Live updates: Follow the latest on the 2024 Abu Dhabi F1
Max Verstappen might be arriving in Abu Dhabi with the Formula One drivers' championship wrapped up, but there is still much excitement to be found at Yas Marina Circuit across an action-packed weekend of activities.
Ferrari and McLaren will battle it out for constructors' championship honours at the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after Red Bull's slim hopes of retaining the title were extinguished at last weekend's Qatar Grand Prix.
That will add extra spice to every session of F1 from Friday's first practice to Sunday's main event.
As well as that there is the F1 Academy, Formula Four and Formula Two plus a full programme of activities, including the spectacular air displays and the eagerly anticipated after-race concerts including rap superstar Eminem, who headlines on Saturday.
Gates open at Yas Marina Circuit each day at 9am, and at Etihad Park for the post-race concerts at 6pm. Headline performers are usually on stage by 9pm.
Below is your full guide to Abu Dhabi race weekend. All times are UAE local time.
Thursday, December 5
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix media day.
2.30pm - Speaking to press will be Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), Oscar Piastri (McLaren), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
3pm - Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Max Verstappen (Red Bull), Franco Colapinto (Williams)
Entertainment
6pm (gates open) - Peggy Gou and Teddy Swims at Etihad Park.
Friday, December 6
8.30am: Formula 4 UAE, Practice Session
9.50am: F1 Academy, Practice Session
11.05am: Formula 2, Practice Session
12.00: Formula 1 Car Presentation
1pm: Formula 1, First Practice Session
3pm: Formula 2, Qualifying Session
3.30pm: Formula 1 Team Press Conferences
4pm: Al Fursan Air Display
4pm: Formula 4 UAE, Qualifying Session
5pm: Formula 1, Second Practice Session
6.35pm: F1 Academy, Qualifying Session
Entertainment
6pm (gates open): Maroon 5 at Etihad Park.
7pm (doors open): Afterlife at Yas Gateway Park.
9pm (doors open): DJ Tennis at Iris Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina.
Saturday, December 7
12.20: Formula 4 UAE, first race
2.30pm: Formula 1, Third Practice Session
4.15pm: Formula 2, Sprint Race
6pm: Formula 1, Qualifying Session
7pm: Formula 1 Press Conference
8.15pm: F1 Academy, First Race
Entertainment
6pm (gates open): Eminem at Etihad Park.
9pm (doors open): Mahmut Orhan at Garden on Yas, W Abu Dhabi.
9pm (doors open): Birds of Mind at White Abu Dhabi
9pm (doors open): Valeron and Moojo at Iris Abu Dhabi
Sunday, December 8
9.55am: Formula 4 UAE, Second Race
11.25am: F1 Academy, Second Race
1.25pm: Formula 2, Feature Race
3pm: Formula 1 Drivers' Parade
4.46pm: Formula 1 National Anthem
4.46pm: Air Display - Etihad & Fly Past
5pm: Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Entertainment
6pm (gates open): Muse at Etihad Park, Abu Dhabi
8pm (doors open): Fisher at Bagatelle, W Abu Dhabi – Yas Island
9pm (doors open): Tom Higham at Amber Lounge Yacht Party, Yas Marina Circuit
9pm (doors open): Lost Frequencies at Garden on Yas, W Abu Dhabi
9pm (doors open): Eran Hersh at Ce La Vi, Yas Marina Circut
9pm (doors open): Carlita at White Abu Dhabi
9pm (doors open): Francis Mercier at Iris Abu Dhabi
Paatal Lok season two
Directors: Avinash Arun, Prosit Roy
Stars: Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Lc Sekhose, Merenla Imsong
Rating: 4.5/5
How to protect yourself when air quality drops
Install an air filter in your home.
Close your windows and turn on the AC.
Shower or bath after being outside.
Wear a face mask.
Stay indoors when conditions are particularly poor.
If driving, turn your engine off when stationary.
Iran's dirty tricks to dodge sanctions
There’s increased scrutiny on the tricks being used to keep commodities flowing to and from blacklisted countries. Here’s a description of how some work.
1 Going Dark
A common method to transport Iranian oil with stealth is to turn off the Automatic Identification System, an electronic device that pinpoints a ship’s location. Known as going dark, a vessel flicks the switch before berthing and typically reappears days later, masking the location of its load or discharge port.
2. Ship-to-Ship Transfers
A first vessel will take its clandestine cargo away from the country in question before transferring it to a waiting ship, all of this happening out of sight. The vessels will then sail in different directions. For about a third of Iranian exports, more than one tanker typically handles a load before it’s delivered to its final destination, analysts say.
