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 »

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 »

Sebastian Vettel claimed his 12th pole position of the 2011 season ahead of Jenson Button, following a strange qualifying session dominated by tyre conservation issues. 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 »

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

Lewis Hamilton, despite not admitting an error after Japanese Grand Prix qualifying, has admitted that he lost an opportunity to seize pole position. Since the end of the... read more »

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 has so far had the perfect weekend having topped the times in every session so far. The McLaren driver set a best time 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 »

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

Jenson Button claimed the practice hat-trick at Suzuka on Saturday morning when he topped a shortened practice session.... 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 »

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

Timo Glock, 19th: "It wasn't a trouble-free first session as I had a water leak and I wasn't able to run much. This cost us a read more »

Rubens Barrichello, 18th: I had limited running today which was unfortunate. In this morning's session, a puncture cut my session short and then an off this read more »

The McLaren team was well underway today at the Suzuka International Circuit. Jenson Button topped the time sheets in both sessions and even though Lewis Hamilton ended eighth... read more »

Team Lotus driver Heikki Kovalainen was happy with his Friday practice session as his car was well balanced right out of the box. Teammate Jarno Trulli meanwhile endured... read more »

Both Mercedes drivers said they were happy with the progress they made during Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix after the car proved to be a bit of a handful in the... read more »

Both Mercedes drivers said they were happy with the progress they made during Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix after the car proved to be a bit of a handful in the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says his crash in this morning's opening practice session at Suzuka was a reminder that he must not lose his focus despite being on the verge of... read more »

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

Jenson Button remained the quickest man in second practice after topping the times in the previous session for McLaren. The 31-year-old set a best lap of read more »

Although Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso head the timesheets, the pace of the Red Bulls on long high fuel runs indicates the Austrian outfit has everything under control. read more »

Jenson Button once again set the pace in the second free practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Friday read more »

After topping the timesheets at Suzuka this morning, McLaren’s Jenson Button has remained quickest in the Friday afternoon practice session for the Japanese Grand... read more »