The final race weekend of the season comes from the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
Qualifying takes place at dusk, with sunset midway through the session
Max Verstappen topped FP3 from his team mate as Mercedes struggled
Renault look the pick of the midfield - but McLaren could spring a surprise here
Eliminated in Q1: Raikkonen, Magnussen, Russell, Fittipaldi, Latifi

Verstappen fastest in first practice
By just 0.034 seconds, Max Verstappen leads the way in first practice in Abu Dhabi.
Valtteri Bottas is second, then comes Esteban Ocon, Alexander Albon, Lewis Hamilton, Lance Stroll, Sergio Perez, Daniil Kvyat, Pierre Gasly and Kimi Raikkonen.

Sergio Perez is a race winner finally, and his drive to victory in the Sakhir Grand Prix could be no better advert for a driver currently out of a job at the end of the year.
The Mexican is performing at the top of his game right now and Red Bull, the only possible destination for him in 2021, cannot ignore this as they weigh up who should partner Max Verstappen next year.
https://f1.motor-sport-total.com/post/637202180174135296/sergioperez

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Verstappen tops first practice at end of session (not during screen-shot)

Sergio Perez wins the Sakhir Grandprix!!
He’s done it!
Sergio Perez, who was hit by Charles Leclerc on the first lap that dropped him to 18th, wins the Sakhir Grand Prix!

Standing at lap 24 of 87
Bottas now takes the fastest lap bonus point to trim the lead down to two seconds. George Russell leads.

Leclerc and Verstappen are both out. Leclerc dives down the inside of Pérez, that takes Leclerc out.
Verstappen trying to avoid the incident runs wide and he then slides into the wall as well. Pérez still in the race but last. What a start!
George Russell has stretched the lead to 2.2 seconds. He has not scored a championship point in this his 37th race, he leads the way.

Valtteri Bottas edged Mercedes new boy George Russell to pole position at the Sakhir Grand Prix.
The Finn was just 0.026 seconds quicker than Russell, driving for Mercedes for the first time as a stand-in for Lewis Hamilton, who has coronavirus.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was just 0.03secs behind Russell in third place.
And there was a superb performance from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who took fourth, less than 0.3secs from pole, with team-mate Sebastian Vettel 13th.
http://www.speedbulletin.com/2020/12/sakhir-f1-grand-prix.html

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace in final practice at the Sakhir Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in George Russell only seventh.
Verstappen, who also topped final practice at the Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend on a different layout of the same track, was 0.206 seconds clear of Valtteri Bottas.
Russell, who was fastest in both practice sessions on Friday, was 0.394secs slower than his Mercedes team-mate.

Lewis Hamilton wins the Bahrain Grand Prix.Max Verstappen finished second and Alex Albon takes third after Sergio Perez's late issue ended his race.
1) Hamilton
2) Verstappen
3) Albon
4) Norris
5) Sainz
6) Gasly
7) Ricciardo
8) Bottas
9) Ocon
10) Leclerc

Lewis Hamilton took his 10th pole position of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Hamilton, who clinched a seventh title in Turkey two weeks ago, was a comfortable 0.289 seconds clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who looked a threat to Mercedes through practice, fell back to his customary third.
Red Bull's Alexander Albon recovered from a heavy crash on Friday to take fourth.
https://www.motor-sport-total.com/

Final free practice - Top ten times from FP3. Max Verstappen sets the fastest time of the weekend at Bahrain Grand Prix final practice.
A 1:28.355 is enough to put him at the very top of the FP3 time-sheets.
1) Verstappen - 1:28.355
2) Hamilton - 1:28.618
3) Bottas - 1:28.721
4) Albon - 1:29.018
5) Sainz - 1:29.455
6) Gasly - 1:29.472
7) Norris - 1:29.567
8) Kvyat - 1:29.585
9) Stroll - 1:29.660
10) Perez - 1:29.672
https://ello.co/motorsport

Top 10 #Formula1 #TurkeyGP
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Sergio Perez
3) Sebastian Vettel
4) Charles Leclerc
5) Carlos Sainz
6) Max Verstappen
7) Alexander Albon
8) Lando Norris
9) Lance Stroll
10) Daniel Ricciardo

Qualifying under way - Heavy rain causes delays.
Eliminated in Q1
16th Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
17th Daniil Kvyat (Alpha Tauri)
18th George Russell (Williams)
19th Romain Grosjean (Haas)
20th Nicholas Latifi (Williams)

Max Verstappen fastest in both Friday practice sessions on ice-like Istanbul Park circuit; Charles Leclerc second in Practice Two, ahead of the Mercedes; Lewis Hamilton, who can clinch seventh title at Turkish GP, 0.8s off the pace in fourth

Qualification 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Imola, Italy, 31 October 2020.
Qualifying top ten
1) Bottas
2) Hamilton
3) Verstappen
4) Gasly
5) Ricciardo
6) Albon
7) Leclerc
8) Kvyat
9) Norris
10) Sainz

Formula 1 qualifying for Portugal F1 Grandprix Autódromo Internacional Do Algarve
1) Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:16.652
2) Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +0.102
3) Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.252
4) Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.438
5) Sergio Perez Racing Point +0.571
6) Alexander Albon Red Bull +0.785
7) Carlos Sainz Jr McLaren +0.868
8) Lando Norris McLaren +0.873
9) Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +1.151
10) Daniel Ricciardo Renault +0.829

Lewis Hamilton takes his seventh win of the season and the 91st of his career.
He is level in the all-time list with Michael Schumacher.
Schumacher's record looked untouchable.
Hamilton has just matched it. Incredible.
A historic day.
1) Hamilton
2) Verstappen
3) Ricciardo
4) Perez
5) Sainz
6) Gasly
7) Leclerc
8) Hulkenberg
9) Grosjean
10) Giovinazzi

Lights out at Nuerburgring! - Hamilton out-starts Bottas, but the poleman maintains the lead
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1315264668567388163

2020 Eifel GP Germany at Nuerburg Ring - Weekend Warm-Up
Lawrence Barretto and guest presenter Laura Winter run us through the Formula 1 stories coming from the paddock on 'media day' of the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix at the Nurburgring in Germany.
http://motor-bytes.com/2020EifelGP