Abu Dhabi: Force India's Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta showed promise ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, setting the eighth and ninth-fastest time in the second free practice session on Friday. Germany's Sutil finished eighth with the fastest lap time of 1m 40.951s, just ahead of di Resta, who clocked 1m 41.021s to finish ninth in the incident-packed practice session. Sutil had managed a seventh-place finish...
11:07 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Abu Dhabi: Lewis Hamilton drove mistake-free to edge McLaren teammate Jenson Button in the second practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday, while Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel was unhurt when he slid into a wall. Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 39.586 seconds on the 5.5-kilometer Yas Marina circuit, 0.199 seconds quicker than Button, who was fastest in the first practice. The solid run by Hamilton was in stark...
10:15 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Abu Dhabi: Venezuelan driver Johnny Cecotto Junior will test for Sahara Force India at the upcoming young driver test in Abu Dhabi next week, completing the team's line-up alongside Max Chilton of England. The 22-year-old will get behind the wheel of the VJM04 on Wednesday for a full day of work with the team. The test will be Johnny's debut in a Formula one car. "I think all drivers want...
02:32 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Abu Dhabi: Ferrari's Felipe Massa and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton kept their Formula One feud simmering on Thursday as bookmakers offered odds on them colliding again in Abu Dhabi this weekend. The two drivers have had a magnetic attraction for each other on the track this season, chalking up six incidents in 17 races. The most recent was in India at the end of last month, with Massa punished by stewards...
07:02 AM, Nov 11, 2011
Abu Dhabi: Michael Schumacher denied on Thursday that he was in discussions with Mercedes to extend his contract beyond next season. "According to some journalists, yes," the seven-time Formula One champion, who made his comeback last season at the age of 41 and after three years out, told reporters at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "The reality, no." "I need a little bit more time to see sort of about...
06:57 AM, Nov 11, 2011
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06:49 AM, Nov 11, 2011
London: Rubens Barrichello's Formula One future looks increasingly uncertain after a major Williams shareholder said the team were talking to 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen about a possible comeback. Austrian Christian 'Toto' Wolff told the Kronen Zeitung that the Finn, who won his title with Ferrari, was one of several names on their list of possible drivers for next season. "We are in conversation with Raikkonen," he said. "But he is...
03:02 AM, Nov 08, 2011
Abu Dhabi: With just two races to go in the season, Sahara Force India have a 10-point cushion against close rivals Sauber and Toro Rosso but the team is not taking the sixth-place finish for granted. Force India have 51 points while Sauber and Toro Rosso are on 41 each. The Indian team had finished in seventh position last season after being pipped by Williams by just one point and...
07:11 PM, Nov 07, 2011
London: Pastor Maldonado's hope of scoring points in next week's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix took a knock on Tuesday when Williams said the Venezuelan would have to collect a 10-place penalty on the starting grid. The Formula One rookie retired from last Sunday's inaugural Indian Grand Prix with a gearbox failure that damaged his engine. Maldonado will now have to use his ninth engine of the season in the penultimate...
04:20 PM, Nov 02, 2011
Greater Noida: Within 15 days Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta would know whether they will continue to be Force India drivers next season or not as Team Principal Vijay Mallya on Saturday promised to convey his decision to the duo before next month's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mallya had earlier said that he will reveal his drivers' line up for the 2012 season in mid-December, which made Sutil and...
08:09 PM, Oct 29, 2011
Dubai: Miss India Australia Ankita Cheryl has clinched the title of Miss India Worldwide 2011 beating 25 Indian women competing for the title in Abu Dhabi. Cheryl received a cash prize of 100,000 dirhams (USD 27,224) in addition to modelling contracts and sponsor prizes. Miss India USA was the first runner-up while Anuradha Devika from Trinidad was crowned the second runner-up. The pageant consisted of a gown segment, talent show...
01:15 PM, May 16, 2011
Dubai: Abu Dhabi will soon get its first robotic car parking with a capacity to handle 325 cars. The car parking is based on a sophisticated mechanical system that works via small robots which are placed on steel pallets. The robots pull, rotate and stack the cars in their parking bays. The entire mechanical process of parking the car and retrieving it does not take more than 50 seconds, which...
11:58 AM, Jan 24, 2011
Abu Dhabi: Padraig Harrington was disqualified from the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday for signing an incorrect scorecard after a television viewer noticed the Irishman move his ball a fraction on the seventh green. The viewer phoned European Tour officials to explain they had spotted Harrington marginally knocking his ball forward on the par-three hole while replacing his marker during Thursday's first round. The three-times major champion was playing the...
04:09 PM, Jan 21, 2011
London: Scientists triggered 52 downpours last year in Abu Dhabi's eastern Al Ain region using technology designed to control weather. Most downpours occurred at the peak of summer in July and August when there were normally no rains. People in Abu Dhabi were baffled by the rainfall, which sometimes turned into hail and included gales and lightning. The scientists were working secretly for United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa bin...
05:08 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Abu Dhabi: An Abu Dhabi luxury hotel that boasted an $ 11 million Christmas tree decorated with gold and gems admitted Sunday it may have taken the holiday spirit a bit too far. A statement from the Emirates Palace hotel said it regretted "attempts to overload" the Christmas tree tradition by adorning it with premium bling including gold, rubies, diamonds and other precious stones from a hotel jeweler. The statement...
01:09 PM, Dec 20, 2010
Abu Dhabi: Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest ever champion on Sunday, taking advantage of Fernando Alonso's disappointing performance to clinch the title with a win at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The German Red Bull driver started the race from pole position but needed to make up 15 points on Alonso, who led the championship but failed to secure the title for a second straight race. While Vettel...
08:25 PM, Nov 14, 2010
Abu Dhabi: Sebastian Vettel gave his Formula One title chances a significant boost by claiming pole position for champions Red Bull at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday. The 23-year-old German's 10th pole of 2010, and a record-equalling 15th in a single season for his team, left him in the driving seat for a race he won last year and will probably have to win again...
08:28 PM, Nov 13, 2010
It was launched at the world's most expensive hotel ever built - the $ 3 billion emirates palace in Abu Dhabi. ...
12:39 PM, May 14, 2010
