Fernando Alonso is not surprised with the qualifying results although he is pleased to be ahead of Mark Webber on the grid for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix. “I am not very... read more »

Local hero Kamui Kobayashi gained from a minor reshuffle in grid positions after qualifying, and he will start from seventh on the grid for the F1 Grand Prix of Japan on Sunday. read more »

Local hero Kamui Kobayashi will start the Japanese Grand Prix from seventh after the FIA corrected the original starting grid. read more »

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi will start tomorrow afternoon's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka from seventh place, having been promoted to the spot from tenth on the... read more »

Sauber's Kamui Kobayashi will start Sunday's Japanese GP from seventh on the grid after the initial qualifying results were adjusted... read more »

Fourth and fifth places on the starting grid for the Japanese Grand Prix, for Scuderia Ferrari’s pair of 150º Italias with Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso respectively. That... read more »

McLaren driver Jenson Button came extremely close to pole position today, but in the end just missed out on it by 0.009s. Teammate Lewis Hamilton got tangled up ahead of his... read more »

Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado again claimed places just outside the top ten in today’s qualifying shoot out for the Japanese Grand Prix. Rubens’ time of 1:33.079 and... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi will start from seventh on the grid at the Japanese Grand Prix after a lengthily deliberation over how positions seven to ten should line up for Sunday's race read more »

Kamui Kobayashi will start the Japanese Grand Prix from seventh position after the FIA revealed the official grid for tomorrow's race. read more »

Toro Rosso have had a strange qualifying session which could have resulted with having both cars higher up on the grid. The team however decided it would be better to do just a... read more »

Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta have refused to dwell on their early qualifying exits at Suzuka on Saturday afternoon, with the pair having to settle for... read more »

Sauber F1 Team driver Kamui Kobayashi has made it into the top ten qualifying at his home race in Suzuka. He qualified tenth, but could probably start further up on the grid.... read more »

Nico Rosberg says he is still targeting a points finish in the Japanese Grand Prix despite having to start from 23rd on the grid read more »

Kamui Kobayashi was left in high spirits following Saturday's qualifying session at Suzuka, with the Japanese driver making it through to Q3 on home soil. Having failed... read more »

Mark Webber said he was "very surprised" to only qualify sixth on the grid for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Jenson Button, 2nd: “This is the closest I’ve been to pole position all season, but it’s still not pole: tomorrow’s grid will... read more »

Fernando Alonso is confident of fighting for a podium at the Japanese Grand Prix if he can get a good start from fifth on the grid read more »

Ferrari man Fernando Alonso says his grid position for Sunday afternoon’s Japanese Grand Prix was somewhat expected, with the session being predominantly controlled... 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 »

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 »

Nico Rosberg’s Mercedes will start the Japanese Grand Prix from 23rd on the grid, having been stuck in his garage in Q1 due to hydraulics problems. Despite this, the... read more »

Marc Gene reckons that while Sebastian Vettel fully deserves this year's title, it is Fernando Alonso who is the "most complete" driver on the grid... read more »

Sep.27 (GMM) He might be the fastest in 2011 but Sebastian Vettel is not the highest-earning driver on the grid. That is the claim of Germany's Bild-Zeitung daily,... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi is delighted that F1 will be visiting Japan next weekend, with the country having been struck by an earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster in... read more »