Newly crowned world champion Jenson Button arrives at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi with his girlfriend Jessica Michibata for Saturday's final practice, and later the real business of qualifying
F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone chats to the power brokers in Abu Dhabi - the man on his right is Jean Todt, the newly-appointed president of F1's governing body the FIA
Button drives his championship-winning Brawn BGP 001 into the unique pit-lane tunnel at the sparkling new �250m Yas Marina track in Abu Dhabi
McLaren look like they have got some impressive pace in Abu Dhabi and Lewis Hamilton makes the most of it by leading the way in final practice. But the 2008 world champion is not the quickest man in the session...
That honour goes to Button - the 2009 Formula 1 world champion pips his predecessor and compatriot Hamilton by a margin of just 0.002 seconds
Ferrari enjoy huge support in Abu Dhabi - there is even a Ferrari theme park next to the Yas Marina circuit - but their cars fail to live up to the hype on the track. Kimi Raikkonen qualifies 11th and Giancarlo Fisichella is 20th
Saturday's qualifying session at the 3.5-mile Yas Marina circuit is a first for Formula 1. It starts in daylight and ends under floodlights, giving F1's first ever day/night qualifying session
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel has plenty to race for in Abu Dhabi, the 22-year-old German may have missed out on the world championship, but he is still fighting Rubens Barrichello for second place
Brawn's Barrichello is two points behind Vettel in the drivers' championship and the veteran Brazilian starts two places behind his rival on the Abu Dhabi grid after qualifying fourth fastest
Vettel starts Sunday's inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from second on the grid. As well as trying to clinch second in the championship, the Red Bull man will be going for his fourth win of the season
Hamilton is aiming for his third win of the season at the Yas Marina circuit. His chances of getting that win are given a massive boost as he pulls a scorching late lap out of the bag to secure pole position
Mark Webber and his team-mate Vettel briefly topped the time sheets during the top-10 shootout as the Red Bull showed its class in Abu Dhabi - but neither could match Hamilton's raw pace
Hamilton's stunning late effort obliterated the previous hot lap, his time of one minute 40.948 was over six tenths of a second quicker than Vettel's marker - making him hot favourite for Sunday's race
Hamilton is delighted to grab pole position for the fourth time this season, but the McLaren man still has plenty of work to do, the pole sitter has only gone on to win once in the last six races
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