
fan experience and is traditionally accommodated by reconciling comfort, safety, robustness, and
economy. While still considering these factors, this project proposes a fifth dimension, diversity.
Stadiums have always been places that shamelessly divide its spectators into various class systems,
this project will attempt to capitalize on such diversities in the seating and sight lines.

• General Seating
• Brief: Provide seats or standing places for the spectators in a way that they have a
clear and comfortable view of the event, yet give the spectators diverse and unique
perspectives within their different seating zones.
• Conclusion:
• The seat is no longer judged solely by its location in respect to the field but its views
with respect to the city, variation in seating type, material, and fixation.
Spectators can become residents on non-event days

‘c’ Distance between top

of head and sight-line

Slope calculation
with respect to ‘C’ value.

SECTION SHOWING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SLOPE AND THE SPECTATOR EASE OF VIEW TO THE EVENT

• Private Viewing & Facilities

• Brief: These are unique spaces in stadiums defined by the standards of comfort and
refreshments facilities, but restrained by the willingness or ability of people to pay for the
benefts. Since the demand for these spaces varies from person to person the spaces
should be flexible, not just for interaction between the box and lounge, but for interaction
between suite and stadium. Spaces include:
• Lounge area with self-contained bar and kitchen
• Box/platform for viewing
• Private restroom
• Conclusion:
• Suites can also function as commercial space
• Hosting small conferences, meetings, and accommodating out of town guests
• Tourists can rent a hotel and watch the event from their room

LITERATURE STUDY
AMENITIES
OPERATIONS
By nature Grand Stand have a natural captive market, when people come to enjoy the event there
are operational amenities to ensure spectators needs and wants. Conversely, when stadiums are not
in operation these markets, jobs, and revenues are inexistent thus missing out on additional economy.
How else can these support spaces be utilized and accommodate infuxes of people on non-event
days?

• Concessions
• Brief: Concession stands shall be located at all concourse levels and appropriately
distributed along the concourse level.
• Conclusion:
• Restaurants, cafes, and bars will serve as the concessions
• Run by local business owners/managers who share proft with the team on event days
• Concessions remain open to the city throughout the week
• Provide greater diversity and quality of food
• Various types of concessions from quick-service outlets to sit-and-eat areas
• Watch the event, eat, and socialize
• Ticket Sales Offices
• Brief: Ticket offices should be evenly distributed around the site and clear to crowds
leaving and approaching the stadium. The windows should be 30 feet away from entry
gates so that circulation is not obstructed.
• Conclusion:
• Ticket offces typically remain open throughout the week for sales but can act as
general information hubs for the venue throughout the week.
• Souvenir Shops
• Brief: These retail outlets are meant to provide visitors with the opportunity to take a
memento to commemorate the event, however these spaces also contribute to the
fnancial viability of the stadium.
• Conclusion:
• Integrated with other types of retail shops and stores
• Provide an enticing variety of retail outlets that can function independently of the
stadium’s events.
• Grand Prix Museum
• Brief: Museums are an additional program that can supplement the visitation of the
stadium. Can showcase photographs, trophies, awards, records, and memorabilia to tell
the story of the sports franchise.
• Conclusion:
• Provide temporary and rotating exhibitions of other cultures that appeal to a wider
spectrum of people.
• Local Art, History of Houston, Exhibits for children, etc.
• Restrooms
• Brief: Toilet rooms shall be provided for men and women at every concourse level and
appropriately distributed. The ratio of spectators to fixtures shall be based on 50% male
and 50% female attendance. Fixtures shall be provided based on the following ratios:
• Male (12 restrooms)
• 1 urinal per 100 men = 100 urinals
• 1 WC per 500 men = 20 WCs
• 1 sink per 300 men = 35 sinks
• Female (12 restrooms)
• 1 WC per 90 women = 110 WCs
• 1 sink per 200 women = 50 sinks

LITERATURE STUDY
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MEDIA

Facilities for the media are an integral part of the stadium, allowing the press to provide information to
the public through various mediums. Coverage of sports has expanded tremendously over the past 20
years through radio, television, newspapers, and the Internet to become a much larger portion of human
culture. With rapid changes in technology and an increasing interest in media coverage, these spaces
should be flexible to members of the media and accessible to the people that they serve as well.

