SUZUKA, Japan -- Lewis Hamilton smashed the track record at Suzuka to claim a comfortable pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, where he will start ahead of title rival... read more »

Lewis Hamilton hailed the handling of his Mercedes W08 after he claimed pole position at Suzuka for the first time in his Formula 1 career. Hamilton had… read more »

Lewis Hamilton leaves title rival Sebastian Vettel 0.47s in his wake as he takes another huge step towards fourth title. read more »

Lewis Hamilton completes the set and takes his first Suzuka F1 pole in dominant fashion. read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix with a dominant qualifying performance, leading a Mercedes one-two, while title rival Sebastian... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has described his qualifying laps as "crazy" as he secured his first-ever pole at the Suzuka circuit in dominant style. read more »

Lewis Hamilton smashes Suzuka lap record to take 71st career pole read more »

Lewis Hamilton beat his title rival Sebastian Vettel in qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix to take his 10th pole in 16 races this season. read more »

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed an impressive run in qualifying as he topped every session on his way to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix. He is set to start alongside... read more »

Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, his first at Suzuka, with Sebastian Vettel moving up to second after Valtteri Bottas… read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, shattering the lap record with Sebastian Vettel joining him on the front row of the grid. The... read more »

Valtteri Bottas was fastest in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix later today. He was narrowly faster than Mercedes team mate Lewis... read more »

Valtteri Bottas edged out Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton to set the pace in final practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, but crashed to end his session early read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it was his decision to get Mercedes to run the wet condition in FP2 at the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button thinks Lewis Hamilton is favourite to win this year's world championship as he is unconvinced Sebastian Vettel will be able to reel in the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says his Mercedes car feels "back to normal" following Friday practice at the Japanese Grand Prix, after the team struggled for pace in Malaysia and... read more »

Lewis Hamilton topped a washed out the second free practice session at Suzuka that saw very little running at all. Force Inda and Williams were the only two other teams which... read more »

Sebastian Vettel ended up fastest in the first practice session of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend. The Ferrari driver edged out Lewis Hamilton by little more than 2 tenths of... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has said the Mercedes is performing much better here in Japan, and he is definitely ready to race. read more »

Pace-setter for much of FP1, Lewis Hamilton believes his Mercedes is "back to normal" after Singapore and Malaysia issues. read more »

After struggling throughout the last race weekend in Malaysia, Lewis Hamilton says he is back in control of his Mercedes W08 car at Suzuka. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says W08 'feeling much better' at Suzuka read more »

Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he is much happier with his Mercedes car so far this race weekend after balance and pace issues tarnished his Malaysia running. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says his Mercedes Formula 1 car feels "back to normal" in Japan following the struggles of the past two races in Malaysia and Singapore read more »

SUZUKA, Japan -- Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap in a soaking wet second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. The start of the session was postponed for 45 minutes... read more »