Sauber like most other teams enter Saturday s qualifying day at Korea on the backfoot after not learning a great deal during this morning s rain hampered free practice. read more »

Force India achieved a good starting point going into tomorrow s qualifying session after both drivers enjoyed a positive Friday practice at Korea despite the rain dictating play read more »

Oct.14 (GMM) Formula one drivers are worried Korea could this weekend host some of the worst tyre degradation of the season. "We will definitely stop more than twice (in... read more »

Formula 1 teams have discussed the idea of increasing the sport's qualifying limit to 110 per cent for next season, but the move appears unlikely to find any support read more »

Oct.13 (GMM) Keeping Mark Webber alongside new back-to-back world champion Sebastian Vettel for 2012 was the right choice. That is the claim of triple world champion Niki... read more »

In 2010, Korea witnessed the greatest decrease in lap times (5.3s) between first practice and qualifying as the circuit rubbered-in. But what exactly happens during the... read more »

Oct.11 (GMM) A lack of sponsorship looks to have dented a rookie Spaniard's chances of joining the F1 grid. Earlier this year it was rumoured Vitantonio Liuzzi could... read more »

Oct.11 (GMM) Poor starts and qualifying explains Mark Webber's struggle to keep up with new back-to-back world champion Sebastian Vettel in 2011. That is the claim of... read more »

Red Bull s Mark Webber recovered to fourth place at Suzuka after his disappointing qualifying saw him start the race sixth read more »

Sergio Perez battled through illness and a poor qualifying session to produce one of the strongest performances of his first F1 season in the Japanese GP... read more »

Oct.9 (GMM) Two formula one rookies are struggling through the Suzuka weekend at less than full throttle. Sauber's Sergio Perez revealed just before qualifying that he... read more »

After an eventful qualifying for the Mercedes team, Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg were both happy with top ten finished at the end of the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Fernando Alonso, 2nd: "Congratulations to Sebastian! Winning two world titles at his age, in a season in which he has done it all - in qualifying, 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 »

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh says his team could have done a better job in advising Lewis Hamilton of his track position in qualifying, after the chicane mix-up that left him... read more »

Mercedes is confident Nico Rosberg can salvage a points finish from today's Japanese Grand Prix after the German was sidelined in qualifying with a hydraulic problem read more »

Adrian Sutil has said he is disappointed not to have reached Q3 during qualifying for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix. “Overall I think today’s qualifying session went... read more »

Fernando Alonso is not surprised with the qualifying results although he is pleased to be ahead of Mark Webber on the grid for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix. “I am not very... read more »

Pirelli's Paul Hembery says that the tyre manufacturer and the teams need to work together to prevent limited runs in qualifying... read more »

Local hero Kamui Kobayashi gained from a minor reshuffle in grid positions after qualifying, and he will start from seventh on the grid for the F1 Grand Prix of Japan on Sunday. read more »

Today's post qualifying press confrence with Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. read more »

GP PR: Japanese GP: Qualifying notes - McLaren read more »

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi will start tomorrow afternoon's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka from seventh place, having been promoted to the spot from tenth on the... read more »

GP PR: Japanese GP: Qualifying notes - Pirelli read more »

GP PR: Japanese GP: Qualifying notes - Renault read more »