Romain Grosjean was buoyed up by a stronger than expected qualifying in Suzuka, but team mate Kimi Raikkonen was left ruing mistakes and facing another comeback... read more »

Today, we did a lot of work to find the right car configuration and both drivers gave their best. read more »

Charles Pic has been handed a drive-through penalty for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix after ignoring a red light during qualifying read more »

We're feeling quite optimistic about our race pace and tyre life, and if we get the strategy right we can take the fight to the cars ahead of us. read more »

Jenson Button says 10th was the most McLaren could have hoped for in Saturday's qualifying session at the Suzuka circuit, admitting he "couldn't have... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says a small error on his hot lap in Q3 cost him time during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. Raikkonen will start the race on Sunday from ninth place on... read more »

Max Chilton expressed his satisfaction after qualifying in 19th place for the Japanese Grand Prix. Chilton edged out both Caterham drivers for the first time since the Chinese... read more »

Although this is a very demanding track for tyres, we saw in qualifying that times didn't drop off significantly even with used tyres. read more »

Paul di Resta expressed his satisfaction after qualifying in 12th place for the Japanese Grand Prix. Di Resta has not scored a point since the British Grand Prix in June but... read more »

We spent a busy night in both the engineering office and in the garage, but the hard work paid off. read more »

Jenson Button believes his 10th place in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix represents the McLaren's maximum potential at Suzuka read more »

The Red Bulls have looked very strong and we knew it would be tight with Lewis for P3, so we think we did a good job to take P4. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen insists he is happier at the Japanese Grand Prix than in recent races despite qualifying his Lotus down the field again read more »

It's great to have secured front row for tomorrow's race. It was a very strong performance by Mark today to claim his first pole of the year. read more »

Sauber has confirmed that unburnt fuel was the cause of a brief fire on Esteban Gutiérrez's car during the opening phase of qualifying for the Japanese Grand... read more »

We are happy with this qualifying, because we knew it was gong to be extremely tight. read more »

Saturday's FIA post-qualifying press conference ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix with drivers Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton in... read more »

Fernando Alonso has vowed to improve after qualifying eighth for the Japanese Grand Prix, the Spaniard admitting he has not been driving well enough so far this weekend. read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne's fire during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix was caused by his Toro Rosso's rear brakes not releasing properly read more »

Lewis Hamilton admits that Red Bull had just too much in hand for Mercedes in qualifying for the Japanese GP, but insists that he was still hoping to out-race... read more »

Both drivers did a very creditable job in the circumstances to maximise the car they had under them. read more »

Both drivers did a good, solid, professional job today. Checo was unlucky to miss out on going through to Q3 by the narrowest of margins. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen said a couple of small mistakes on his final qualifying lap resulted in his ninth place starting position on the Japanese Grand Prix grid read more »

This track is going to be hard on tyres for everyone tomorrow, so with the right strategy we have an opportunity to fight for some points in the race. read more »

Charles Pic has been handed an unusual penalty for ignoring a red-light at the end of the pitlane during qualifying. The Caterham driver will have to serve a drive-through... read more »