• The Press Facility

• Brief: It’s important to group these facilities near the participants for ease of
communication between the two groups
• Conclusion:
• These highly equipped and technical spaces can act as media galleries, cinemas,
and recording studios for the public during non-event days
• Press Box
• Brief: Stations for writers and media member shall be provided. This area shall
contain built-in writing counter, seating, electrical and telephone outlets, sound
system and closed circuit television. Coat racks and lockable book lockers for
writers will be provided.
• Broadcasting Booths
• Brief: Broadcasting booths suitable for TV or radio with built-in counters, special
acoustical treatment on walls and ceiling, and operable sash.
• Coaches
• Brief: Spaces for home and visiting team coaches, 5 seats each, shall contain
built-in writing desks and telephone connections to player benches and
operable sash.
• Scoreboard Control
• Brief: This space shall be provided with built-in writing counters. All wiring,
control panels, and other equipment required for operation of the scoreboard
equipment and instant replay boards.
• Public Address Announcer
• Brief: This space for announcer and assistants with built-in counter will contain
all controls required for a public address system serving the entire stadium.
Public address booth to have operable sash.
• Conference & Interview Room
• Brief: Interview space for television broadcasts shall be provided convenient
to both home and visitor’s locker rooms. This room shall be accessible by
television cable tray and electrical requirements shall be provided.
• Press Club
• Brief: For press personnel, this facility shall contain dining facilities seating
approximately 175 persons and rough-in plumbing and electrical service for
food and beverage service. The space shall be adjacent to the working press
area in the press box.
• Equipment Storage
• Brief: Adequate space for sound system, telephone, electrical, and television
equipment shall be provided.
• Restrooms
• Brief: Toilet facilities for the press shall be provided for men and women,
including attendant closet.

LITERATURE STUDY
AREA REQUIREMENT
Main Grand Stand: Paddock :
20,300 seating capacity 23,000 m2
Pit Building: Media Center:
Core Services which includes Size: 300 m2
Toilet Lift and Staircase for Teams at the gap Capacity: 150 people
of 6 Pit Boxes TV monitors: 24
No. of Boxes=41 Individual lockers: 50
Each box:120 m2 Includes:
Length : 15.00 m Cable and wifi Internet access
Width : 7.00 m Information desk
Height: 4.5 m Private office for press officer
Includes:
Within each module, all the boxes can be
connected to each other by rolling shutter
doors.
Cable and Widi services with toilet provision

Briefing Room: Catering Room:

Size: 223 m 2
Size: 300 m2
Capacity: 200 people Capacity: 160 people
Includes: Located next to kitchen
Video projector with feedback to TV screens
Sound system
Hospitality Suites: VIP Hospitality Suites:
2
Size: 60m Size: 150 m2
Capacity: 35-40 people Capacity: 100 people
TV monitors TV monitors
Private terraces over looking pit lane and Toilets
paddock

CONFERENCE ROOM RESTAURANT / CAFETERIA

2
Size: 295 m Restaurant capacity: 100 people
Capacity: 200 people 1st floor catering hall: 300 people
Audiovisual equipment: Screen vídeo,
proyector and sound system
Direct access for catering services
Information desk
EVENT ORGANIZERS OFFICES
Offices available for customers
8 individual offices
1 meeting room

LITERATURE STUDY
DESIGN APPROACH
TRACK DESIGN
TURNS
SITE ENTRY
ROAD
Track Formation according
to following requirement:
1.Lenght of track
2.No. of turns required
3.Maximum Speed of
required
The track is laid primarily
taking these conditions.
OTHER STANDS
SERVICE LOOP
ROAD
Other than Main Grand
Stand the location is set
mostly at the corner where
the turning radius is quite
low so that a vehicle can
spend maximum time for
exiting the spectator.
DESIGN APPROACH
BUILDING
REQUIREMENTS
ROAD
Spectators are never
allowed to cross the track in
any case. Building
requirement at the site
governs the loop shape of
the track. Hence the area
required to cater them is
also considered to be an
important factor.
PADDOCK
ROAD
Inside the Track Loop the
paddock area is defined
where spectators are strictly
prohibited. These include
Pit Building, team buildings
and services regarding
safety and functioning of the
event.
VIEW % AND ORIENTATION
OF THE BLOCK
ROAD
Grand stands and other
stands are oriented to view
the maximum percentage of
the event happening.
Grand Stands are designed to
view almost 75% of the track.
PARKING
INTER
CONNECTION
ROAD
Along the periphery a Service
loop is provided so as the
circulation remains smooth
for spectators as well as
event managers. Inter-
connectivity inside the track
is provided to approach for
ambulance and medic team
during the mis happening.
PRE
CED
ENT
CASE STUDIES
& EXAMPLES
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
TRACK DESIGN AND INFORMATION

Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.451 km
Race Distance: 305.066 km
No. of Turns: 16

The new circuit in China was designed by Hermann

Tilke to be a circuit for the new millennium,with
impressive spectator facilities and a media centre which
spans the start finish straight - on opening it was billed
as the venue all others should aspire to. It features
Tilke's trademark long straight followed by a tight
hairpin. The shape of the circuit is designed to look like
the Chinese character 'Shang' which means high or
above, and there are also other echoes of traditional
Chinese architecture, including the team buildings set
on stilts in the lake.

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LOCATION
Located in one of China's most economically developed regions of the Yangtze River Delta, adjacent
to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, located in the northwest corner of Shanghai's Jiading district,
close to Shanghai International Automobile City in Jiading New Town and construction.

2.8km2
COMMERCIAL 2.5km2
Shanghai
Circuit

Site Approach and Parking

P
P
P

Team
P Parking
H

P
P P P P

Participants and Team Entry Bus Parking Car Parking

Loop Road
Express Highway

Site First Impression

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 Circulation Pattern of Main Grand Stand.

Restaurant Staircase

Main Grand Stand Lift

From Metro Station

Media Room

Section of Main Grand Stand.

Roof Structure

Concourse Level III

VIP Seating (A.C.)

Concourse Level II

Concourse Level I

Entrance Plazza

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PIT GARAGE BUILDING

PIT-LANE

PADDOCK

Core Services which includes

Toilet Lift and Staircase for Teams at the gap
PITLANE of 6 Pit Boxes
TEMPORARY PARTITION

1.No. of Boxes=41
2.Each box:120 m2
3.Length : 15.00 m
4.Width : 7.00 m
5.Height: 4.5 m
Includes:
Within each module, all the boxes can be
PADDOCK connected to each other by rolling shutter
doors. Cable and Wifi services with toilet provision

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MEDIA CENTER
PIT GARAGE BUILDING

Media center is over the cantilevered space above the start/finish track. The interior planning is done central axially
where media person can easily visualize the track as well as pit building. Reception and office cabins is allocated at the
ends. This is accessible through lifts from main con-course and from paddock are to the other side.

Size: 300 m2
Capacity: 150 people OFFICE OFFICE

TV monitors: 24
Individual lockers: 50
PASSAGE WAY TO PADDOCK PASSAGE WAY FROM CONCOURSE
Includes:
Cable and wifi Internet access
Information desk
OFFICE OFFICE
Private office for press officer

SCHEMATIC PLAN SHOWING MEDIA CENTER SPACES

CATERING ROOM

PIT GARAGE BUILDING

Size: 300 m2
Capacity: 160 people
Cable and wifi Internet access
Information desk
Located next to kitchen

PHOTOS SHOWING MEDIA CENTER

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BRIEFING ROOM
PIT GARAGE BUILDING

Plan showing Briefing Room

Size: 223 m2
Capacity: 200 people
BRIEFING ROOM
Includes:
Video projector with feedback
to TV screens & Sound system

HOSPITALITY ROOM
PIT GARAGE BUILDING

TOWARDS PADDOCK
Size: 60m2
Capacity: 35-40 people
TV monitors
Private terraces over looking
pit lane and paddock

FACING TRACK EVENTS

Photos showing Briefing Room and Catering Room

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SILVERSTONE GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT
BRIEF

Like many UK historic tracks, Silverstone was built on the site of an old RAF airfield with the
original circuit making use of the three runways in a triangle formation, so common to World
War Two airfields.
The first race at the circuit is reported to have taken place in September 1947 between local
resident Maurice Geoghegan and 11 friends who raced on a two-mile ad-hoc circuit. The race
was plagued by sheep wandering onto the circuit; the event was nicknamed the 'Mutton Grand
Prix' after Geoghegan hit one of the unfortunate creatures, signalling the end for both car and
sheep.
The following year the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) took a lease on the airfield and set out a
more formal circuit marked by hay bales. The layout still retained use of the original runways
and led to a circuit consisting of long straights joined by hairpin corners. In 1949 the layout
was revised to use the perimeter track and this layout formed the circuit for the first Grand
Prix held there in 1950.
In the presence of King George VI, the race was won by Nino Farino in his Alfa Romeo, finishing
two laps ahead of team-mate Luigi Faglioli. The start-line was moved from Farm straight to the
current location for the 1952 Grand Prix and the layout remained largely unaltered for the next
35 years. The circuit continued to host grand

