Pirelli are this evening working with Red Bull to understand what caused the first lap puncture that ultimately ended Sebastian Vettel’s race in Abu Dhabi.

Lewis Hamilton wins the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, finishing 8.4 seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso with Jenson Button in third.

Lewis Hamilton scored his third victory of the 2011 season today in Abu Dhabi after world champion Sebastian Vettel retired on the first lap with a puncture.

Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn described his team’s qualifying session today in Abu Dhabi as ‘reasonably straightforward’. Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher qualified seventh and eighth respectively.

Timo Glock struggled with his car throughout free practice and qualifying today yet still out-qualified Virgin Racing team-mate Jérôme D’Ambrosio by nearly two-tenths of a second.

Renault endured another disappointing qualifying session today in Abu Dhabi as Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna could qualify only twelfth and fourteenth for tomorrow’s grand prix.

Sebastian Vettel takes pole position in Abu Dhabi with a time of 1:38.481. Lewis Hamilton is second on the grid and Jenson Button is third.

The Toro Rosso drivers were reasonably upbeat after qualifying in Abu Dhabi today, despite managing to get anywhere near the result they achieved in India a fortnight ago.

Both Sauber drivers are in positive moods this evening in Abu Dhabi despite contrasting fortunes in qualifying today: Sergio Perez will start the race from eleventh place, whilst Kamui Kobayashi will be down in sixteenth.

An oil leak for Rubens Barrichello and a ten-place grid penalty for Pastor Maldonado mean that the two Williams cars will line-up alongside one another on the back row of the grid tomorrow in Abu Dhabi.

Once again Ferrari could not challenge Red Bull or McLaren in qualifying, but were comfortably ahead of the rest of the field today in Abu Dhabi.

Sebastian Vettel declared himself ‘pretty pleased’ after matching Nigel Mansell’s record of fourteen pole positions within an F1 season today in Abu Dhabi.

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya was ‘very pleased’ after both Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta got through to the final part of qualifying in Abu Dhabi today. They will start tomorrow’s race from ninth and tenth respectively.

Daniel Ricciardo continued to show decent qualifying pace today in Abu Dhabi as he out-qualified not only HRT team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi but also Virgin Racing rookie Jerome D’Ambrosio.

Team Lotus enjoyed a good qualifying session in Abu Dhabi today as Heikki Kovalainen broke the 103-second barrier on his best flying lap and Jarno Trulli recovered from a difficult final practice session to qualify alongside his team-mate.

Sebastian Vettel today equalled Nigel Mansell’s record of 14 pole positions in a season after coming out on top during qualifying in Abu Dhabi.