Lewis Hamilton set a new lap record at Suzuka as the Mercedes driver strengthened his grip on the F1 title race by claiming a dominant pole position for Sunday's Japanese GP. read more »

SUZUKA, Japan -- Lewis Hamilton smashed the track record at Suzuka to claim a comfortable pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, where he will start ahead of title rival... read more »

Lewis Hamilton hailed the handling of his Mercedes W08 after he claimed pole position at Suzuka for the first time in his Formula 1 career. Hamilton had… read more »

Lewis Hamilton leaves title rival Sebastian Vettel 0.47s in his wake as he takes another huge step towards fourth title. read more »

Lewis Hamilton completes the set and takes his first Suzuka F1 pole in dominant fashion. read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix with a dominant qualifying performance, leading a Mercedes one-two, while title rival Sebastian... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has described his qualifying laps as "crazy" as he secured his first-ever pole at the Suzuka circuit in dominant style. read more »

Lewis Hamilton smashes Suzuka lap record to take 71st career pole read more »

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed an impressive run in qualifying as he topped every session on his way to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix. He is set to start alongside... read more »

Lewis Hamilton stormed to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, his first at Suzuka, with Sebastian Vettel moving up to second after Valtteri Bottas… read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, shattering the lap record with Sebastian Vettel joining him on the front row of the grid. The... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen's crash in final practice has forced Ferrari to change the gearbox in his car, meaning he will drop five places from wherever he qualifies in Japan. Ferrari... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen takes a new gearbox following his crash in final practice at Suzuka, triggering a five-place grid penalty. read more »

Jolyon Palmer becomes the latest driver to be hit with a grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix after Renault makes changes to his power unit. read more »

All the best bits from final practice at Suzuka... For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on... read more »

SUZUKA, Japan -- Valtteri Bottas set the fastest time in the final practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix despite crashing out with 20 minutes remaining. Bottas lost the... read more »

We sat down with McLaren Honda driver and 2009 World Champion, Jenson Button on a very wet Friday afternoon in Suzuka. Watch as JB talks about his Japanese Grand Prix win in... read more »

It started so well, at least for the first 30 minutes, and then it went wrong - crash-strewn wrong... read more »

Red flags punctuate FP3 as Finns Bottas and Raikkonen fail to show Suzuka due respect. read more »

Valtteri Bottas led a Mercedes 1-2 during final practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, a session interrupted by two red flags, one of which he caused with an… read more »

SUZUKA, Japan -- Fernando Alonso will receive a 35-place grid penalty at the Japanese Grand Prix after McLaren-Honda was forced to change his car's power unit overnight.... read more »

The German led the way in opening practice at Suzuka before the weather intervened ahead of the second session. read more »

The Finn finished fourth in the only meaningful practice session at Suzuka on Friday, and hopes to be competitive on Saturday. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says it was his decision to get Mercedes to run the wet condition in FP2 at the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr. explains the sizeable shunt during opening practice that left Toro Rosso with a big repair job to complete. read more »