Crash.net's team in the F1 paddock bring you some of the stories and rumours that have been bubbling behind the scenes during the Japanese Grand Prix weekend read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne became the second driver (after Pastor Maldonado of Lotus) to receive a ten-place grid penalty this weekend after his Scuderia Toro Rosso team were forced to... read more »

The Japanese Grand Prix faces a 'massive threat' from the closing Super Typhoon Phanfone according to the FIA's official weather service UBIMET. The race,... read more »

Red Bull Racing saw its drivers qualify 6th and 9th on the grid for tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo proved happy with 6th after his crash earlier this... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne proved relieved after today's qualifying, having outpaced his team mate despite various technical issues earlier in the weekend. For Kvyat, the big news... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne and Pastor Maldonado have both been handed 10-place grid penalties for the Japanese Grand Prix after changing their engine for a sixth unit. The pair had both... read more »

Valtteri Bottas reckons Williams has been able to cut the gap to the pace-setting Mercedes team at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says anticipated wet conditions will not aid Williams's cause at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. Bottas qualified in third position at Suzuka but... read more »

Pastor Maldonado will incur a ten-place grid penalty this weekend at Suzuka after his Lotus F1 Team were forced to switch to their sixth Renault engine of the season. He […] read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Williams is going to be Mercedes' closest challenger for the rest of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend read more »

Jenson Button says he is encouraged by McLaren's pace after he ended Friday's second practice session for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka in fourth... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen says that improvements need to be made to his Ferrari F14T if he is to collect a good result at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

Nico Rosberg admits Mercedes have a "great car" for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix... read more »

Felipe Massa says he is sure he will move forward at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix after finishing Friday's second free practice session in 14th position. read more »

Sebastian Vettel is confident Red Bull can beat Williams this weekend after a disappointing start to their Japanese GP race weekend... read more »

Adrian Sutil reckons Sauber is set for another difficult weekend in Japan after Friday's practice sessions at Suzuka. Sutil, who has not yet scored a point this season,... read more »

Nico Rosberg does not think Mercedes will have a weak point this weekend after the pace it showed on both its long runs and over one lap during Friday practice read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he is encouraged by Mercedes's pace advantage following Friday's practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Hamilton topped the... read more »

Sergio Perez's build-up to this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix was hit by a gearbox problem in second practice, restricting the Mexican to just eighth laps in the 90... read more »

Max Verstappen's first participation in a grand prix weekend came to a smokey end when his STR suffered an engine failure in FP1... read more »

Nico Rosberg pipped Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to the fastest first practice lap by just 0.151 seconds for this weekend's 2014 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix.   FP1... read more »

The FIA is set to ramp up its monitoring of Formula 1 pitstops starting from this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, to prevent teams cutting short any pitstop penalties read more »

Pastor Maldonado will take a 10 place grid penalty into this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix after Lotus elected to use a sixth internal combustion engine in his E22.... read more »

Nico Rosberg set the fastest time during the opening practice session ahead of this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. In dry and fine conditions the German set a time of... read more »

Nico Robserg was fastest during FP1 for the Japanese Grand Prix as Max Verstappen became the youngest driver to take part in a grand prix weekend read more »