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 »

Felipe Massa says that he doesn't notice when his front wing is vibrating after it was again sparking on the ground at high speed during practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »