VETTEL WANTS TO DRIVE FOR FERRARI

The new world champion enjoyed a dominant season in his Red Bull RB6, taking ten pole positions and winning five grands prix. Nonetheless, Vettel hinted he would like to drive for the legendary Italian team or Mercedes after seeing out his current contract.

"No question, it is my wish and goal to drive for Ferrari one day," Vettel told Sunday's Bild am Sonntag. "Or Mercedes, another legendary brand. But right now I'm happy. I have two more years of contract with Red Bull and we have big plans."

SEB COMING HOME PICTURES

RED BULL FAST AND WITH PIRELLI TYRES

Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel returned to his familiar place at the top of the timesheet on the first morning of Pirelli tyre testing in Abu Dhabi. The 23 year old German driver was fastest driver ahead of Felipe Massa, Ferrari, and Robert Kubica, Renault. Today`s results:

P.    DRIVER                TEAM           TIME      LAPS
1. Sebastian Vettel       Red Bull       1m40.861s    34
2. Felipe Massa           Ferrari        1m40.913s    29
3. Robert Kubica          Renault        1m41.032s    25
4. Kamui Kobayashi        Sauber         1m41.466s    33
5. Gary Paffett           McLaren        1m41.588s    49
6. Nico Rosberg           Mercedes       1m41.978s    40
7. Jaime Alguersuari      Toro Rosso     1m42.642s    33
8. Rubens Barrichello     Williams       1m42.655s    44
9. Adrian Sutil           Force India    1m42.859s    20
10.Timo Glock             Virgin         1m45.057s    41
11.Heikki Kovalainen      Lotus          1m46.201s    42
12.Pastor Maldonado       Hispania       1m46.534s    46

These are first official Pirelli tyre test sessions, and all 12 teams will get their first chance to test tyres of this Italian company. This will be two day test, and every team will get eight tyre sets, made of soft and medium component. Team are hoping that tests will give them opportunity to understand how new tyres will affect the cars.

2010 ABY DHABI GP: RACE IN HIGH RESOLUTION PICTURES

2010 ABY DHABI GP: GLORIOUS VETTEL EXPLAIN HIS FEELINGS

Deserved Champagne Bath!!!

Sebastian Vettel, 2010 WORLD CHAMPION:
"I'm speechless. I don't know what you are supposed to say in these moments, it has been an incredibly tough season for myself and all of us, physically and mentally. We always kept believing in ourselves - no matter what people said - in the team and in our car. I kept believing in myself and today was a special day all round. I got up this morning and tried not to think about anything; I tried to avoid contact with people and just tried to do my own thing. I knew all I could try to do was win this race and do my best.

We only led this Championship once this season, but it was when it mattered. The car was phenomenal today; the start was very tight with Lewis (Hamilton), and I had some graining in the first stint, but then the car stabilised and was a dream. To be honest, I didn't know anything until I passed the chequered flag. I was wondering, because my race engineer Rocky was trying to give me advice every lap to help me carry the car home and I was thinking 'Why's this guy so nervous, we must be in a bloody good position!' Then crossing the line he came on the radio and very silently said 'it's looking good, we have to wait until all the cars finish'. I was thinking 'what does he mean,' as I hadn't seen the screens - I just wanted to make sure I didn't get any distractions during the race and focused on myself. Then Christian came on the radio and screamed at me that we had won the World Championship.

I have to say thanks to so many people. To start with, the team: that's all the people here at the track and all the people in Milton Keynes - they are pushing like hell and I think they will be enjoying this moment as much as last week. Also everyone back in Austria, who has supported me from the beginning - it's been an incredible journey with Red Bull and, after all the ups and downs this season, to come here now and win the Championship is unbelievable. Thanks to everyone I have known from the early days in karting and those in my home town of Heppenheim to now, thank you so much."

2010 ABY DHABI GP: VETTEL BECOME YOUNGEST F1 CHAMION!!!

Sebastian Vettel, won the race, won Title World Champion!!!

Vettel Sebastian became the youngest F1 champion by winning today's race in Abu Dhabi. His main rivals Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber just the seventh and eighth place. So experienced drivers, cracked under pressure today, the youngest among them, showed them how it's done!!!

ABY DHABI GP
Yas Marina, United Arab Emirates;
55 laps; 305.355km;

CLASSIFICATION:
P.  DRIVER           ТEAM                        Time Gap
1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault
2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     10.1s
3.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     11.0s
4.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     30.7s
5.  Kubica        Renault                    +     39.0s
6.  Petrov        Renault                    +     43.5s
7.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     43.7s
8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     44.2s
9.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     50.2s
10. Massa         Ferrari                    +     50.8s
11. Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari             +     51.5s
12. Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     57.6s
13. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     58.3s
14. Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     59.5s
15. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +   1m03.1s
16. Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +   1m04.7s
17. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +    1 LAP
18. Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 LAPS
19. Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 LAPS
20. Klien         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 LAPS
21. Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth             +    4 LAPS

FASTEST LAP: Lewis Hamilton, 1m41.274s

NOT CLASSIFIED:
DRIVER           TEAM                    On Lap
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              44
Schumacher    Mercedes                     1
Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes         1

FINAL CLASSIFICATION:
Drivers:                    Constructors:
1.  Vettel       256        1.  Red Bull-Renault     498
2.  Alonso       252        2.  McLaren-Mercedes     454
3.  Webber       242        3.  Ferrari              396
4.  Hamilton     240        4.  Mercedes             214
5.  Button       214        5.  Renault              163
6.  Massa        144        6.  Williams-Cosworth     69
7.  Rosberg      142        7.  Force India           68
8.  Kubica       136        8.  Sauber-Ferrari        44
9.  Schumacher    72        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    13
10. Barrichello   47
11. Sutil         47
12. Kobayashi     32
13. Petrov        27
14. Hulkenberg    22
15. Liuzzi        21
16. Buemi          8
17. De la Rosa     6
18. Heidfeld       6
19. Alguersuari    5