Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Martin Whitaker, Bahrain International Circuit's CEO, congratulated Jenson Button and the Brawn Formula One team on their outstanding success.
He will be attending the week's festivities in Abu Dhabi which features the latest stadium to host the sport and concludes a riveting grand prix season.
He said: "What a great year for Button culminating in a great drive at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo.
"If ever Jenson needed to produce a drive to silence his critics this was it. He drove brilliantly from a very difficult grid position and showed the type of incisive overtaking that makes him a worthy world champion.
"The Brawn was undoubtedly the pick of the crop in the early season but Jenson made the most of the car, and the team, to secure six stunning victories which stood him in good stead when the going got tougher in the second half of the year.
"Having Ross Brawn on his side will definitely have brought out the best in Jenson (and wasn't it good to see Rubens Barrichello having such a great season too?). The experience of working with the leading engineer and technician in the pit lane, and a man of great humility, will do much to ensure that Jenson remains the potent driving force that he is.
"Button has never been slow and is one of the smoothest drivers on the grid. He just needed the right car underneath him to prove what he can do.
"The combination with Brawn proved to be unbeatable and it was great to see a change in the pecking order at the top of Formula One - good for the sport, good for the fans, good for TV, good for Brawn and a great championship win for Jenson (oh; and he won in Bahrain too!)."
The last race should be an interesting experience for the man who is at the helm of the home of motor racing in the Middle East.
This is the first year that two races have been staged in the Gulf. Whitaker added: "It's been an interesting year for Formula One; a year of ups and downs but ultimately one that has finished on a high with a worthy new champion, an equally new and worthy constructors' champion and a new venue for grand prix racing at the final race in Abu Dhabi.
"Abu Dhabi and all its razzmatazz alongside a spectacular new stadium is just what the sport needs to finish a Formula One season that has enjoyed some of the most intense media coverage for years.
"There are those who will bemoan the fact that the series has not gone down to the wire but Sao Paulo was a great race and it would be difficult for even Abu Dhabi to challenge the intensity and excitement of the final race of the 2009 season with Lewis Hamilton clinching the championship title within the last 500 metres of the year, again in Brazil.
"The most appealing aspect of Abu Dhabi in my opinion is that it will help raise the overall awareness for motorsport in the region while increasing the fan base.
"The BIC has developed a really good working relationship with the Yas Marina Circuit over recent months and the forthcoming double-header Australian V8 Supercars races in February of 2010 are testament to this affiliation.
"There is a lot more to come from this relationship and a lot that we can both learn from each other's activities - not least how to use the race to promote the two countries alongside business and tourism opportunities."
