Today's leading trio had a better pace than us, but now it's important that we do not let up at all: over the final four races, we have an obligation to demonstrate... read more »

Ultimately our pace wasn't good enough. read more »

Fernando Alonso has admitted Ferrari simply didn't posses the raw pace to catch the Red Bulls and Lotus of Romain Grosjean in the Japanese GP. read more »

Felipe Massa outqualified his Ferrari team mate Fernando Alonso at Suzuka, claiming he did a perfect lap to secure 5th. Alonso said the car just lacked overall pace, and the... read more »

Romain Grosjean qualified P4 with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen P9 ahead of tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix. Warm, dry conditions remained throughout the day at the Suzuka... read more »

The qualifying pace shown by the Sauber F1 Team in Korea has continued to Japan with Sauber F1 Team driver Nico Hülkenberg making it into the top ten again, and setting the... read more »

We're feeling quite optimistic about our race pace and tyre life, and if we get the strategy right we can take the fight to the cars ahead of us. read more »

Nico Rosberg has set his car up with a focus on race pace but said his grid position of sixth for the Japanese Grand Prix is "annoying" read more »

Fernando Alonso admits he needs to up his pace in qualifying after finishing eighth in Japan and three-tenths behind Felipe Massa... read more »

Fernando Alonso conceded he was "not doing good enough so far" at the Japanese GP after his eighth-place grid slot resulted in his third qualifying defeat to outgoing... read more »

Esteban Gutierrez says he is encouraged by Sauber’s long run pace ahead of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. Gutierrez qualified in 14th place for the race as... read more »

Red Bull's Mark Webber beats Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton to set the pace in final practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Mark Webber set the pace in final practice at Suzuka, however, Red Bull team-mate Seb Vettel did not set a medium tyre lap due to a KERS issue.. read more »

Driver confidence is the key to getting the lap time and that's where we will concentrate our efforts. Initial indications are that the race pace looks competitive along... read more »

On the softer tyre we look competitive and we think we can expect to qualify well. Our long run pace also looks good so it's an encouraging start to the weekend. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen believes Lotus will be more competitive in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix than at recent races read more »

Mark Webber expects Mercedes and Lotus to be challenging Red Bull for pole position at the Japanese Grand Prix.     read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says is more upbeat about the performance of his Lotus in Japan than he has been for the last few races. read more »

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari cannot afford to be as far off the pace as it was during Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted Mercedes have work to do on their rear tyre degradation after an inconclusive Friday practice for the team in Japan - although admits the pace of... read more »

Lewis Hamilton is wary that Mercedes might not be able to match Red Bull's race pace following Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber put their stamp on the Japanese Grand Prix weekend by charging ahead in second free practice. Both men also seemingly displayed dominant pace... read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in opening practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, ahead of Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel.     read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes set the pace in the opening practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix as Suzuka threw up its usual share of thrills and spills in FP1 read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace during first free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Friday morning. The Mercedes driver, who has now topped the opening session at the past... read more »