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Kimi Raikkonen's return in F1, was confirmed on Tuesday, as team Lotus Renault signed him for 2012 season. The 32 year old Finn, World Champion of 2007, is delighted to return in F1, after spending two seasons competing in the World Rally Championship. "The main reason was that I never really lost the passion for racing in Formula 1, just maybe for all the other things around it. But when I did some NASCAR races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock," he said.

Red Bull's Mark Webber won his first 2011 Grand Prix, in the last race of the championship, in Iterlagos, Brazil, as his teammate Sebastian Vettel won his second Formula One World Championship and Red Bull won the constructors' championship. Vettel made a great start from the pole position but he ould not hold the 1st place due to a gearbox problem. Mark Webber bypassed him on the 40th lap keeping that place until the end of the race and taking his first 2011 victory. Sebastian Vettel did not lose anymore positions and finished in 2nd place. Jenson Button finished 3rd resulting in keeping the 2nd place in the 2011 championship. However Fernando Alonso could not keep his 3rd place in the standings, as he finished 4th, while Webber who won the GP, bypassed him for 1 point in the board.

Sebastian Vettel continues his amazing form, taking his 15th pole position this season, in Brazil, breaking Nigel Mansel's record who won 14 pole positions in 1992. Vettel made a fast lap of 1:11.918. Teammate Mark Webber took the 2nd place, leaving the McLaren to start from the 2nd row, with 1:12.099. Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton came 3rd and 4th respectively leaving Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in 5th place, with 1:12.591, just 1 tenth behind Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes' Nico Rosberg was 6th almost half a second behind Fernando Alonso. His teammate Michael Schumacher did not make a fast lap in Q3, resulting in starting from the 10th place. Ferrari's Felipe Massa came 7th, with Force India's Adrian Sutil and Renault's Bruno Senna completing the first ten, finishing in 8th and in 9th position respectively.

Lewis Hamilton took an easy win in Abu Dhabi today. He started in second place but took leadership right after a punctured rear tyre caused Vettel to retire. Vettel had an excellent start and everything seemed to be determined right from turn one. But turn two added some interest to what seemed to be a boring race. Vettel saw his rear left tyre exploding. He managed to drive to the pits only to discover that his rear brake ducts and car's floor had been damadged, thus causing him to retire.