Fernando Alonso reckons Ferrari will be in contention for a podium tomorrow in Abu Dhabi, although only if they do 'everything perfectly'. read more »

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was encouraged following qualifying for the F1 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix today, even if he was denied pole late on. read more »

Nico Rosberg was left to rue a missed opportunity at a better grid position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix during the penultimate qualifying session of the F1 2011 season. 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 »

Fernando Alonso reckons if Ferrari do "everything perfectly" they can reach the podium in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix... read more »

Mark Webber has conceded that he didn t get the most out of his car today in qualifying for Sunday s F1 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button has downplayed the impact DRS will have on Sunday's Abu Dhabi GP, saying it will be "tough to overtake"... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button faced the media in Abu Dhabi after qualifying in the top three positions... read more »

The FIA will extend the first DRS zone at the Yas Marina circuit for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, after fears that the original planned length was too short. read more »

Today's post qualifying press confrence with Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. read more »

Red Bull Racing s Sebastian Vettel pulled out an 'unbelievable final lap' today to secure pole position for the F1 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

"It's a remarkable achievement for Sebastian to equal Nigel Mansell's 14 poles in a single season, which by coincidence also happened to be achieved in an Adrian... read more »

Fernando Alonso believes that starting from the clean side of the grid for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be a big benefit after qualifying fifth for the race read more »

"It may sound a little churlish to say that we're a bit disappointed with second and third," says Martin Whitmarsh, "but the honest truth is that we are." read more »

Felipe Massa said that he "hoped for more" from qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after he could only take sixth on the grid read more »

Bruno Senna, 14th: "I'm disappointed because I made a mistake on my last lap and lost a lot of time. It was a gamble to go read more »

Adrian Sutil, 9th: "I'm happy with ninth place today and it was a good session for me. In Q3 we waited a bit longer than read more »

DRIVERS: 1 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull); 2 - Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren); 3 - Jenson BUTTON (McLaren) TV UNILATERALSQ: Sebastian, you equalled Nigel... read more »

Despite their best efforts, Petrov and Senna could not get into Q3 and only secured P12 and P14 respectively on tomorrow's grid. read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 1st: "I'm pretty pleased. Yesterday I wasn't very happy with my own performance and with the car and I didn't feel that comfortable. read more »

Lewis Hamilton, 2nd: “It would be nice to have had pole position, but that Red Bull, as always, is very quick in Q3! Still, we’ve got read more »

Lewis Hamilton has told Sebastian Vettel he will not back off if the pair find themselves side-by-side going into the first corner of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday read more »

"It was a reasonably straightforward qualifying session for us with both drivers and the team doing a very good job," says Ross Brawn. read more »

Nico Rosberg has conceded that he didn’t extract the maximum from his car in Abu Dhabi this evening, with the Mercedes GP driver having to settle for seventh place on... read more »

Nico Rosberg said that he struggled to get heat in to his tyres during the final part of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, leaving him in seventh place on the grid read more »