Hamilton on pole

Lewis Hamilton is on pole in Abu Dhabi, edging out the Red Bulls of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Rubens Barrichello is fourth ahead of Jenson Button, Jarno Trulli, Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld, Nico Rosberg and Sebastien Buemi.

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Q2 Hamilton from Vettel

Lewis Hamilton continued to dominate in the Q2 seassion in Abu Dhabi, beating Sebastian Vettel by three-tenths of a second. Jenson Button was third. Mark Webber was fourth from Trulli, Barrichello, Buemi, Kubica, Heidfeld, Rosberg.
OUT went Kimi Raikkinen, Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Nakajima and Alguersuari.

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Hamilton from Button in Q1

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button were 1-2 in the Q1 session in Abu Dhabi with Jarno Trulli third, ahead of Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Heikki Kovalainen and Nico Rosberg.
OUT go Alonso, Liuzzi, Sutil. Grosjean and Fisichella

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Button to the fore

Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton set the fastest times of the third practice session in Abu Dhabi. The pair were two tenths of a second ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Sebastien Buemi. There was then an appreciable gap back to Nick Heidfeld’s BMW and the McLaren of Heikki Kovalainen. Jarno Trulli was seventh for [...]

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Stubbs for USF1

David Stubbs has been recruited to join the USF1 team, as the head of its European operations. Stubbs has been involved in racing for more than 30 years, having joined Williams from the British Atomic Research Establishment at Harwell (where Ross Brawn was also employed) not long after the team was established in 1978. Initially [...]

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The future of Toyota in F1

There is a worrying feeling in Formula 1 circles that there could be bad news from Toyota when the main board meets to discuss the company’s F1 programme in Japan. The team management in Europe says that it has had assurances that the operation will continue, but no-one seems very reassured by that. Why? Because [...]

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USF1 announces European base

US F1 Team has announced as expected that MotorLand Aragon will be the team’s European base. MotorLand will serve as the team’s European testing, racecar development and logistics headquarters.
“MotorLand Aragon is the ideal motorsports complex for US F1’s European operation,” said Peter Windsor, executive vice president and sporting director for US F1 Team. “From the [...]

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Kovalainen leads Hamilton

Heikki Kovalainen set the fastest time of the second practice session as dusk fell in Abu Dhabi with a best lap two-tenths of a second ahead of his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Jenson Button was third with Sebastian Vettel fourth ahead of the Toyota driver Kamui Kobayashi and Sebastien Buemi’s Toro Rosso.
Mark Webber was seventh [...]

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Hamilton leads the way

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the first session in Abu Dhabi with World Champion Jenson Button second fastest a tenth slower than the McLaren driver. Sebastian Vettel was third fastest a further 10th down with Rubens Barrichello fourth, Nick Heidfeld fifth and Sebastien Buemi sixth.
The top 10 was completed by Adrian Sutil, Mark [...]

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The second driver at McLaren

The key seat in the Formula 1 driver market is the second McLaren and until this is settled there is not expected to be much movement. There has been speculation about Kimi Raikkonen going back to Woking but there are clear indications that if the Finn wants the drive he is going to have [...]

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