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 »

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 »

"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 »

Fernando Alonso, 5th: "We are more or less where we expected to be going into the session. It's not because this is the eighth time read more »

Both HRT drivers had a productive final practice session, creating hope for the qualifying session. That turned out bad for Tonio Liuzzi as he suffered a broken suspension... read more »

Williams F1 had one of the most disappointing qualifying session of the season, as both cars will start from the last row of the starting grid tomorrow. While Barrichello could... read more »

Nico Rosberg, 7th: "We didn't quite get the maximum from our qualifying session today which was a shame. The track temperatures dropped during the session read more »

Sebastian Vettel admitted his car did not feel capable of securing pole position until the second session of qualifying as Red Bull gradually improved its performance during... read more »

Team Lotus had a good qualifying session at Yas Marina, especially for Heikki Kovalainen who believes has gotten everything possible out of the car. Jarno Trulli was also... read more »

Full times from today's qualifying session for the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Having dominated every practice session, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button learn the hard way that Sebastian Vettel is not one to give up the fight. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has explained that a series of post-practice setup changes proved successful in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, with the Australian feeling much more comfortable at the... read more »

Welcome to live text commentary for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying session from the Yas Marina circuit. You can follow the commentary via this page, read more »

Felipe Massa ran an old specification front wing in Saturday’s final practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. This followed the reoccurring vibrating problem of... 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 remained on top of the timesheet in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi GP. Along with Jenson Button's form, McLaren... read more »

Full times from today's sole free practice session for the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton kept McLaren on top in the final practice session in Abu Dhabi, the 2008 world champion more than four tenths faster than any of his rivals read more »

Lewis Hamilton is quickest in final practice session in Abu Dhabi, McLaren having topped the timesheets in all three sessions. read more »

Rubens Barrichello has explained that an engine issue was the reason behind him losing valuable track time in Abu Dhabi on Friday, with the Brazilian’s car needing a... read more »

Romain Grosjean was left to savour his first of two 2011 practice outings for Lotus Renault GP in Abu Dhabi this morning, with the reigning GP2 Champion revealing that it felt... 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 »

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 »

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