Ummmm....Etihad have been sponsoring Formula 1 now for 4 years. They were in fact the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula 1 Team which are now Force India.
Incidently (as briefly covered), Ferrari is part owned by the Abu Dhabi Government's Mubadala Development Company (about 5+%) and as Etihad is also government, part of the same clan. Aldar group are also sponsors and of course government. You will also see on the official Ferrari drivers caps 'Mubadala Abu Dhabi'.
Here endeth the lesson.
