Abu Dhabi Day 2: Mercedes GP report
Nov.13 (Mercedes GP Petronas) Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg qualified in eighth and ninth positions today for the final race of the 2010 season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which takes place at the Yas Marina Circuit at 17:00hrs on Sunday. Both drivers progressed well through the first two qualifying sessions with Nico looking particularly [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 2: Sauber report
Nov.13 (Sauber)After a difficult second session on Friday, the team managed to improve the cars for Saturday in Abu Dhabi. Things were already a lot better in third free practice. In the qualifying for the last Grand Prix of the 2010 season Kamui Kobayashi came 12th, while Nick Heidfeld was 14th. Neither driver was a [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 2: Lotus report
Nov.13 (Lotus Racing) The perfect end to Lotus Racing’s final qualifying session of the season saw the battle of the new teams culminate in a dominant display by the Anglo-Malaysian squad, with Jarno Trulli finishing in 19th place, over half a second ahead of Timo Glock, and Heikki Kovalainen very close behind Jarno in 20th. [...]
Abu Dhabi Day 2: Renault report
Nov.13 (Renault) Team and drivers review the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying at Yas Marina Circuit. Vitaly Petrov, R30-02, P10, 1:40.901 The car has felt pretty good all weekend for me. We have made progress in each session, especially with the feel of the brakes, which is very important at this circuit, and it felt [...]
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 [...]