What time is F1's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? Qualifying + race times It's almost time to decide the 2025 Formula 1 title. But when is the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?Below you'll find all the times for this weekend's action, at the end of which one of Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will be crowned champion.Abu Dhabi GP schedule (local time)Abu Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates, is on Gulf Standard Time and is four hours ahead of GMT (UK... Read more:

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What time is F1's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? Qualifying + race times

All the session times you need to be aware of at the F1 2025 title-deciding Abu Dhabi GP

Free preview: Ben tackles your F1 driver rankings questions We wanted to give you a taster of what you can expect when you sign up to The Race Members' Club by giving you the first five minutes of Ben Anderson responding to your questions about his F1 driver rankings from the Qatar GP!Ben tackles your questions on why the race winner was only third and how he decided who should be in last place in the rankings on a weekend where multiple drivers were poor.... Read more:

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Free preview: Ben tackles your F1 driver rankings questions

We wanted to give you a taster of what you can expect when you sign up to The Race Members' Club by giving you the first five minutes of Ben Anders...

What everyone gets wrong about F1 stewards right now The decision-making process of Formula 1’s stewards has been back in the spotlight over recent days following the meeting between the drivers and the FIA at the Qatar Grand Prix.The now annual get-together is akin to a workshop in getting car racing’s regulator and competitors on the same page when it comes to the policing and judgement of incidents.However, in running through some of the most hot... Read more:

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The data that busts F1 2025 stewarding myths

A handful of contentious decisions have reignited the debate about F1 stewarding - and the idea of permanent stewards - but important context is be...

The Norris-like change that helped Lawson save his F1 seat Beyond all the mental fortitude that helped Liam Lawson gather himself after the shock of his early-season Red Bull demotion, there is one other detail that proved pivotal in putting him on the path to secure his Formula 1 future this week.It came at the Austrian Grand Prix in late June when, just one race after Lando Norris had been helped by a similar tweak to his McLaren, Lawson got his hands o... Read more:

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The Norris-like change that helped Lawson save his F1 seat

Things were looking bleak for Liam Lawson's F1 career in the immediate aftermath of his Red Bull demotion. In an exclusive interview, Lawson explai...

What doomed Tsunoda at Red Bull Yuki Tsunoda's Red Bull Formula 1 career will end after just 22 grands prix, having never really recovered from a mistake five races in. Given how much of a disappointment the season has generally been, as Tsunoda has been outscored 360-30 by Max Verstappen in their time as team-mates (so far), it's easy to forget that his start at Red Bull was actually pretty reasonable.He was immediately more co... Read more:

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What doomed Tsunoda at Red Bull

Yuki Tsunoda's Red Bull F1 career will end after just 22 grands prix, having never really recovered from a mistake five races in

Tsunoda out of F1 for 2026 as Red Bull settles its line-ups Yuki Tsunoda will not race in Formula 1 next season as Red Bull has chosen to replace him with Isack Hadjar at Red Bull Racing and promote Arvid Lindblad to a Racing Bulls seat.Red Bull's line-ups for 2026 will be Hadjar alongside Max Verstappen at the senior team and then rookie Lindblad joining the retained Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls.It leaves Tsunoda without an F1 seat although he will remain ... Read more:

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Tsunoda out of F1 for 2026 as Red Bull settles its line-ups

Yuki Tsunoda will not race in F1 in 2026 as Red Bull has chosen to replace him with Isack Hadjar at Red Bull Racing and promote Arvid Lindblad to a...

