Despite another pointless weekend, Williams Rubens Barrichello found much to be happy with after a strong drive to twelfth in Abu Dhabi, the penultimate round of the F1 2011... read more »

Jenson Button feels a combination of poor pace on soft tyres and a lack of KERS for most of the race cost him in Abu Dhabi... read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes that McLaren has the pace to beat Sebastian Vettel to victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - after declaring himself in a better frame of mind than he... read more »

Paul di Resta says he has set his car up for race pace in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and is in a better position than team-mate Adrian Sutil read more »

"The pace that both drivers showed over the different sessions is good," says Colin Kolles, "and there is almost no difference to our direct rivals." read more »

Lewis Hamilton believes he extracted the maximum pace possible from his McLaren on his way to a front-row start for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the final practice session at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating the Red Bulls by 0.427s over one lap ahead of qualifying read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in final practice in Abu Dhabi, however, this time McLaren did not have it all their own way... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has ensured that McLaren has locked out all three practice sessions in Abu Dhabi, setting the pace at Yas Marina ahead of qualifying on Saturday. The 2009... read more »

Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Paul di Retsa were encouraged by the pace of their respective cars at the Yas Marina Circuit on Friday, with the pair featuring inside... read more »

Michael Schumacher was left in high spirits after the first two practice session for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the German driver optimistic over the... 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 »

"It's too early to accurately predict the pace of the teams around us, but it's encouraging to have set the benchmark time in both P1 and P2," says Martin... read more »

Both Ferrari and especially McLaren have very consistent pace on the soft tyre," says Pirelli's Paul Hembery. read more »

Nico Rosberg is not concerned about his 20th-place finishing position in second practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he elected to focus on race pace rather than one-lap... read more »

Relative to others, we have lost a little bit of pace, admit Toro Rosso, so our job now is to work out how to get it back. read more »

Jean-Éric Vergne has said that his speed on Friday mirrors his ambitions for a Formula 1 race seat in 2012. The Frenchman, who finished 11th quickest in... read more »

Lewis Hamilton completed a Friday sweep for McLaren by setting the pace in the second free practice session in Abu Dhabi, ahead of his team-mate Jenson Button. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has urged Red Bull to keep the pace up in the final two races of the season as there are still lessons to be learnt... read more »

Jenson Button proved to be the one to beat in Abu Dhabi on Friday as he put his developmental Pirellis to good use... read more »

Jenson Button sets early pace at the penultimate grand prix of the 2011 F1 season in Abu Dhabi. read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button sets the pace in first practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Red Bull's Mark Webber. read more »

McLaren’s failure to win the 2011 championship is more down to the number of mistakes they have made, rather than a lack of outright pace. Although read more »

Nov.7 (GMM) As in India recently, there will be two separate DRS zones in use this weekend in Abu Dhabi. Throughout most of 2011, the first season of DRS deployment in F1... read more »

Nov.7 (GMM) The British racing car marque Lola has flagged a possible attempt to enter formula one in 2014. In 1997, the company entered a team but pulled out after appearing... read more »