HRT driver Pedro de le Rosa was delighted to escape the back row of the grid for the Japanese Grand Prix, after he beat Charles Pic and Vitaly Petrov in qualifying. read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits that "a big mistake" with set-up has left him uncompetitive after qualifying ninth for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Kamui Kobayashi says it would be a dream come true to secure his first ever podium in front of his home fans, after he achieved the "maximum possible" during... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is adamant that he does not deserve a penalty after qualifying at Suzuka. The local favourite was delighted with his performance, managing third on the grid for... read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits a botched decision regarding the set-up of his MP4-27 is what cost him dearly in qualifying for the Japanese GP... read more »

Lewis Hamilton expressed his disappointment after setting only the ninth fastest time in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton was upbeat on Friday, but a set-up... read more »

Fernando Alonso reckons he could have finished Saturday's qualifying in fourth place had it not been for a late yellow flag... read more »

Saturday’s qualifying session at Suzuka did not deliver the desired result for McLaren. Jenson Button was left to lament a five-place gearbox penalty as Lewis... read more »

Mark Webber declared his Japanese Grand Prix qualifying result a chance to get his 2012 season back on track following a string of difficult races. read more »

Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix has yielded Red Bull’s first front row lock-out of the 2012 Formula 1 season. In 2011, the Milton Keynes cars had managed the... read more »

Bruno Senna’s Suzuka qualifying session ended at the earliest possible point: the end of Q1. The Williams driver is knocked out at the first hurdle for the second... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen was at his best during a post-qualifying interview at the Suzuka circuit where he made his thoughts on the subject at hand quite clear... read more »

Red Bull looked dangerously confident right from the start of qualifying, and they cemented their control of the grid at Suzuka with emphatic early fliers in Q3. read more »

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

Sebastian Vettel labelled his qualifying in Japan "nearly perfect" after securing his fourth consecutive pole at Suzuka read more »

Bruno Senna has lashed out at Jean-Eric Vergne after the Toro Rosso baulked him in Saturday's qualifying for the Japanese GP... read more »

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber claim Japanese GP front row for Red Bull, as Button, Alonso and Hamilton face fighting from lower reaches of top ten.... read more »

Sebastian Vettel will lead a Red Bull at the front of the Japanese Grand Prix grid after proving unbeatable in qualifying at Suzuka. read more »

Vitaly Petrov and Heikki Kovalainen are adamant that the Japanese Grand Prix qualifying result is not a sign that Caterham is being caught by rivals Marussia and HRT. read more »

Sebastian Vettel took his 34th career pole position – moving to third in the all-time list – after setting the fastest time in qualifying. Vettel set the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel has claimed his fourth consecutive Japanese Grand Prix pole position. Never beaten in qualifying at Suzuka, the German edged out team-mate Mark Webber as Kamui... read more »

Felipe Massa was pushed out of qualifying for the Japanese GP, joining both Mercedes on the sidelines after Q2. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has brilliantly converted the potential of the Red Bull RB8 at Suzuka by taking pole position for the Japanese GP. Mark Webber will start from second place.... read more »

Michael Schumacher survived opening qualifying at the Japanese GP by the skin of his teeth - but that was bad news for Bruno Senna. read more »

Bruno Senna angrily hit out at Jean-Eric Vergne for blocking him after being eliminated from Japanese Grand Prix qualifying in Q1. read more »