"That’s it, my story with Ferrari ended last Sunday in Abu Dhabi: with the 'Reds' I had the possibility to make one of my dreams come true, while now I’m looking ahead, waiting for new challenges," says outgoing Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen

Sebastien Buemi signed off his rookie season in F1 with a second consecutive point for Scuderia Toro Rosso at the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday as the Red Bull-owned Italian team continued to show its recent return to form

Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella finished the final race of the 2009 season and their final race as Ferrari drivers in twelfth and sixteenth places respectively at the end of a very uncompetitive weekend for the team in Abu Dhabi

Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi made it through to the Q3 qualifying session for the third race in a row yesterday in Abu Dhabi and the Spanish youngster will line up on the fifth row of the grid for the Emirates' inaugural grand prix this afternoon

Difficult qualifying in Abu Dhabi for Ferrari with only Kimi Raikkonen making it through to the second session where he missed out on the cut for the final shoot-out by fractions, leaving the Finn in eleventh place while Fisichella is twentieth

Both Toro Rosso drivers showed promise during yesterday's opening practice sessions at the brand-new Yas Marinas circuit in Abu Dhabi with Sebastien Buemi posting the sixth quickest time in each session in the Ferrari-powered STR4

In the first practice at Abu Dhabi Ferrari continued to struggle and Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella finished fifteenth and eighteenth respectively while in the twilight session, the Finn was tenth and the Italian seventeenth

"Our car is definitely not the fastest but we found a pretty good way of working with it and getting the best out of it," says Kimi Raikkonen as he prepares for his last race for Ferrari, "it has been more normal to drive than for a long time before

ItaliaspeedTV: The newest Ferrari store was opened in Dubai today by Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella, together with Shafqat Malik, CFO Aldar Properties, and Edwin Fenech, General Manager Ferrari Middle East & Africa

The first Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is also the last GP in red for Kimi Raikkonen who will leave the Scuderia after three successful years and before the race Ferrari Chairman Montezemolo wanted to thank the Finnish driver for his contribution

The world’s largest Ferrari Store was inaugurated today in Dubai with the ribbon cut by Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella; it has more than 1,000 square metres of single-storey floor space entirely devoted to the Prancing Horse

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari Team Principal Stefano Domenicali looks forward to this weekend's first race in Abu Dhabi, reflects on a difficult season, assesses the development next year's car and the new regulation changes in store

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend will mark the final race for Ferrari for both its drivers: Kimi Raikkonen is leaving after three years and one world championship title while stand-in driver Giancarlo Fisichella is to take up a new test role

"The race in Abu Dhabi will be my last Grand Prix with Ferrari and as usual I will give it everything to gain the best possible result," comments Kimi Raikkonen, "we’ll try to conclude this difficult year with a good result"

"All in all the sixth place is a good result, considering what had happened," says Kimi Raikkonen, "now we’re one point behind in the standings: everything can happen in Abu Dhabi and we’ll give it everything to regain the third place"

With just three points for Ferrari at Interlagos thanks to a sixth place from Kimi Raikkonen the Scuderia now finds itself slipping to fourth place in the constructors’ championship but just one point behind the third placed team

Toro Rosso continued to demonstrate its recent improvement in form during yesterday's Brazilian Grand Prix and seventh place for Sebastien Buemi ended a points scoring drought for the Italian team that had extended to nine races

Kimi Raikkonen produced another great drive, given the overall competitivity of the F60 compared to the quicker cars in the field, in the rain-hit qualifying session at Intelagos to make it through to Q3 and secure fifth place on the grid

Toro Rosso posted its best qualifying session of the year in the rain at Interlagos yesterday with Sebastien Buemi setting the sixth fastest time to claim a starting position on the third row of the grid and Jaime Alguersuari winding up twelfth

While seeing a fit looking Felipe Massa in Scuderia Ferrari team kit watching the practice sessions from the pit wall in Interlagos put a smile on everyone’s face, the same cannot be said for the dire performance of the F60s yesterday

For a driver to take part in an official FIA press conference, he has to be taking part in the Grand Prix, but there is so much interest in Felipe Massa in Brazil, that the FIA invited the Ferrari driver to Friday afternoon's press conference

Yesterday at Interlagos Scuderia Toro Rosso continued to show the upturn in form that it had demonstrated in Japan with Sebastien Buemi winding up second fastest on the timesheets during the final practice session of the day