Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix takes place Dec 4 - 6, 2026 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The dress code is Smart casual with light layers for warm days and cooler evenings; concert crowds dress up and hospitality zones enforce a code. Typical cost ranges from 600 to 4000 EUR per person.
The traditional Formula 1 season finale at Yas Marina, run from late afternoon into floodlit night beside a marina and under a hotel that arches over the track. It has decided more than one world championship. The weekend is built around major concerts as much as the race, and the whole of Yas Island turns over to it.
- When
- Dec 4 - 6, 2026
- Where
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Dress code
- Smart casual with light layers for warm days and cooler evenings; concert crowds dress up and hospitality zones enforce a code
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 600 to 4000 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 20 - 28C, dry Gulf winter with genuinely comfortable evenings
- When to book
- Tickets open in spring; Yas Island hotels sell out for race week by summer and the track-view rooms go first
- Getting there
- AUH (Abu Dhabi), 10 min to Yas Marina Circuit; DXB (Dubai) is 1 hr 20 min
- Where to stay
- W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island, Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi, Yas Island Rotana
- Official site
- https://www.yasmarinacircuit.com
How to attend
Three-day tickets, including concert access, sell through yasmarinacircuit.com and abudhabigp.com well in advance. Grandstands are the accessible option, with marina yacht packages and hotel-view suites at the top end. It is fully open to the public. Fly into Abu Dhabi or Dubai; several Yas Island hotels are within walking distance of the gates.
Insider tip
The three-day ticket includes the post-race concerts, which are headline-act scale, so the price is less steep than it first looks - and the North Grandstand covers the first-corner action with the concert stage within walking distance.
Get inside Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Booking matters here: tickets open in spring; Yas Island hotels sell out for race week by summer and the track-view rooms go first. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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