November’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was of course the last time BMW will participate in F1, after they took the decision to pull out of the sport and sell the team to Peter Sauber. Although the BMW Sauber team was formed in 2005, BMW have been in F1 long before then, supplying engines in the [...]

Chiefs of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix have announced that they will keep the ‘twilight’ day/night timing of the Grand Prix and the pit exit tunnel, despite both elements coming under fire from some quarters. When quizzed on the twilight timing of the race and the tricky pit lane tunnel with no speed-limit, circuit boss [...]

Befitting the Middle East location, it looks like being a weekend with settled, warm weather, with partial cloud and an ambient temperature high of 36 degrees Celsius Thursday through to Sunday. Source: Formula1.com

On lap one of last week’s Brazilian Grand Prix there was a collision between the German Force India driver Adrian Sutil and Italian Toyota driver Jarno Trulli, wiping both out of the race. Trulli went over and aggressively confronted Sutil despite the 5 inch height handicap the Italian had. This confrontation got Trulli a £6,000 [...]

Brawn GP have signed a one race sponsor for the finale of the 2009 season in Abu Dhabi next weekend with Qatar Telecom (Qtel). Their sponsorship of the new World Champions Brawn GP will see the Qtel branding on the rear wing, chassis and cockpit sides of the Brawn-Mercedes cars of Jenson Button and Rubens [...]