Our verdict on Red Bull's 2026 F1 line-up and Tsunoda's exit Red Bull’s made its 2026 Formula 1 line-up decision: Isack Hadjar up to the main team to join Max Verstappen, and Arvid Lindblad fills the Racing Bulls gap alongside Liam Lawson.Which means no space for Yuki Tsunoda - and his dream move into the seat he’s chased throughout his F1 career has backfired so badly that he’s lost his place on the grid altogether, instead settling in as Red Bull's reserv... Read more:

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Our verdict on Red Bull's 2026 F1 line-up and Tsunoda's exit

Red Bull's made its 2026 F1 driver line-up decision, and Yuki Tsunoda's not part of it. Here's our take on it all

Every F1 team's 2026 launch plans The 2026 rules overhaul marks arguably the biggest reset in Formula 1 history, with both the chassis and engine regulations changing at the same time.And that means plenty of intrigue about what those challengers will look like in particular.Here's what F1 teams have confirmed about their launch plans so far:Red Bull + Racing Bulls - January 15 (livery only)Red Bull and sister outfit Racing Bulls ... Read more:

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All 11 F1 teams' 2026 car launch plans

All the details that F1 teams have revealed about their 2026 launch plans so far

PepsiCo becomes F1 team sponsor for first time since 1991 7UP Jordan PepsiCo is to return to being a Formula 1 team sponsor next year for the first time since its 7UP brand’s iconic title partnership with Jordan in 1991.The American company has announced a new major deal with Mercedes that revolves around three of its core brands: Gatorade, Sting and Doritos.Together, PepsiCo and Mercedes plan a host of fan activations but also other joint projects including integr... Read more:

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PepsiCo becomes F1 team sponsor for first time since 1991 7UP Jordan

PepsiCo will return to F1 team sponsorship with Mercedes in 2026 for the first time since its iconic 1991 7UP Jordan deal

McLaren picks up new F2 champion Fornaroli Newly-crowned Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli has joined McLaren's revamped junior programme roster, and will take on a test and development role within its Formula 1 team.McLaren caused a minor stir this year with several high-profile exits from its junior ranks - with a split with eye-catching F2 rookie Alex Dunne followed by exits for sometime Kimi Antonelli title rival Martinius Stenshor... Read more:

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McLaren picks up new F2 champion Fornaroli

Newly-crowned Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli has joined McLaren's revamped junior programme roster

Did F1 miss chances to make Qatar racing better? Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he questioned the FIA over its lack of initiative in trying to make the racing better at Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix.After a weekend where overtaking proved incredibly difficult, the Lusail circuit layout's limitations in allowing cars to follow closely, plus an ineffective DRS zone that many felt was too short, were laid bare for all to see.Hamilton reckoned that... Read more:

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Did F1 miss chances to make Qatar racing better?

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he questioned the FIA over its lack of initiative in trying to make the racing better at this year's Qatar GP

McLaren's alleged favouritism ultimately hurt Norris more McLaren's come under heavy fire (and been subject to plenty of conspiracy theories) for its attempts to keep things fair between its team-mates and championship rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri during the 2025 Formula 1 season.Its mishandling of the Qatar Grand Prix did nothing to quieten the noise - and particularly the suggestions of bias or favouritism towards Norris in his quest for a fir... Read more:

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McLaren's alleged favouritism ultimately hurt Norris more

There's a key flaw in the argument that McLaren's Qatar strategy choice was all about helping Lando Norris

Ferrari's theory for why its Qatar Grand Prix was so atrocious Ferrari thinks its terrible Qatar Grand Prix went well beyond a lack of development having pulled it back towards improved midfield Formula 1 rivals.Instead, boss Fred Vasseur suspects its woes on the Lusail track, which included both cars finishing well outside the points in the sprint, were related to set-up complications triggered by unusually high tyre pressures.Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamil... Read more:

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Ferrari's theory for why its Qatar Grand Prix was so atrocious

Ferrari thinks its terrible Qatar Grand Prix went well beyond a lack of development having pulled it back towards improved midfield Formula 1 rivals

Every F1 team's 2026 launch plans The 2026 rules overhaul marks arguably the biggest reset in Formula 1 history, with both the chassis and engine regulations changing at the same time.And that means plenty of intrigue about what those challengers will look like in particular.Here's what F1 teams have confirmed about their launch plans so far:Red Bull + Racing Bulls - January 15 (livery only)Red Bull and sister outfit Racing Bulls ... Read more:

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All 11 F1 teams' 2026 car launch plans

All the details that F1 teams have revealed about their 2026 launch plans so far

Nine things we learned from F1 2025's Qatar Grand Prix The penultimate round of the 2025 Formula 1 season gave us another twist in the title race - and set up a three-way showdown for this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Here's everything we learned from an eventful - albeit largely processional - Qatar GP.Everyone else saw the safety car comingNumerous team bosses, including Toto Wolff and Fred Vasseur, expressed their surprise about McLaren's decisio... Read more:

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Everything we learned from F1 2025's Qatar Grand Prix

The Qatar GP might have been a procession for the most part, but there's no doubt it was an eventful F1 weekend. Here's what we learned

Aston Martin becomes first team to reveal 2026 F1 car launch date Aston Martin has announced the launch date of its first Adrian Newey-designed, Honda-powered Formula 1 car for the new 2026 regulations.It said the AMR26 will be revealed on February 9 next year.That is 10 days after the end of the first collective pre-season test of the new rules era, which takes place at Barcelona from January 26-30 - though that will be a private, behind-closed-doors test.The R... Read more:

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Aston Martin becomes first team to reveal 2026 F1 car launch date

Aston Martin has announced the launch date of its first Adrian Newey-designed, Honda-powered F1 car for the new 2026 regulations

Ben Anderson's 2025 Qatar Grand Prix F1 driver rankings Put McLaren's Qatar Grand Prix fumble to one side for a moment: there were some seriously impressive performances across the weekend (and some not-so-memorable ones).But who fared best overall at Lusail?Here's Ben Anderson's best-to-worst ranking of all 20 Formula 1 drivers' performances, as he steps in for Edd Straw this week.Agree or disagree? Leave questions or comments for him on this post in ... Read more:

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Ben Anderson's 2025 Qatar Grand Prix F1 driver rankings

Put McLaren's Qatar GP fumble to one side for a moment: there were some seriously impressive performances across the Lusail weekend. But which F1 d...

1000+ abusive messages sent to Antonelli after Marko criticism Mercedes has catalogued over a thousand abusive messages sent to Kimi Antonelli after Red Bull's Helmut Marko accused him of letting Lando Norris by intentionally in the Qatar Grand Prix.Antonelli made a mistake near the end of the Qatar race while holding off Norris and chasing Carlos Sainz for a podium position.He lost control and ran off-track, allowing Norris past - which meant he gained two p... Read more:

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1000+ abusive messages sent to Antonelli after Marko criticism

Mercedes has catalogued over a thousand abusive messages sent to Kimi Antonelli after Red Bull's Helmut Marko accused him of letting Lando Norris b...

Mark Hughes: Everything that fed into McLaren's Qatar debacle A few weeks ago, Zak Brown and Andrea Stella sat down with Sky Sports F1 to talk about the complex dynamics of the three-way fight for the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' title, when two of those involved drivers are in McLarens. "I'd rather Max Verstappen win the title than favour Lando or Oscar," said Brown.On a warm Qatar evening, after Verstappen took his seventh grand prix victory of the season throu... Read more:

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Mark Hughes: Everything that fed into McLaren's Qatar debacle

Was there a bias in McLaren's thinking as it decided not to pit both of its cars under the early Qatar GP safety car? Mark Hughes assesses the fact...

Wolff fuming over Red Bull suggestion Antonelli helped Norris Red Bull's insinuations over Lando Norris going past Kimi Antonelli late on in the Qatar Grand Prix have earned a sharp rebuke from Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff - who described it as "brainless" and "total nonsense".Antonelli lost fourth place to a tyre-offset Norris on the penultimate lap of the Lusail race, giving the Briton a potentially crucial two points in the championship.Onboard foot... Read more:

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Wolff fuming over Red Bull suggestion Antonelli helped Norris

Red Bull insinuating Kimi Antonelli let Lando Norris past in the Qatar Grand Prix was "brainless", according to Toto Wolff