TRACK INFORMATION
Number of Laps: 52
Circuit Length: 5.891 km
Race Distance: 306.227 km
No. of Turns: 18

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SITE ACCESS AND PARKING

MAIN SITE ACCESS

SECONDARY SITE ACCESS

PARKING
PARKING

PARKING

PADDOCK AREA

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PIT BUILDING PLAN

LONGITUDINAL SECTION
3
1 2

Section Shown by parts

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TRANSVERSE SECTIONS

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ELEVATION OF PIT BUILDING

EXPLODED VIEW

PIT VIEW

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YAS MARINA CIRCUIT, ABU DHABI
BRIEF

The circuit was designed by Hermann Tilke,and is situated on Yas Island, about 30 minutes from the
capital of the UAE, Abu Dhabi. A 10-lane highway connects the airport, Yas Island, Saadiyat Island,
and Abu Dhabi city center.

Away from the track - a kilometre long drag strip - has been completed by the north grandstand. A
go kart track in the shape of a complex figure-of-eight has been constructed - to act as a testing
ground for local young driving talent, who will access the circuit's driving academy.
In addition, spectacular stadium sections of track bring spectators very close to the action,
delivering a unique electrifying experience. The architecture of the team buildings around the track
will take their cue from a reinvention of local vernacular themes from the Emirates adding a stark
contrast to the adjacent sleek modern forms of the Marina Hotel and Benoy's Ferrari World Abu
Dhabi.

TRACK INFORMATION

Number of Laps: 55
Circuit Length: 5.554 km
Race Distance: 305.355 km
No. of Turns: 21

Seating Stand

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PARKING AND LANDSCAPE

Ferrari
World
East ENTRANCE

West ENTRANCE
Major Parking Facilities are
1.4 Km far from the seatings
of spectators.
N Shuttle Buses are provided
for parking around Yas
Central Location

CAR
BUS POINTS

SITE MASSING

FERRARI WORLD
ABU DHABI EAST ENTRANCE
Landscape area
Food Tent NORTH GRANDSTAND

YAS RACING SCHOOL

Beverage Tent
WEST ENTRANCE

Yas arena
F1 VILLAGE
SHAMS TOWER
PIT BUILDING
Karting Track MAIN GRANDSTAND

Park and ride STARTING GRID

YAS MARINA
YAS MARINA

Drop Off MEDIA CENTRE

YAS YACHT CLUB

G Gate Number
YAS HOTEL

circuit circular route WEST GRANDSTAND

Reservation Only SUPPORT PIT

GRANDSTAND
SOUTH GRANDSTAND

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The track can accommodate the full spectrum of
racing formats, right up to Formula 1. It is
divided into two key sections – a permanent
track, for 'everyday' events, and an extended
street circuit looping around a spectacular
marina to take the circuit length up to F1
requirements.
The venue is overlooked by a hotel and
residential development as well as iconic
grandstands and corporate lounges. A full range
of pit, paddock lounges and team facilities,
uniquely arranged along the marina waterfront
brands the Abu Dhabi circuit as a very distinctive
place in the world of motor racing.

REMARKABLE FEAURES

Yas Hotel is across the

track the bridge
connecting the two
wings is cantilevered
over the track.

PRECENDENTS| YAS MARINA CIRCUIT, ABU DHABI

ROOF DESIGN

Roof Structure in one of the important aspects of designing in any for of Grand Stand Design.In case
of Yas Marina Circuit, The main grandstand opposite the pit building on the start-finish straight is
designed in the style of an Arab tent. Tensile canvas structures is subjected to withstand live loads of
Wind and Rainfall and self Dead load. It has a capacity of around 7000 spectators. For many fans,
this is the heart of the action, the scene of much drama during the pit stops and, of course, the
location of the start and finish line as well as the victory podium.

PRECENDENTS| YAS MARINA CIRCUIT, ABU DHABI