Welcome to live text commentary for the 2011 Japanese Grand Prix qualifying session from the Suzuka circuit. You can follow the commentary via this page, our read more »

Jenson Button again proved fastest of all in final free practice at the Japanese GP, but can McLaren hold its advantage through qualifying? read more »

Jenson Button set the fastest time for the third practice session in a row at the Japanese Grand Prix, with a lap over half a second clear of the rest of the field read more »

Jenson Button completes sweep of free practice at Suzuka, but questions remain over true Red Bull pace. read more »

Full times from today's final free practice session for the Japanese GP. read more »

Jenson Button leads McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton in final practice ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button has headed a McLaren one-two in final practice for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday morning, confirming that the 2009 Champion has topped all Suzuka sessions... read more »

Jenson Button completed a clean sweep of fastest practice times as he led the way in the final session before qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka read more »

Formula 1 teams are set to face a major tyre strategy dilemma ahead of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix thanks to the high degradation experienced so far on the softer... read more »

The third practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix starts at 0300 BST, with qualifying to follow at 0600 BST. read more »

Bernie Ecclestone has bought 3,000 tickets for the Japanese Grand Prix, and donated them to victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami. The Formula 1 mogul read more »

A number of tickets for this weekend's F1 2011 Japanese Grand Prix have been freely distributed to those affected by the tsunami, thanks to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. read more »

Q. Lewis, what are your best memories of the Japanese Grand Prix? Lewis Hamilton: It has to be the battles between [Ayrton] Senna and [Alain] Prost. read more »

Lotus Renault GP duo Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna go into the business end of the F1 2011 Japanese GP weekend confident of a top-ten performance after a strong showing during... 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 »

Friday's press conference with Giorgio Ascanelli (Toro Rosso), Pat Fry (Ferrari), James Key (Sauber), Paddy Lowe (McLaren), Adrian Newey (Red Bull) and Naoki Tokunaga... read more »

GP PR: Japanese GP: Practice notes - McLaren read more »

Fernando Alonso was a little bit encouraged following practice today for the F1 2011 Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Michael Schumacher has been fined €5,000 by the FIA for his late dive into the pit lane during second practice for the Japanese GP. The Mercedes driver read more »

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel has conceded a lack of concentration was to blame for his off this morning in opening practice for the F1 2011 Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

McLaren's Jenson Button was pretty buoyant after setting the pace today in practice ahead Sunday's F1 2011 Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Michael Schumacher has been fined 5,000 Euros for making a late entry into the pits during second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Jenson Button said that Red Bull has the fastest car at Suzuka despite topping both practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix 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 »

Oct.7 (GMM) Andre Lotterer on Friday boasted that his Formula Nippon single seater is faster than the F1 cars produced by F1 backmakers Virgin and HRT. The 29-year-old... read more »