Williams now face a weekend of playing catch up after both Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado saw their practice cut short in Japan today due to a number of issues. read more »

Sebastien Buemi is confident he can do well in the F1 2011 Japanese Grand Prix after Scuderia Toro Rosso enjoyed a strong start to the weekend today in practice. read more »

Both Toro Rosso drivers and the team in its entirety were happy to see a troublefree day of Friday running at Suzuka. New components were succesfully tested on both cars while... read more »

Jenson Button believes McLaren needs to improve a lot in order to feel confident of challenging Red Bull this weekend in the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Virgin drivers Timo Glock and Jérôme D'Ambrosio were out on track for the first time today here in Japan and completed their first laps of the weekend. Both drivers... read more »

Oct.7 (GMM) It is business as usual for formula one this weekend despite earlier fears about the Fukushima nuclear crisis. Red Bull denied reports it made special... read more »

Oct.6 (GMM) Talk of a special meeting this weekend to discuss Lewis Hamilton's aggressive driving in 2011 was played down in the Suzuka paddock on Thursday. Multiple... read more »

Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg began the MERCEDES GP PETRONAS team's weekend in Suzuka today with the first two practice sessions ahead of Sunday's... read more »

After setting the second fastest time in Friday practice, Fernando Alonso is hoping to be able to fight Red Bull and McLaren at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend read more »

Having struggled with Lotus’ power steering for the majority of the 2011 season, Jarno Trulli was pleased with the new system which was put in place from the... read more »

Don't expect Mark Webber to hand Sebastian Vettel any favours this weekend as the Aussie insists he's in Japan to "race"... read more »

Mark Webber believes the Drag Reduction System (DRS) could cause a number of problems for drivers over the remainder of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend. On Friday, a selection... read more »

Jarno Trulli believes that the tweaks to the old specification power steering system that he has had to switch to for the Japanese Grand Prix weekend mean that it is an... read more »

Tonio Liuzzi is predicting a very tough weekend for him after failing to complete any significant running in Friday practice. read more »

Sauber is relying on a significantly updated car at this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, with local favourite Kamui Kobayashi having ended practice in 16th position... read more »

Felipe Massa has suggested Red Bull Racing may be out of reach this weekend given the team's practice pace on Friday. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has said his Friday morning accident at Suzuka came as a warning not to think about sealing the World Championship title this weekend. The German ran wide... read more »

The McLaren duo led by Jenson Button got the best start to the Japanese GP weekend by going quickest through FP1. Button set a 1:33.634, just read more »

Pirelli has revealed which Slick tyre compounds will be on offer for the season-ending Indian, Abu Dhabi and Brazilian Grands Prix. At Suzuka this weekend, the Italian... read more »

McLaren Mercedes driver Jenson Button has clocked the fastest lap time during the first free practice session of the Japanese Grand Prix. The Briton was followed by his... read more »

Jenson Button led a McLaren one-two in Friday’s first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. As the 2009 title winner improved his lap time when the chequered... read more »

Sauber is keeping its fingers crossed that the update package it is introducing at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix brings it a 'significant' step to help... read more »

Lotus has been forced to use an older specification of its power steering for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix in order to withstand the added stresses of the... read more »

An amused Jenson Button has described how only Sebastian Vettel appears to believe that he still has a chance of overhauling the German for a second world title this year.... read more »

After a dismal Singapore GP weekend, Bruno Senna and his team are looking forward to the Japanese GP, not only because of the track. The car's performance should be a... read more »