3. Fake Destinations
Signaling the wrong destination to load or unload is another technique. Ships that intend to take cargo from Iran may indicate their loading ports in sanction-free places like Iraq. Ships can keep changing their destinations and end up not berthing at any of them.
4. Rebranded Barrels
Iranian barrels can also be rebranded as oil from a nation free from sanctions such as Iraq. The countries share fields along their border and the crude has similar characteristics. Oil from these deposits can be trucked out to another port and documents forged to hide Iran as the origin.
* Bloomberg
War
Director: Siddharth Anand
Cast: Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff, Ashutosh Rana, Vaani Kapoor
Rating: Two out of five stars
India squad for fourth and fifth Tests
Kohli (c), Dhawan, Rahul, Shaw, Pujara, Rahane (vc), Karun, Karthik (wk), Pant (wk), Ashwin, Jadeja, Pandya, Ishant, Shami, Umesh, Bumrah, Thakur, Vihari
The 100 Best Novels in Translation
Boyd Tonkin, Galileo Press
NYBL PROFILE
Company name: Nybl
Date started: November 2018
Founder: Noor Alnahhas, Michael LeTan, Hafsa Yazdni, Sufyaan Abdul Haseeb, Waleed Rifaat, Mohammed Shono
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: Software Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Initial investment: $500,000
Funding round: Series B (raising $5m)
Partners/Incubators: Dubai Future Accelerators Cohort 4, Dubai Future Accelerators Cohort 6, AI Venture Labs Cohort 1, Microsoft Scale-up
Omar Yabroudi's factfile
Born: October 20, 1989, Sharjah
Education: Bachelor of Science and Football, Liverpool John Moores University
2010: Accrington Stanley FC, internship
2010-2012: Crystal Palace, performance analyst with U-18 academy
2012-2015: Barnet FC, first-team performance analyst/head of recruitment
2015-2017: Nottingham Forest, head of recruitment
2018-present: Crystal Palace, player recruitment manager
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Killing of Qassem Suleimani
Profile
Name: Carzaty
Founders: Marwan Chaar and Hassan Jaffar
Launched: 2017
Employees: 22
Based: Dubai and Muscat
Sector: Automobile retail
Funding to date: $5.5 million
Tips to keep your car cool
- Place a sun reflector in your windshield when not driving
- Park in shaded or covered areas
- Add tint to windows
- Wrap your car to change the exterior colour
- Pick light interiors - choose colours such as beige and cream for seats and dashboard furniture
- Avoid leather interiors as these absorb more heat
South Africa squad
Faf du Plessis (captain), Hashim Amla, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Theunis de Bruyn, AB de Villiers, Dean Elgar, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, Morne Morkel, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada.
MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League semi-final, second leg result:
Ajax 2-3 Tottenham
Tottenham advance on away goals rule after tie ends 3-3 on aggregate
Final: June 1, Madrid
Retail gloom
Online grocer Ocado revealed retail sales fell 5.7 per cen in its first quarter as customers switched back to pre-pandemic shopping patterns.
It was a tough comparison from a year earlier, when the UK was in lockdown, but on a two-year basis its retail division, a joint venture with Marks&Spencer, rose 31.7 per cent over the quarter.
The group added that a 15 per cent drop in customer basket size offset an 11.6. per cent rise in the number of customer transactions.
The winners
Fiction
- ‘Amreekiya’ by Lena Mahmoud
- ‘As Good As True’ by Cheryl Reid
The Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award
- ‘Syrian and Lebanese Patricios in Sao Paulo’ by Oswaldo Truzzi; translated by Ramon J Stern
- ‘The Sound of Listening’ by Philip Metres
The George Ellenbogen Poetry Award
- ‘Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance’ by Fady Joudah
Children/Young Adult
- ‘I’ve Loved You Since Forever’ by Hoda Kotb
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What sanctions would be reimposed?
Under ‘snapback’, measures imposed on Iran by the UN Security Council in six resolutions would be restored, including:
- An arms embargo
- A ban on uranium enrichment and reprocessing
- A ban on launches and other activities with ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons, as well as ballistic missile technology transfer and technical assistance
- A targeted global asset freeze and travel ban on Iranian individuals and entities
- Authorisation for countries to inspect Iran Air Cargo and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines cargoes for banned goods
The specs: 2018 Mercedes-Benz S 450
Price, base / as tested Dh525,000 / Dh559,000
Engine: 3.0L V6 biturbo
Transmission: Nine-speed automatic
Power: 369hp at 5,500rpm
Torque: 500Nm at 1,800rpm
Fuel economy, combined: 8.0L / 100km
