17.38 Hope you enjoyed today’s race, people – we certainly did. Plenty of action out there despite the fact that the rains never came, and in the end the right man won it. That’s it from us – we’re off to throw a massive piece of meat in a sizzling hot pan, snap open a [...]

We’ll be honest – we’ve been more excited about F1 curtain-closers. Last year’s climactic three-way shootout in Abu Dhabi, for example – though ultimately a fairly dull race – brought with it the sort of nerve-shredding suspense that makes Alfred Hitchcock look like whatever idiot it was who directed the Smurfs movie. 

A dramatic qualifying session for tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix saw Sebastian Vettel pick up his 14th pole position of the season, narrowly pipping Lewis Hamilton – who provoked a second run from the world champion after setting the initial pace in Q3 – to the front of the grid.

11.02am And that’s it – another absolute motor racing master class from the man who’s smashing F1 records left, right and centre. He’s now led more laps of an F1 season than anyone else, ever. He’s been on pole 13 times and won 11 races this year – including the first ever Indian Grand Prix. [...]