Abu Dhabi Day 2: Virgin Racing report
Nov.13 (Virgin Racing) In the qualifying session for tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the spectacular Yas Marina Circuit, Virgin Racing’s drivers, Timo Glock and Lucas di Grassi, were classified 21st and 22nd. The session was held in bright sunshine, just before darkness began to fall and the artificial light took over. Timo was unlucky [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 2: Toro Rosso report
Nov.13 (Scuderia Toro Rosso) The final qualifying session of the 2010 season ended up with Jaime Alguersuari taking seventeenth place on the grid and Sébastien Buemi eighteenth. There was an air of inevitability about it as we had been in or around these places throughout the weekend, like a needle in a record groove. Our [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 2: Hispania Racing report
Nov.13 (Hispania Racing) The last qualifying session of the 2010 season got underway this afternoon in Abu Dhabi. Both Hispania Racing drivers, Bruno Senna and Christian Klien, were on good form and were able to run faster than in the morning session, where the Brazilian ended up 22nd and in front of another new team, [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 1: Ferrari report
Nov.11 (Ferrari) A good first day of free practice for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final and, at least in the case of the Drivers’ title, decisive race of the 2010 season. A small problem on the fuel injection system prevented Felipe Massa from completing his planned programme, while Fernando [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 1: Red Bull report
Nov.12 (Red Bull Media) Here’s what Seb and Mark had to say after the final Friday practice session of 2010 ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Car 5 Sebastian Vettel: “That wasn’t bad, the car felt strong early afternoon, although tonight it was a bit different due to the conditions. All in all I [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 1: Virgin Racing report
Nov.12 (Virgin Racing) The first day of practice for this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix started wetter than expected when a rain shower soaked the track before the first session, but it soon began to dry as the hot sunshine returned. Lucas and Timo did their installation laps on Extreme Wet tyres to evaluate the [...]
Abu Dhabi GP: Mercedes GP report
Nov.12 (Mercedes GP) The Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi hosts the final race this weekend as the 2010 season comes to a close. With the race held in twilight conditions with a 17:00hrs start time, today’s practice sessions began in the early and late afternoon with the floodlights coming on around the circuit as [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 1: McLaren report
Nov.12 (Vodafone McLaren Mercedes) Team and drivers report on day one of the abu Dhabia Grand Prix weekend at Yas Marina Circuit, round 18 and final round of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship. Lewis Hamilton, MP4-25A-04 “We’ve been hoping for some time to improve our revised rear wing. It hasn’t really been working fully [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 1: Force India report
Nov.11 (Force India) The final round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship got underway today at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Unusually for this desert-fronted country, rain fell in the mid morning, leaving the 5.554km track wet and very slippery. As a result the Force India [...]