F1 GP - Abu Dhabi - Qualifying and Race chat inside!

[bigoxo]

Final practice is on now - the Abu Dhabi track looks amazing!

[Nick VR4]

Qualifying just started on BBC1 :D

[John TheAntique]

I can't get over the quality of the picture from Lewis's car on his pole lap--stunning. Why can't crime watch be like that?

[Spirit]

BBC SPORT'S FUEL-ADJUSTED GRID (with projected race first pit stops*)
1 Hamilton (lap 17 of 55)
2 Vettel+0.496secs (lap 19)
3 Webber +0.721 (lap 18)
4 Trulli +0.721 (lap 18)
5 Barrichello +0.971 (lap 16)
6 Button +1.001 (lap 17)
7 Heidfeld +1.186 (lap 19)
8 Kubica +1.196 (lap 15)
9 Rosberg 1.388 (lap 19)
10 Buemi+1.651 (lap 18)

Looks good for Lewis :)

[Nick Mann]

The red bulls are looking strong too! I hope they sort Buttons vibration - it would be good to see him have a strong finish today as well.

[Nick VR4]

Race is about to start :D

[elnevio]

Race is about to start :D
Which means I must log off everything and not listen to the radio! All outside world contact must be broken!

I.e. I'm Sky+ing it, as I can't watch it until later... :( Definitely looking forward to it though! /yes

[Nick Mann]

Good finish to the season. It would have been good to see Lewis there, but I thoroughly enjoyed the last few laps!

[Nick Mann]

Oh - and JB in the drivers debrief room after the weigh in was hysterical! I heard B4$TARD and FU£K from his mouth on live BBC1 !!!!

[WildCards]

Apart from the last few laps I thought the race was a bit boring. The circuit seemed to be very flat with too many additional pieces to make other courses, it may have been the camera positioning, but I thought it was difficult to follow at some points.

[Nick Mann]

I think if the camera had followed cars round the circuit a bit better it would have felt less disjointed. I didn't get a feel for the shape of the circuit either, but I think that was more camera coverage than anything else. Some times that seems to happen - I couldn't draw Spa on a bit of paper either, even though the start line through the next few corners is one of the most famous pieces of tarmac on the F1 calendar (at the moment anyway!)

[swinks]

Oh - and JB in the drivers debrief room after the weigh in was hysterical! I heard B4$TARD and FU£K from his mouth on live BBC1 !!!!

C'mmon Nick, IMO it looked like some horseplaiyng, not serious, I'm sure Button was joking and both with Weber smiled and giggled. Poor Vettel seemed bit excluded and put on silly face.

[Nick Mann]

I'm sure it was all in good humour, it was the fact that somewhere in the BBC someone is going to be rogered senseless for the use of such words early on a sunday afternoon!! Heh!

[HJM]

I suspect Button will be asked to mind his P's & Q's at the Sports Personality of the Year Awards !!!

Otherwise it'll be "Fu£k me I've won"

H

[g6acb]

The James Corden / Boris Becker double act at the end was pretty funny too...

But away from the stunning backdrop of the sunset and the architecture that circuit is dull - too flat, too dusty off line to outbrake anybody and run off areas the width of Switzerland don't make for much excitement.