F1 25 Abu Dhabi​ Mercedes Race Setup

Setup Notes

* Setup if focus on slightly lower downforce levels. Front and rear wing aero can both easily be increased with +3 for better one-lap pace.

Race Tips:
- Turn 1 is taken in 4th gear to keep momentum. Avoid excessive outside kerb.
- Turns 2-4 are all flat out.
- Turn 5 is best taken with alternate racing lines, either a Sebastian Vettel style with deep braking and hard rotation (optimal straight-line speed) or a Max Vestappen 2021 racing line when he overtook Lewis Hamilton in the title decider (optimal braking performance).
- Sacrifice the entirety of turn 6 in order to set yourself up for turn 7. Keep a much tighter racing line to the left of the exit of 6, to upon up the entry to 7 as much as possible.
- Avoid the inside and outside kerbs going into and out of turn 7.
- Keep left of the second back straight right until the braking zone into turn 9.This will shorten the travelling distance.
- Turn 9 is best taken in 4th gear and up-shifting to 5th mid-corner. Not with 5th gear all the way through.
- Keep the car in 7th gear through turns 10 and 11. One less gear to downshift into turn 12.
- Avoid inside kerb of turn 13 and keep the car in 4th gear out of turn 13 and through turn 14. Keep throttle level at 50 % between turns 13 and 14 to maintain high entry-speed into turn 14.
- Turn 15 is flat out. Set yourself up for turn 16 and avoid too much outside kerb on the exit of turn 16.