Eddie Jordan
BBC F1 chief analyst

"It still think Nico has an advantage. Three-tenths in qualifying is a big gap. What was Lewis doing?

"Rosberg to win, Lewis second and Kimi to drop off - if Perez is still there he could be third."

The first person DC spots is Mercedes executive chairman Niki Lauda.

"Lewis wants to prove that he's still the master," says Lauda. "Nico has been the master for the last two races so I'm nervous."

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David Coulthard is on his scout around the grid now. Let's see who he can snaffle. 

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The polesitter in Abu Dhabi has only gone on to win once in six races. 

However, the front row is still the place to be. The only time a driver has won from lower than that was in 2012, Kimi Raikkonen winning from fourth.

Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at Yas Marina

"In the course of McLaren’s news conference on Saturday evening, Fernando Alonso was also asked whether his friend Mark Webber’s observation that he is a ‘ticking bomb at the moment’ was fair. 

"Alonso replied: ‘Not really. I don’t think so. I am aware of the situation, some frustrations in some races this year, but I have been always very calm, very positive. Not just this year, but also in the last seven or eight years, when sometimes even in a dramatic way at the last race losing the championship, some strategic mistakes, and I was never a bomb. There are other people throwing the cap in the podium and so on and that seems more a bomb than me. But people always say something about me, which is nice because they keep remembering me even when it is a low season.’” 

The sound of engines firing drowns out Mark Webber on BBC Two and the drivers head on out to the grid.

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Toto Wolff has just said 'Hasta la vista, baby' while wearing a cardigan.

You could pretty much end the season now. Nothing will top that.

Former Red Bull driver Mark Webber, who has just won the World Endurance Championship, has been talking to the BBC F1 team about what he thinks of Formula 1 in 2015.

The Australian said: "Lewis has dominated the bulk of the championship. Rosberg has only got there quite late on. Seb has had a bit of a crack but Ferrari haven't been as quick as the Merc.

"Young Max Verstappen is awesome and young Carlos Sainz. That's good. We need that these new young guys to keep improving and challenge because the older drivers aren't going to be around forever."

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The Sun on Sunday headline is 'Pole duncer' and also focuses on Nico Rosberg's recent domination and says Lewis Hamilton was left 'shell-shocked' after the German took his sixth pole position in a row.

They say it 'raised more questions about Hamilton's dip in form'.

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Eddie Jordan
BBC F1 chief analyst

Mercedes asked Formula 1's governing body to clarify the rules amid concerns over Ferrari's relationship with the new Haas team.

US-based Haas are entering F1 in 2016 and will be using parts bought from Ferrari, in whose wind tunnel they have been developing their new car.  

There have been suggestions Ferrari have gained an unfair advantage through it and Eddie Jordan believes that is the case.

He said: It's clear that it is ambiguous. It's very generous to Ferrari. Was there an advantage gained? Clearly in my view there was." 

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In contrast, Daniel Ricciardo's moustache is magnificent.

American rapper Ludacris is in the house. 

I'll tell you what is ludicrous. The outfit the chaptalking to Christian Horner is wearing at the back.

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David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator

"I expect Sebastian Vettel (15th on the grid) will be able to come through, which will give us a lot of excitement. That said, Kimi Raikkonen is third and hasn't been able to deliver the big results for the team. Will he be able to challenge Mercedes?"

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Ah, the 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. What a race that was.

From Kimi Raikkonen claiming first win since coming back to F1, famously ranting "leave me alone I know what I'm doing", to Sebastian Vettel's superb climb through the field from a pit-lane start. 

Today, Raikkonen starts from the second row - just as he did in 2012. Vettel, meanwhile, finds himself towards the back of the grid once again. 

Add to that one final ding dong between Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton and we could be in for another classic.

Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer at Yas Marina

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"It has, to say the least, not been a great season for McLaren this year. As such, they might have hoped they could slip through this final race unnoticed and get quietly on with the work of preparing for next season. If so that was rendered impossible by chairman Ron Dennis’s revelation ahead of qualifying on Saturday that a sabbatical for Fernando Alonso next season had been considered if the Honda engine remains uncompetitive. A bewildered Alonso was bemused by Dennis’s comments, describing them as ‘weird’ and ‘strange’, and saying he did not know what his boss’s intention was in saying that. 

“The Spaniard handled a difficult news conference on Saturday afternoon with good humour and calm, but amid the probing Alonso did eventually admit that he had discussed the ‘crazy’ idea with Dennis earlier this year. He was at pains to emphasise, however, that it was his ‘intention’ to race in 2016, and that even if the first test is bad, that will not change.”

Watch what BBC F1 pundits had to say on the matter here.