Sebastian Vettel claimed his 12th pole position of the 2011 season ahead of Jenson Button, following a strange qualifying session dominated by tyre conservation issues. read more »

Lewis Hamilton insists he did have enough time to do a final flying lap in qualifying but "dangerous" driving from rivals cost him... read more »

Sebastian Vettel admitted that his crash during practice on Friday almost cost him in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Toro Rosso says it deliberately prioritised its race plans over qualifying at Suzuka - but still had regrets over its handling of the session after seeing its cars consigned to... read more »

Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated after he was unable to complete his final run in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, labelling his incident with Mark Webber and Michael... read more »

Read what the drivers had to say after qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Full times from today's qualifying session for the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Sebastian Vettel maintains Red Bull's perfect qualifying season with pole in Japan. read more »

Lewis Hamilton, despite not admitting an error after Japanese Grand Prix qualifying, has admitted that he lost an opportunity to seize pole position. Since the end of the... read more »

Jenson Button admitted he felt his fastest lap in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix would be enough for pole, the Briton claiming he got everything out of his car. read more »

Nico Rosberg was the big name casualty in opening qualifying for the Japanese GP after car failure sidelined his effort. read more »

Welcome to live text commentary for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying session from the Suzuka circuit. You can follow the commentary via this page, our read more »

Jenson Button again proved fastest of all in final free practice at the Japanese GP, but can McLaren hold its advantage through qualifying? read more »

Jenson Button leads McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button completed a clean sweep of fastest practice times as he led the way in the final session before qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka read more »

Formula 1 teams are set to face a major tyre strategy dilemma ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix thanks to the high degradation experienced so far on the softer... read more »

The third practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix starts at 0300 BST, with qualifying to follow at 0600 BST. read more »

Mark Webber thinks use of the DRS in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix could "catch a few people out" as they try to attack some of Suzuka's fast corners... read more »

HRT driver Daniel Ricciardo is hoping that the Japanese Grand Prix will be the first weekend when he combines a perfect qualifying and race performance read more »

Sep.29 (GMM) Pirelli's tyres for the 2012 season are up and testing this week in Barcelona. The official supplier's test driver Lucas di Grassi has revealed he is... read more »

Team Lotus had mixed emotions after the long race at Singapore. The beginning of the race showed possibly the strongest race pace of the season for the cars, as they were... read more »

Felipe Massa was left raging after the Singapore Grand Prix, a race which saw the Brazilian suffer a right-rear puncture due to contact with Lewis Hamilton. The moment followed... read more »

Mercedes GP duo Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher adopted very different approaches during the Q3 phase of qualifying in Singapore - with very similar results. read more »

After producing a lap that he described as '120 per cent' and his 'best of the whole year' in qualifying, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso is optimistic he... read more »

Lewis Hamilton must brace himself for a harder tyre strategy call in the Singapore Grand Prix after a push by his McLaren team to get a replacement super soft for the one he... read more »