HRH THE CP CONGRATULATES ABU DHABI ON YAS MARINA CIRCUIT SUCCESS

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CROWN PRINCE, DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER PRINCE SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA ALONG WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE, DEPUTY SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE UAE ARMED FORCES LT GEN SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN ATTENDED TODAY QUALIFYING ROUND OF THE 2009 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX AT YAS MARINA CIRCUIT IN ABU DHABI.

 HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS CONGRATULATED ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE, THE UAE LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF YAS MARINA CIRCUIT AND THE HOSTING OF FINAL ROUND OF THE F1 GRAND PRIX RACES.

HE ALSO CONGRATULATED THE SUCCESS OF HOSTING THE RACE AND THE OUTSTANDING EFFORTS WHICH ALONG WITH BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT WOULD BE A GAIN FOR F1 MOTOR SPORTS IN THE REGION.

PRINCE SALMAN EXPRESSED HIS ADMIRATION TOWARD THE YAS MARINA CIRCUIT AND ALL THE PREPARATIONS AND ORGANISING FOR THE RACE FORMING THE BEGINNING OF THIS GULF CIRCUIT WHICH COMES AFTER THE BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT THUS REINFORCING THIS SPORT IN THE REGION.

HE ALSO AFFIRMED THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO CIRCUITS AND THE EXCHANGE OF EXPERTISE IN ORGANISNING AND HOSTING F1 REACES AND VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVITIES.FOR HIS PART, SHAIKH MOHAMMED WELCOMED HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS EXPRESSED HIS DEEPEST THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN LED BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING FOR ITS VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE UAE IN ORGANISING THIS WORLD SPORTING EVENT.