Even though a huge sandy desert sits just outside the plush Yas Marina, there has been rare rain in the area in recent days, including a downpour that wet the track on Friday.
In mid afternoon on Sunday, with just over two hours to go until the evening race at 5pm, the official Meteo France radar screens on the pitwall are showing showers in the surrounding area.
But until now, it has been hot and dry, with partly cloudy skies and a hazy sky after high overnight winds.
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Police detonate suspected bomb in F1 paddock(0)Monaco’s party atmosphere late on Thursday was broken by the sound of an explosion. Bomb police cordoned off an area of the formula one paddock near the media centre after someone noticed a suspicious plastic package. Experts detonated it with a controlled explosion just before 10pm, the Press Associated reported. It also emerges that some |
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Schumacher must convince Mercedes to ‘want him’(0)If Michael Schumacher wants to keep racing beyond 2012, he will need to convince Mercedes. That is the claim of former German F1 driver Christian Danner, referring to rumours the seven time world champion’s future beyond this year is uncertain. Schumacher, 43, has said he is yet to sit down for talks with Mercedes, who |
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Button says Lotus car to beat in Monaco(0)McLaren’s Jenson Button has named Lotus as the team to beat in Monaco. After Romain Grosjean was second fastest in both practice sessions on Thursday, Button’s teammate Lewis Hamilton concurred that the “Lotus looks pretty good”. “Normally, there are seven tenths between the two tyre compounds,” said the 2008 world champion. “Jenson was only four |
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Nurburgring hopes for new ten-year F1 deal(0)The Nurburgring is hoping to conclude a new ten-year contract to keep hosting formula one every two years. An official of the German circuit, Kai Richter, is quoted as saying the new ten-year deal on the table will mean at least “five more races” are held at the Nurburgring. Track operator Jorg Lindner confirmed to |
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McLaren set to offer Hamilton $150m(0)McLaren is offering Lewis Hamilton a lucrative new contract for 2013 and beyond, British newspapers are reporting from Monaco. The stories – in all the major dailies including the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, Express, the Star, the Sun, the Mirror and the Times – consistently contradicted an earlier rumour that Hamilton might need |
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