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LIVE: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Qualifying

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Follow live coverage of the qualifying session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from Yas Marina with F1i.

Nico Rosberg is looking to extend his run of five consecutive pole positions and is favourite for pole after topping two of the three practice sessions this weekend. While Lewis Hamilton was quickest in FP1, the triple world champion made mistakes in final practice and ended up a quarter of a second slower than his Mercedes team-mate.

Ferrari is likely to be a threat after Sebastian Vettel got with 0.05s of Hamilton in FP3, though the only session with representative conditions - FP2 on Friday evening - saw the gap widen.

Force India has been the surprise package of the weekend so far with Sergio Perez third quickest in second practice and fourth in the final session. Red Bull has also been quick throughout the weekend so far and it could be a battle between three teams for the second row of the grid.

Williams has struggled somewhat compared to recent races, with both Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas comfortably slower than the leading four teams throughout all three practice sessions. McLaren has shown encouraging pace at times this weekend but Fernando Alonso warned on Friday it would not be competitive in qualifying.

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LIVE: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Qualifying

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.