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 [...]
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 [...]
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
A look at some key figures and technical notes about the Yas Marina Circuit which will stage the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009 next weekend.








