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Caterham confirm Kobayashi for Abu Dhabi

Kamui Kobayashi will race in the season ending 2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Caterham have announced. The team have missed the last two rounds of the championship, in the United States and Brazil, due to ongoing financial issues

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Sainz Jr handed Red Bull Abu Dhabi test outing

Formula Renault 3.5 champion Carlos Sainz Jr will join Daniel Ricciardo in Red Bull's line-up for the final Formula One test of 2014 in Abu Dhabi. Sainz Jr, who won seven times en route to becoming the youngest champion in FR3.5 history this year, will drive on the first day of the two-day test

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FIA press conference schedule - Abu Dhabi

Mercedes' title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg and outgoing champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull will be among the six drivers taking part in the official FIA press conference at Yas Marina on Thursday. On Friday it is the turn of senior team personnel to answer questions from the press, with representatives from no less than seven teams - big and small

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McLaren: No driver decisions until December

McLaren have decided to put off any announcement on their 2015 driver line-up until next month in order to focus on this weekend's season-ending 2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and next week's subsequent post-race test. Neither of the British squad's current drivers, former champion Jenson Button and rookie Kevin Magnussen, has yet been reconfirmed

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Force India to run GP2 champion Palmer in Abu Dhabi test

Force India have announced that they will give 2014 GP2 Series champion Jolyon Palmer his debut F1 run at next week's season-closing test in Abu Dhabi. The 23-year-old, who became the first Briton since Lewis Hamilton to win the GP2 crown when he sealed the title with an event to spare at Sochi last month, said he was delighted to have been handed a chance by the Silverstone team

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Grosjean to stay on with Lotus in 2015

Lotus will field an unchanged driver line-up in 2015 after announcing that Romain Grosjean will stay on as Pastor Maldonado's team mate. It will be the Frenchman's fourth straight season with the Enstone-based team, which is switching from Renault to Mercedes power next year

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Williams launches new engineering academy

Williams have launched a new engineering academy in a bid to nurture the next generation of F1 engineers. The scheme, launched in conjunction with team partners Randstad and F1 in Schools, will see Williams mentor up to 10 students each year in a long-term extra-curricular programme

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Bianchi out of coma; to continue treatment in France

Jules Bianchi is no longer in an artificial coma and is now being treated in France, according to a statement issued by his family on Wednesday. The Frenchman, who was critically injured in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix in October, was transferred aeromedically from hospital in Yokkaichi to the university hospital in Nice on Tuesday night

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Ocon, Fong to make F1 practice debuts in Abu Dhabi

European Formula Three champion Esteban Ocon will make his Formula One Grand Prix weekend debut in Abu Dhabi, driving for Lotus in FP1. Hong Kong's Adderly Fong will also be present, taking on driving duties at Sauber for the opening Yas Marina practice session

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Ferrari confirm split with Alonso

Ferrari have confirmed that Fernando Alonso will leave the team at the end of the 2014 Formula One campaign. In a statement, the team said that the relationship ended "by common consent". The announcement means this weekend's race in Abu Dhabi will formally bring to a close Alonso's five-year spell with the Scuderia, which has yielded 11 wins and 44 podiums, though no championship success

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Vettel signs for Ferrari on three-year deal

Sebastian Vettel will replace Fernando Alonso at Ferrari next season, after the Italian team confirmed a three-year deal with the four-time world champion. Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci hailed the arrival of Vettel, who will partner Kimi Raikkonen in 2015, and predicted he will become an "invaluable" asset

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Stevens to race for Caterham in Abu Dhabi

Former Marussia reserve driver Will Stevens will make his F1 race debut with Caterham in this weekend's 2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the team have confirmed. Stevens, who has previous testing experience with Caterham, will compete alongside Kamui Kobayashi at Yas Marina. Stevens, 23, has spent this season in Formula Renault 3.5, finishing sixth overall

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FIA Thursday press conference - Abu Dhabi

Drivers - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Nico Hulkenberg (Force India), Nico Rosberg (Mercedes), Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing), Fernando Alonso (Ferrari), Jenson Button (McLaren) Q: Lewis, you're guaranteed the title on Sunday if you finish in the top two, something that you have done for the last six races

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FP1 - Hamilton leads the way as Mercedes dominate in Abu Dhabi

Lewis Hamilton made an ideal start to this weekend's title-deciding season finale at Yas Marina by edging his Mercedes team mate and championship rival Nico Rosberg in first practice on Friday afternoon. Fernando Alonso put Ferrari third, albeit more than a second down on the Silver Arrows, with the Red Bull duo of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo rounding out the top five

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Grosjean faces time penalty after engine change

Romain Grosjean faces being hit with a time penalty in this weekend's 2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a result of using sixth power unit elements. Lotus opted to change his internal combustion unit, turbocharger and MGU-H for the 2014 finale

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FP2 - Hamilton maintains upper hand over Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton held his advantage over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg in FP2, although just 0.083s separated the two title contenders on Friday evening in Abu Dhabi. McLaren's Kevin Magnussen was just over half a second down in third, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel edging Williams' Valtteri Bottas for fourth. Fernando Alonso failed to set a time after his Ferrari rolled to a halt early on

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Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes

Lewis Hamilton on a good start to a crucial weekend; Nico Rosberg on having more performance up his sleeve; Williams' Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa on a fairly frustrating first day; Toro Rosso's Daniil Kvyat on the changeable conditions. All of the drivers and senior team personnel report back on the opening day of action from Yas Marina…

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FIA Friday press conference - Abu Dhabi

Team representatives - Federico Gastaldi (Lotus), Finbarr O'Connell (Caterham), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing), Otmar Szafnauer (Force India), Toto Wolff (Mercedes), Claire Williams (Williams), Marco Mattiacci (Ferrari) Q: Toto, we have to start with you. Obviously the showdown this weekend between your two drivers

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FP3 - Rosberg seizes the initiative in Abu Dhabi

Nico Rosberg threw down the gauntlet to Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton by going fastest by three tenths of a second in the final practice session at Yas Marina on Saturday afternoon. The title rivals were once again well clear of their rivals, with Rosberg more than one second ahead of Williams' Felipe Massa, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel

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Qualifying - Rosberg takes pole position for title decider

Nico Rosberg will start Sunday's championship-deciding race in Abu Dhabi from pole position after seeing off the challenge of Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in an enthralling qualifying session on Saturday evening. Rosberg, who needs to overturn a 17-point deficit to Hamilton to win the title, finished 0.386s ahead of the Briton, who in turn just managed to resist the charge of Williams' Valtteri Bottas

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