Friday's press conference - Abu Dhabi read more »

Paul Hembery: "It's too early to draw any detailed conclusions about the experimental soft tyre, but we've gathered plenty of information and already we have read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits to being "blown away" by a compliment from Fernando Alonso at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Formula 1 teams will be unable to use any form of off-throttle blowing of exhausts next season after a fresh bid to allow the practice was blocked by Ferrari, Sauber and HRT... read more »

GP PR: Abu Dhabi GP: Practice notes - Williams read more »

Fernando Alonso reckons Ferrari is looking pretty strong for the F1 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following practice today at the Yas Marina Circuit. read more »

Timo Glock, 21st: "This morning I had a bit of trouble. I had a technical problem so I had to wait a bit longer to read more »

Vitantonio Liuzzi, 23rd: "It was good to be back in the car, I had missed this feeling these two weeks off so I wanted to read more »

Heikki Kovalainen, 18th: "Not too bad at all. Both sessions were pretty straightforward and we kept making improvements all day. The car felt good on read more »

Sebastien Buemi, 12th: "It was a shorter day for me, running only in the afternoon, but I soon got used to the circuit again and read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 10th: "It is quite difficult to compare the two practice sessions, as the difference in track temperature is over ten degrees Celsius. This read more »

Rubens Barrichello, 16th: We had a little setback up in the morning with a problem with the engine so we were playing catch up in read more »

Abu Dhabi Friday quotes: Williams read more »

Lotus Renault GP put their trio of driving talents to the test on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. read more »

Adrian Sutil, 8th: "The track had very low grip to begin with, but we found quite a good baseline starting point with the car right read more »

Bruno Senna, 15th: "Even though I only had one session today, I still managed to get a lot of laps in. I feel our fears read more »

Michael Schumacher, 7th: "I am reasonably happy with our work in the two sessions today, and considering that we managed to work the car well, read more »

Romain Grosjean said "it was fantastic to get back into an F1 car" after driving for Renault during FP1 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso, 3rd: "Just as was the case in India a fortnight ago, again here in Abu Dhabi, I lost a bit of time: there read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 1st: "It was a really positive day for me. The car feels good - our long-run pace doesn't feel too bad and we read more »

Mark Webber, 5th: "It looks easy to get it wrong on Turn 1, when you see guys of the calibre of Alonso and Vettel getting read more »

"Overall, a positive busy day for the team," says John Booth. "With a clean FP3 session tomorrow, we will continue to improve." read more »

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is feeling bullish following practice today for the F1 2011 Abu Dhabi GP and after topping the times in the second session said his car... read more »

Vitaly Petrov said that Renault had experienced a "difficult day" of practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Fernando Alonso took the blame for his spin during second practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and said he was annoyed with himself after losing out on valuable set-up time read more »