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 »
9
15
Bruno Senna, 8th: "It was a bit of a squeeze getting my car together in time for qualifying but the team did a fantastic job to read more »
15
Paul Hembery: "It was a very fast qualifying and the tyres stood up well to the high-speed demands of Suzuka circuit, with no wear or degradation read more »
15
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: It was good to get through the entire run plan in P3 after a difficult day yesterday. Rubens was initially read more »
15
DRIVERS: 1 - Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull); 2 - Jenson BUTTON (McLaren); 3 - Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren) TV UNILATERALS Q: Sebastian, your 15th... read more »
15
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 »
15
Michael Schumacher, 7th: "It was a tricky ending to my qualifying session today, but at least we have saved a set of tyres for the read more »
15
Nico Rosberg and Vitantonio Liuzzi have been given the all clear to start the Japanese Grand Prix, despite both failing to set a timed lap read more »
1
Nico Rosberg and Tonio Liuzzi have been given the green light to race in the Japanese Grand Prix despite failing to set a time in qualifying. read more »
15
Jerome D'Ambrosio, 20th: "It was a good Saturday. We had a very good last lap, something which is difficult to achieve here. You want to read more »
15
Vitantonio Liuzzi, 24th: "It's been a terrible start to the weekend. Yesterday I could only do four laps, eight this morning after an engine issue read more »
15
Kamui Kobayashi, 10th: "I am really happy we made it into the top ten qualifying in Suzuka. I very much enjoy seeing all the fans read more »
15
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 »
15
Sebastian Vettel, 1st: “I went off in the free practice yesterday and damaged the front wing, so it wasn’t ideal to prepare the car read more »
15
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 »
2
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 »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
- D
- H
- M
- S
| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |