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 »

Nico Rosberg has set his car up with a focus on race pace but said his grid position of sixth for the Japanese Grand Prix is "annoying" read more »

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

Charles Pic will enter Sunday afternoon's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka with a drive-through penalty that must be served within the opening five laps of the race. 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 »

Sauber has been fined Euro20,000 after Nico Hulkenberg blocked Max Chilton during final free practice for the Japanese Grand Prix 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 »

Mark Webber says he will race to win Japanese GP despite team-mate Sebastian Vettel being on the brink of clinching the title. 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 »

Romain Grosjean says changes that Lotus made overnight to his car helped him secure fourth on the grid for the Japanese Grand Prix 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 »

Japanese GP qualifying quotes: Force India read more »

Japanese GP: Post-qualifying press conference read more »

Japanese GP qualifying quotes: Ferrari read more »

Sebastian Vettel has praised team mate Mark Webber's performance in Suzuka in qualifying for the Japanese GP, which saw the Australian pip him to pole for the first time... read more »

Fernando Alonso says prolonging the 2013 Formula 1 title battle will not be on his mind in the Japanese Grand Prix as he focuses on getting his Ferrari ahead of Mercedes read more »

Jean-Éric Vergne says jammed rear brakes led to the rear of his Toro Rosso catching fire during the opening phase of qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix on Saturday. read more »

Japanese GP qualifying quotes: Marussia read more »

Fernando Alonso conceded he was "not doing good enough so far" at the Japanese GP after his eighth-place grid slot resulted in his third qualifying defeat to outgoing... read more »