Lewis Hamilton will start from pole for the Japanese Grand Prix, immediately ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen. Tyre choice errors from Ferrari sees Sebastian Vettel... read more »

As Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes shine in Suzuka gloom, Ferrari goes into Japanese GP on the back foot having once again shot itself in the other. read more »

Full results from qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, round 17 of the 2018 Formula 1 season. read more »

Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix, while title rival Sebastian Vettel ended up ninth after a failed intermediate tyre gamble read more »

Sebastian Vettel will start the Japanese GP in ninth place after Ferrari suffered a disastrous qualifying session in Suzuka. read more »

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

The weather conditions made for a tricky final practice for the Japanese GP with Nico Hulkenberg having a heavy crash in the final minutes of FP3. read more »

Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, with title rival Sebastian Vettel down in ninth after rain. read more »

Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Japanese GP from pole position ahead of Valtteri Bottas as another strategy mistake cost his title rival Sebastian Vettel. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has secured pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix in a tricky qualifying session that was made complicated by rain. Valtteri Bottas was second fastest, ahead... read more »

Changeable conditions and a few off track excursions kept people guessing in final practice in Japan, but one trend that remained was the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton heading the... read more »

Hamilton fastest again in a drizzly final Japanese Grand Prix practice at Suzuka. read more »

Full results from Free Practice 3 for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, round 17 of the 2018 Formula 1 season. read more »

Lewis Hamilton once again tops the practice time sheets at the Japanese Grand Prix, but Sebastian Vettel was 0.116 seconds behind the Brit ahead of Qualifying at Suzuka. read more »

Lewis Hamilton completes practice sweep at Japanese GP read more »

Lewis Hamilton continued his domination ahead of Japanese Grand Prix qualifying as the final Formula 1 practice session at Suzuka ended early after a Nico Hulkenberg crash read more »

Full times from the final free practice session for the Honda Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton went from P20 before the rain arrived to P1 after it had abated to claim the practice hat-trick at the Japanese GP while Nico Hulkenberg crashed heavily. read more »

Mika Hakkinen vs Michael Schumacher - one of the greatest rivalries in F1 history. In 2000, they picked Japan as the stage for one of the most dramatic qualifying battles ever... read more »

Swede Ericsson secured two top 10 finishes in the Friday practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix, and was positive about the team's chances ahead of qualifying. read more »

Esteban Ocon comfortably had the measure of Racing Point Force India team-mate Sergio Perez in Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, finishing both sessions in seventh. read more »

Honda believes it has made a "big improvement" with its upgraded Formula 1 engine after working on the issues that delayed the new specification until this... read more »

Suzuka has been very kind to Mercedes in recent years, and it seems like the Silver Arrows is again feeling very well at home at the Japanese track. Lewis Hamilton easily went... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo admits his recent qualifying record against Max Verstappen is "bleak", with the Australian eager to rediscover the podium feeling at this week's... read more »

Recapping all of the additional news and notes on Friday at Suzuka, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook. read more »