This is it! The last race of the season! There are still 4 drivers in the hunt for the WDC and Red Bull has wrapped up the WCC. With Alonso leading the WDC, it'll be a tough fight for Mark Webber to beat him if he's going to take the championship.

Here's the schedule for the race weekend:

P3: Sat, Nov 13th @ 4:00 AM CST
QUAL: Sat, Nov 13th @ 7:00 AM CST
RACE: Sun, Nov 14th @ 7:00 AM CST

Sorry I missed the banter for P1 & P2. I actually thought the race was next weekend...


Anyway, this should be an exciting race! Make sure to be here Sunday when the lights go out! You won't want to miss this one!!!

 

For a while the gap between Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren was a tantalizing 0.192s. But then with two minutes of this morning’s hour and a half session left the German slammed in a lap fully 0.609s faster than the 2008 champion. It was a serious message, even at this early stage of proceedings.

Vettel’s penultimate best was 1m 43.177s to Hamilton’s 1m 43.369s, but then he cut down to 1m 42.760s to leave rivals open-jawed.

McLaren’s Jenson Button was third fastest in the other MP4-25 on 1m 43.785s, which pipped Mark Webber’s 1m 43.840s in the second Red Bull. They were the only four drivers below 1m 44s, though Renault’s Robert Kubica and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso got close with 1m 44.080s and 1m 44.121s respectively.

Michael Schumacher’s improved form continued as he lapped his Mercedes seventh fastest in 1m 44.199s, then there was a bit of a jump to Kamui Kobayashi’s 1m 44.604s for BMW Sauber which left the Japanese driver eighth ahead of Mercedes GP’s Nico Rosberg on 1m 44.718s and BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld on 1m 44.737s.

Felipe Massa was 11th in the second Ferrari on 1m 45.160s, chased by Renault’s Vitaly Petrov on 1m 45.445s, Williams’ Rubens Barrichello, who stopped out on track at the end of the session, on 1m 45.474s, and the two Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi on 1m 45.552s and 1m 45.585s respectively.

Jaime Alguersuari was again Toro Rosso’s faster runner, on 1m 46.003s, ahead of Brazil hero Nico Hulkenberg on 1m 46.644s in the Williams and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi on 1m 47.105s.

Timo Glock was the fastest new team runner for Virgin with 1m 48.450s ahead of Jarno Trulli’s Lotus (1m 48.472s) and his own team mate Lucas di Grassi on 1m 49.375s. Bruno Senna’s was the faster HRT on 1m 49.590s, ahead of Christian Klien on 1m 50.274s. At the back came Fairuz Fauzy (deputising for the session for Heikki Kovalainen in the second Lotus), on 1m 51.705s.

Practice began on a damp and slippery track after a shower in the previous Porsche practice session, and several drivers went off then, and later when it had dried fully. These included Fauzy, Hamilton, Glock, Schumacher, Rosberg, Alguersuari, Petrov, Klien, Vettel and Massa, though going off the road here really just means exploring the huge run-off areas.

 

this race will be very exciting

I'll be on the edge of my seat for sure

 

Yeah, can't wait, I love it when it all comes down to the last race.

 

Thanks for posting this Alex, I thought the race was next weekend as well

 

I'm going to be on the edge of my seat as well. I'm hoping for Webber to take it but me thinks that Alonso is going to end up on top due to the racing order from this past weekend.

 

Hamilton finishes Yas Friday on top - GPUpdate.net


Lewis Hamilton and McLaren moved to the top of the timesheets as the sun set on Friday practice in Abu Dhabi. With a best effort of 1:40.888, the 2008 Champion headed title rivals Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber, with just over four tenths of a second covering the leading quartet.

Somewhat unbelievably in the desert, rain fell on the ultra-modern Yas Marina circuit after GP2 practice on Friday morning to leave a damp track as Formula 1 action began. However, the surface was fully dry by the time the second 90-minute session commenced under floodlights at 5pm local time.

Once again, there were few incidents although a number of cars did run wide to raise the eyebrows of the FIA stewards ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying; the most notable moment came as Lewis Hamilton rejoined from a high-speed off at Turn 20 to cut across the bows of Bruno Senna before entering the pits – the incident is now being considered by the stewards, one of which is former racer Emanuele Pirro.

In the other McLaren, Jenson Button continued to suffer from ‘massive front locking’ although the Englishman, unlike Felipe Massa, did not have to stop on-track for any reason; in the Brazilian’s case, after an early spin his Ferrari’s engine cut out on the run to the hairpin (due to a suspected loss of fuel) before pulling over at Turn 9.

There was nearly a trip into the Turn 19 barriers for the Toro Rosso of Sébastien Buemi, which was fortunate to escape undamaged after running wide. However, team-mate Jaime Alguersuari was presented with no option but to walk back to the pits after spinning his car and stalling at the same corner, just in front of the Yas Hotel.

Fernando Alonso reported oversteer in his Ferrari although Red Bull appeared to enjoy a trouble-free day, even though Vettel was knocked down to second place by Hamilton as the pair swapped positions from the morning session, with Alonso and Webber each a further tenth back as Robert Kubica again made the top five for Renault.

After several GP2 cars in their qualifying period out-paced four Formula 1 runners from first practice, Heikki Kovalainen this time finished 19th for Lotus following the new team-leading pace from Timo Glock and Virgin Racing earlier on.

 

So cool. I hope finding a live feed is easier this week.

 

This is gonna be great!

 

a final race with four drivers who could finish as champion?! this season has lived up to the hype!
also, how many of you guys can picture vettel giving way to Webber? i can't!