by Pierre Steyn

So, mixed emotions as I passed through the gates of the gob-smacking Yas Marina Circuit on the desert island of the same name in the early hours of Monday morning.

Ernest Hemingway it was who said that ‘There are three sports: Bullfighting, mountaineering and motor racing; all others are just pastimes.’ The American novelist could have added: &ldq

 I’ve waited for these keys for two long years. That’s as good as a lifetime to a petrolhead.