Timo Glock, 19th: "It wasn't a trouble-free first session as I had a water leak and I wasn't able to run much. This cost us a read more »

Vitantonio Liuzzi, 24th: "Unfortunately today was too short to have any information on the car. After three laps we had an issue with the water pressure read more »

Jaime Alguersuari, 11th: "This was a good day's work and I feel we have made a step forward, which I hope we can confirm tomorrow with read more »

Sergio Perez, 13th: "We really have completed a good programme today. It is my first time here and it is quite a difficult circuit. There is read more »

Adrian Sutil, 12th: "Suzuka is always a circuit that brings a smile to my face and I enjoyed driving the car this afternoon. We did the read more »

Rubens Barrichello, 18th: I had limited running today which was unfortunate. In this morning's session, a puncture cut my session short and then an off this read more »

Bruno Senna, 14th: "It was great to drive in Suzuka again because it's such a fantastic circuit. We spent the day working on the new read more »

Lotus Renault GP duo Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna go into the business end of the F1 2011 Japanese GP weekend confident of a top-ten performance after a strong showing during... read more »

Friday's press conference with Giorgio Ascanelli (Toro Rosso), Pat Fry (Ferrari), James Key (Sauber), Paddy Lowe (McLaren), Adrian Newey (Red Bull) and Naoki Tokunaga... read more »

The Williams F1 team had nothing to smile about today, as both drivers saw their running cut short. The team set out to try some car upgrades, but Rubens' puncture and... read more »

The McLaren team was well underway today at the Suzuka International Circuit. Jenson Button topped the time sheets in both sessions and even though Lewis Hamilton ended eighth... read more »

Ferrari's Pat Fry, Paddy Lowe of McLaren and Adrian Newey from Red Bull were among those who attended Friday's press conference at Suzuka... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says that he thinks Red Bull's long run pace during Friday practice is due to it running less fuel than McLaren read more »

Team Lotus driver Heikki Kovalainen was happy with his Friday practice session as his car was well balanced right out of the box. Teammate Jarno Trulli meanwhile endured... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 3rd: "It wasn't a big mistake this morning, but in that moment I wasn't 100 percent awake and mistakes around here can be read more »

Fernando Alonso, 2nd: "This year we have seen all the teams go through so many highs and lows, with the exception of Red Bull, depending read more »

Jenson Button, 1st: "It's always fun driving around Suzuka, particularly when you have a good car beneath you. This is an amazing circuit - the read more »

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES - Giorgio ASCANELLI (Toro Rosso), Pat FRY (Ferrari), James KEY (Sauber), Paddy LOWE (McLaren), Adrian NEWEY (Red Bull), Naoki TOKUNAGA (Renault)PRESS... read more »

Both Toro Rosso drivers and the team in its entirety were happy to see a troublefree day of Friday running at Suzuka. New components were succesfully tested on both cars while... read more »

Friday's press conference - Japan read more »

Japan Friday quotes: McLaren read more »

Oct.7 (GMM) Vijay Mallya on Friday denied reports he is close to selling his formula one team Force India. Citing "sources", the Asian Age said the buyer is Indian... read more »

Oct.7 (GMM) Andre Lotterer on Friday boasted that his Formula Nippon single seater is faster than the F1 cars produced by F1 backmakers Virgin and HRT. The 29-year-old... read more »

Oct.7 (GMM) With Jenson Button now the last man standing as a hazard to Sebastian Vettel's 2011 title, morning practice at Suzuka seemed to follow the script. For the... read more »

Japan Friday quotes: Renault read more »