Fernando Alonso admitted he was not surprised by his result in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, despite finishing in fifth position. read more »

Felipe Massa, 4th: "It was a difficult qualifying session but at least we managed to keep one of the four best cars behind us. It's never read more »

Adrian Sutil, 11th: "Overall I think today's qualifying session went pretty well. I was a little bit disappointed to miss Q3 because we were not too read more »

Jenson Button was highly pleased with his qualifying effort at Suzuka on Saturday, despite missing out on a first non-Red Bull pole position of the season by six thousandths of... read more »

Michael Schumacher brushed off the final corner incident that saw both he and Lewis Hamilton miss out on a final flying lap during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel may be on pole position but the 12th time this season, however, the German says qualifying in Japan was anything but easy... read more »

After demonstrating strong performances throughout practice, Toro Rosso were left lamenting positions 15 and 16 for Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari after a... read more »

Michael Schumacher reckons Lewis Hamilton's antics at the end of qualifying in Japan were "stupid" as he slowed down, forcing everyone else to... read more »

Jenson Button reckons he got the very best from his McLaren at Suzuka during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, despite missing out on pole position to Sebastian Vettel by... read more »

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 »