Max Verstappen has labelled his Friday in Japan as "one of the worst this season" after struggling during practice all day for confidence and grip in his Red Bull. read more »

Toto Wolff insists Mercedes and Ferrari are still "neck and neck" at the Japanese GP despite the championship leaders' huge Friday advantage. read more »

Today's press conference with Christian Horner, Masashi Yamamoto, Franz Tost and Frederic Vasseur. read more »

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff suspects Ferrari is yet to show its true pace in Japan after Mercedes dominated Friday practice at Suzuka.  read more »

Max Verstappen called Japanese Grand Prix practice on Friday "one of my worst this season" and said he did not enjoy "one lap" in his Red Bull Formula 1 car read more »

Lewis Hamilton completed a Friday clean sweep ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix as he was fastest in second practice with Valtteri Bottas second and Sebastian Vettel third read more »

Lewis Hamilton heads up another one-two for Mercedes in FP2 at Suzuka on Friday as title rival Vettel finishes eight-tenths of a second off the pace. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has made the perfect start to his Japanese GP weekend by doubling up in Friday practice, with Mercedes dominating Ferrari once again in the second session. read more »

Full times from today's second free practice session for the Honda Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton dominated Friday's second Formula 1 free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Full times from today's opening free practice session for the Honda Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in Friday's first practice for the Japanese GP, over four-tenths quicker than his nearest rival, Valtteri Bottas. read more »

Having already topped the times on Friday, Mercedes continued to lead the way in third practice at Sochi. Though Ferrari were third and fourth fastest, their performance... read more »

Sergio Perez had only one session on Friday but the Mexican finished an encouraging seventh fastest, just ahead of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon. read more »

Sergey Sirotkin was content with a "productive" Friday for the Williams team but admits that the team needs to find more performance. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen had a disappointing Friday in Sochi as he was over a second slower than the Mercedes in second practice read more »

Sebastian Vettel had a mixed Friday in Sochi ahead of the Russian Grand Prix read more »

Finn Bottas finished fourth and second in the two Friday practice sessions for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix, believing that the team still has time to find in its... read more »

Max Verstappen ended inside the top three in both free practice sessions on Friday, much to the surprise of the Dutchman. read more »

Lando Norris performed double duty on Friday as he ran in free practice for McLaren before returning to his usual role with Carlin in Formula 2. read more »

With a recap of the news and notes from the Sochi Autodrom paddock on Friday, Julianne Cerasoli brings you her paddock notebook. read more »

Valtteri Bottas does not believe Ferrari's deficit to Mercedes in Friday practice for Formula 1's Russian Grand Prix is "real" read more »

Lewis Hamilton was fastest overall on Friday as the Russian Grand Prix got underway around a track he feels has been one of his weakest in recent years. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen could only manage a P6 slot in FP2, but admits that he "expected" the conditions in Sochi on Friday. read more »

Mercedes believe car upgrades have aided their strong start to the Russian GP weekend – but expect Ferrari will still close the big gap seen between the title rivals on Friday. read more »