Dubai: The Indian doctor, fatally stabbed in an Abu Dhabi hospital last week, by his Pakistani patient was attacked as the assailant was upset over the treatment of his ailment, the police said. Urologist Rajan Daniel was attacked with a kitchen knife by a Pakistani national Mohamed Abdul Jamil at the Al Ahlia Hospital on Saturday, as the 58-year-old doctor could not bring immediate relief to the attacker's painful disease....
04:39 PM, Nov 06, 2012
London: Kimi Raikkonen's victory in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix shows that the Lotus team are serious Formula One contenders and should help them secure more backing, according to principal Eric Boullier. Raikkonen, the 2007 champion with Ferrari, became the eighth driver to win a race this season when he triumphed under the floodlights at the Yas Marina circuit while Lotus were the sixth different team. British-based Lotus were formerly...
11:56 PM, Nov 05, 2012
London: The knockout blow in the Formula One title battle has yet to be thrown but the moment is fast approaching and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is landing the big psychological hits. Sunday's floodlit Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a standout chance for Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to recapture the lead in the drivers' standings with two races to go but, even if he beat Vettel for the first time in...
10:15 PM, Nov 05, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso emphasised the positives after Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel dashed the Spaniard's hopes of seizing back the lead in the Formula One championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Vettel had started from the pit lane and in last place but still managed to finish third, just behind Alonso who is now 10 points adrift of the German with two races remaining in Texas and Brazil....
11:35 AM, Nov 05, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Nico Hulkenberg had to endure a crash in the first lap of the race but Paul di Resta earned two points for Sahara Force India from the incident-filled Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Narain Karthikeyan survived a big accident, here today. Di Resta finished ninth after starting 12th from the grid but Hulkenberg's race lasted less than a lap as he damaged his car due to...
10:16 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Kimi Raikkonen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday for his first victory since returning to Formula One this year, a result which throws open the drivers' championship with two races remaining. Raikkonen, the 2007 champion who drives for Lotus, overtook Red Bull's Mark Webber at the start to move into second. He took the lead on the 20th lap when McLaren's Lewis Hamilton retired because of...
08:36 PM, Nov 04, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Two-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel will start last at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after stewards ruled the Red Bull driver breached FIA rules during qualifying Saturday. The German rolled to a stop after qualifying, forcing him and a Red Bull representative into a meeting with stewards. They ruled that Vettel had an insufficient amount of fuel to be tested in his car. Vettel leads the...
02:45 AM, Nov 04, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Sahara Force India drivers missed out on Q3 for the second consecutive race as Nico Hulkenberg qualified 11th and Paul di Resta could secure only P13 for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren's outgoing star Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber, who was just 0.348 seconds behind, and championship leader Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton's flying lap of 1:40.630 secured him his sixth pole position of...
10:08 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton's slim hopes of winning a second drivers' championship got a boost on Saturday when he secured pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, holding off the Red Bull duo of Mark Webber and two-time defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton, the 2008 world champion, clocked 1 minute, 40.630 seconds on the 5.6-kilometer (3.5-mile) Yas Marina circuit Saturday, 0.348 seconds quicker than Webber....
08:14 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Saturday's pre-qualifying practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix followed by his McLaren teammate Jenson Button. Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 42.130 seconds on the 5.6-kilometer (3.5-mile) Yas Marina circuit, 0.290 seconds quicker than Button. Two-time Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel, who leads the drivers' championship, came in third after coming onto the track late with less than three minutes to spare and completing...
05:04 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Formula One teams face a stiff hike in entry fees for next year's championship with the winning constructor having to pay USD 6,000 for every point scored this season as well as a basic charge of USD 500,000. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) spelled out the new fee structure in Appendix seven of the 2013 sporting regulations published without fanfare on their website (www.fia.com). "The winner of...
09:08 AM, Nov 03, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Formula One teams face a stiff hike in entry fees for next year's championship with the winning constructor having to pay $6,000 for every point scored this season as well as a basic charge of $500,000. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) spelled out the new fee structure in Appendix seven of the 2013 sporting regulations published without fanfare on their website (www.fia.com). "The winner of the 2012...
09:22 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the second practice followed by Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday. Vettel clocked 1 minute, 41.751 seconds for Red Bull on the 5.6-kilometer (3.5-mile) Yas Marina circuit, .168 seconds quicker than Hamilton. Hamilton's McLaren team-mate Jenson Button was third followed by Vettel's team-mate Mark Webber. Vettel's strongest challenger Fernando Alonso of Ferrari struggled to keep pace....
08:35 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Ferrari worked through the night at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to help Fernando Alonso in his title battle with Red Bull's Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel. Formula One technical delegate Jo Bauer reported in a statement on Friday that the Italian team had broken a curfew for the first time this season, using up one of their four allowed exceptions. He said the Ferrari mechanics had...
02:56 PM, Nov 02, 2012
Dubai: Formula One team Toro Rosso say their current driver line-up of Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne will race again in the 2013 season. Toro Rosso made the announcement on Wednesday. Both drivers joined the team this season. Ricciardo is 17th with 12 points and Vergne 18th with nine in the drivers' standings. Team principal Franz Tost said in a statement that "both drivers have done a good job this...
10:25 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Abu Dhabi: New Sauber principal Monisha Kaltenborn has become accustomed to questions about her becoming the first woman to run a Formula One team. The Indian-born Kaltenborn said she would rather sit back and allow Sauber's recent success to grab the headlines. The team, which was rocked in 2009 by the loss of its majority stakeholder BMW, has righted itself and is enjoying one of its best seasons ever. Drivers...
10:16 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Ferrari's Fernando Alonso insists his chances of winning the Formula One championship aren't over yet, despite Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel winning the past four races and driving a faster car. Their duel resumes this weekend at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Trailing Vettel by 13 points with three races remaining, Alonso knows his car's pace has to improve for him to have any chance of catching the two-time...
09:48 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Abu Dhabi: The spectre of 2010 holds no fear for Ferrari's Fernando Alonso ahead of an Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that could again make or break the Spaniard's hopes of a third Formula One title. Two years ago, Alonso arrived for what was then the season-ending race as the championship leader. He left empty-handed after Ferrari made a strategic error and he spent half the race stuck behind Vitaly Petrov's...
12:00 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Abu Dhabi: Formula One is unlikely to float on the stock market before 2014, the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Thursday. "The market's going to take a little bit of settling down, I think," the 82-year-old billionaire told Reuters in the paddock at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "I think we ought to forget about it for next year," added Ecclestone. "In my opinion we ought to (forget...
08:34 PM, Nov 01, 2012
