Lewis Hamilton will line up alongside Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel for tomorrow’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit after setting an electrifying lap in Q3, more than 0.5secs faster than the rest of the field. Hamilton set a 1:40.948 after the chequered flag had dropped in Q3 compared to Vettel’s 1:41.615. [...]

We broke the rumour a few days ago but today it has been confirmed – the name ‘Senna’ is back in Formula 1 courtesy of the nephew of the late, great Ayrton – Bruno Senna. It has been confirmed als that he will drive for the new F1 team, Campos. The Campos chief executive Rodriguez [...]

Ross Brawn has said that his team – the new Drivers and Constructors champions Brawn GP have a title sponsor for next season. So this season Brawn GP have had only one permanent sponsor, (and that is only a minor sponsorship deal)  Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, but Branson is taking his Virgin brand to [...]

Many people believe that this will be Giancarlo Fisichella’s last weekend in Formula 1 now he has left Force India for a drive at Ferrari while Felipe Massa is recovering from injury. However Felipe Massa will be back for next season and he will drive alongside Fernando Alonso who is replacing the outgoing Kimi Raikkonen, [...]

Today was the first time there has ever been a Formula 1 session at the new Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi on today’s Friday Practice day. I have compiled a few of the driver’s thoughts  on the new complex. The McLaren team seemed impressed with the circuit, Lewis Hamilton who recorded the fastest time [...]

The Red Bull driver Mark Webber will have another operation in November after breaking his leg in a bicycle crash in the pre season. He has had many operations since the accident such as having had pins removed in February, and screws taken out in separate procedures in both June and August. The main titanium [...]

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps 1 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.307 2 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.504 0.197 3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:41.541 0.234 4 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:41.591 0.284 5 10 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota 1:41.636 0.329 6 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:41.683 0.376 7 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:41.684 0.377 [...]

  Malaysia’s Lotus Formula One team has today announced they have appointed Riad Asmat as chief executive who will oversee the team’s motorsport programme. Asmat who is 38, was  a general manager at Proton prior to this appointment, will work with the new Malaysian backed F1 team Lotus, whom are aiming for a roll out of the [...]

From the results of the Abu Dhabi Free Practice 1, here are some thoughts I have noted: I think this circuit will be a good one for KERS and this is proven by Lewis Hamilton going well in his McLaren, but why is Raikkonen all the way down in 15th? Despite a few doubts, it seems [...]

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps 1 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:43.939 2 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:44.035 0.096 3 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:44.153 0.214 4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:44.207 0.268 5 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:44.667 0.728 6 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:44.687 0.748 7 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes [...]