Nico Rosberg has confirmed he will leave the Williams team at the end of the 2009 season, after four years with the British squad.
Rosberg has been linked with a switch to the Brawn GP team for several weeks, and he has made it clear he wants to be driving a winning car in 2010.
The 24-year-old confirmed in Abu Dhabi on Thursday that he is to leave Williams after his current contract ends.

McLaren is aiming to leave this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as “winner of the second half of the season,” according to team principal Martin Whitmarsh.
Since the German Grand Prix in July, driver Lewis Hamilton has scored 40 points – more than any other driver – and climbed from 11th to sixth in the drivers’ standings as a result. Only Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen has come close to Hamilton’s consistency, the Finn scoring 38 points over the same period.

Renault has signed its first sponsor since being involved in the race-fixing controversy

Formula 1 would suffer huge damage if the British Grand Prix is lost from next year’s calendar, claims McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh.
Amid continued uncertainty about the future of the race, with no official news from Donington Park about the state of its plans for next year, there are now concerns that the race may not be a feature of the 2010 schedule.

This weekend’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks an exciting new chapter for Formula 1 – with a state-of-the-art facility set to raise the benchmark for grand prix venues.
AUTOSPORT brings you 10 facts about the Abu Dhabi track ahead of its first F1 race.
• The new Yas Marina circuit features the longest straight on the Formula 1 calendar. It stretches for 1.2 kilometres.

World champ Jenson Button says his sights are set on ending the season in style in Abu Dhabi this weekend

Lotus has appointed Claudio Berro as its new Director of Motorsport, ahead of the sportscar marque’s return to Formula 1 next year.
Berro, who has previously held posts at Ferrari, Maserati, Fiat and Abarth before a stint heading up the Speedcar Race Series, will join the company on November 2.
Although he will report directly to Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar, it is likely that Berro will have some involvement in the new F1 team that is currently preparing for a return to grand prix racing at the start of next year.

Former McLaren racer Mika Hakkinen has expressed surprise that the Woking-based team is on the search for a new driver. The Mercedes-powered team, driven by Hakkinen to back to back championships in 1998 and 1999, is openly contemplating a new team-mate for Lewis Hamilton.
But Hakkinen told Germany’s Auto Bild that McLaren should retain his countryman Heikki Kovalainen.
“They’re looking for a driver? Really? I didn’t know,” he joked while trackside at the DTM finale in Hockenheim.

After deputising for Timo Glock in the Brazilian Grand Prix two weekends ago, Japan’s Kamui Kobayashi will enjoy another chance in Abu Dhabi this weekend as his German team-mate is still unable to compete. Having expected to be on the sidelines himself, the test driver is savouring the opportunity.

With a strong race to ninth position having raised a few eyebrows at Interlagos – not least those of new Champion Jenson Button – Kobayashi becomes one of twenty men to compete in the first ever Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. “I …

With Mercedes boss Norbert Haug confirming that there was an empty seat at the McLaren formula one team next season alongside 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton, the list of possible drivers that could take up residence at Woking continues to grow. However there is one young driver that the team have been interested in since his debut race for the Williams team, Nico Rosberg, and the young German has revealed that the time is right for him to step up and join a winning team.
“I am ready. I am ready …

Adrian Sutil believes that Force India could finish the season on a high by qualifying well in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Having come within one place of his career-best to start on the better side of the second row in Brazil, the German’s race lasted for just six corners before colliding with Jarno Trulli.

With the Toyota’s rear wheel having touched the grass at Ferradura corner before side-swiping the Force India out of the Grand Prix at Interlagos, Sutil is not keen on repeating such a manoeuvre at Yas Marina.

Following his resounding win in Sao Paulo just over a week ago, his second win of the season and his career, Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber is now looking ahead to the 2009 season finale that will take place on the all new state of the art Yas Island Circuit in Abu Dhabi this coming weekend. Speaking to the Milton Keynes based squad’s official website, the Aussie driver gave his thoughts on the final race of the year and the new venue.
“As usual, the F1 season has been pretty long, …

Malaysian racer Fairuz Fauzy moved one step closer to securing a drive with the new Lotus F1 team in 2010 when he finished the World Series by Renault in second place overall on Sunday afternoon.
Fairuz, who used to race in the A1GP series alongside Malaysia’s first and only Formula One racer, Alex Yoong, who competed for Minardi back in 2001, is thrilled by his best placed finish to date, not only for himself, but also for a Malaysian driver and is hoping that this will give him an advantage …

Fernando Alonso is aiming for a great result at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in what the Spaniard says it will be an emotional farewell.
The two-time champion is competing with Renault for the final time before he moves to the Ferrari team, where Alonso is hoping to finish his career.
The Spanish driver, who won his two titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006, admits it will be an emotional final race in Abu Dhabi this weekend.