
F1’s Abu Dhabi GP to start in light, end in dark – NBC Sports
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium – The season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be the first Formula One race to start in daylight and end at night. Organizers announced Friday that the Nov. 1 race will start in the late afternoon. Singapore hosted F1’s
F1 set for twilight finale – BBC
The 2009 Formula 1 finale in Abu Dhabi on 1 November will be a twilight race run at 1700 local time (1300 GMT). The inaugural grand prix in the United Arab Emirate is set to be a day-to-dusk race with the sun setting around 1745. Organisers may use
F1 fight to have day-night climax – BBC Sport
Formula 1 will stage its first day-night race in this season’s finale at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 1 November race will run under floodlights, starting at 1700 local time (1300 GMT), when it will still be light, and ending in the dark
F1 driver Happy Hamilton surprised to be fastest – MSN Singapore
A happy Lewis Hamilton said Friday that he was surprised to clock the fastest lap in the afternoon’s second free practice session ahead of Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old Englishman, in his McLaren Mercedes, maintained his and his team’s
Motor racing-Abu Dhabi F1 season-ender to end after dark – Reuters UK
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s season-ending grand prix will be the first Formula One race to start in daylight and end at night, organisers said on Friday. “Yas Marina Circuit has been built from the outset to host day
F1: Hamilton clocks fastest time in afternoon practice for Belgian – Welwyn & Hatfield Times
DEFENDING world champion Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time during the second practice session earlier today (Friday) ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix. Herts ace Hamilton, who did register a laptime in the morning session, clocked 1 minute 47.201
Report: India’s sports ministry against F1 race – Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s sports ministry has rejected the idea of extending sports-linked customs duty exemptions that would have made it cheaper to import equipment being used for the construction of a Formula One race track. India wishes to join
Lewis Hamilton tops Belgian GP practice; Red Bull looks poised to cut – Los Angeles Times
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton was fastest in practice Friday for the Belgian Grand Prix, where Red Bull looked poised to cut into Brawn GP’s Formula One championship lead. Defending F1 champion Hamilton lapped the 4.352
Defiant Fernando Alonso vows to win 3rd F1 title – Associated Press
SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Confident as ever, Fernando Alonso is certain he will win a third Formula One title. But even the Spaniard doesn’t know which team he’ll be on when he does. Alonso has long been linked with a move away from
Abu Dhabi to be F1’s first ‘day/night’ race – Motorsport.com
The inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will not be a twilight race but F1’s first ever ‘day/night’ race, according to event manager Richard Cregan. The sport’s television broadcasters were issued with a document at Spa-Francorchamps on Friday confirming