Bruno Senna has praised his team for repairing his car in time for the first session of qualifying after he crashed out in final practice at the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi was happy after getting through to the final ten in qualifying, and is hoping to deliver some success for his adoring fans at his home race. read more »

Sauber F1 Team driver Kamui Kobayashi has made it into the top ten qualifying at his home race in Suzuka. He qualified tenth, but could probably start further up on the grid.... read more »

Mark Webber admits he was surprised and disappointed wiht his pace in qualifying after finishing in sixth place... read more »

Sebastian Vettel was joined by Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton in the post-qualifying press conference for the Japanese GP... read more »

Mercedes GP driver Michael Schumacher qualified in seventh place* at Suzuka today for the Japanese Grand Prix whilst team-mate Nico Rosberg will start on the back row after... read more »

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has called for a shakeup in the qualifying and tyre regulations to encourage all cars to take part in the top ten shootout read more »

Kamui Kobayashi was left in high spirits following Saturday's qualifying session at Suzuka, with the Japanese driver making it through to Q3 on home soil. Having failed... read more »

Michael Schumacher, 7th: "It was a tricky ending to my qualifying session today, but at least we have saved a set of tyres for the read more »

Post-qualifying press conference - Japan read more »

Felipe Massa took a small amount of satisfaction from this afternoon’s qualifying session at Suzuka, admitting that outpacing Red Bull’s Mark Webber was a... read more »

Ferrari team principal, Stefano Domenicali, has called for a change to the regulations which resulted in four cars not going out to set a timed lap read more »

Nico Rosberg and Tonio Liuzzi have been given the green light to race in the Japanese Grand Prix despite failing to set a time in qualifying. read more »

Ferrari man Fernando Alonso says his grid position for Sunday afternoon’s Japanese Grand Prix was somewhat expected, with the session being predominantly controlled... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 10th: "I am really happy we made it into the top ten qualifying in Suzuka. I very much enjoy seeing all the fans read more »

Fernando Alonso admitted he was not surprised by his result in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, despite finishing in fifth position. read more »

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 »

Jenson Button was highly pleased with his qualifying effort at Suzuka on Saturday, despite missing out on a first non-Red Bull pole position of the season by six thousandths of... read more »

Michael Schumacher brushed off the final corner incident that saw both he and Lewis Hamilton miss out on a final flying lap during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Sebastian Vettel may be on pole position but the 12th time this season, however, the German says qualifying in Japan was anything but easy... read more »

After demonstrating strong performances throughout practice, Toro Rosso were left lamenting positions 15 and 16 for Sébastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari after a... read more »

Michael Schumacher reckons Lewis Hamilton's antics at the end of qualifying in Japan were "stupid" as he slowed down, forcing everyone else to... read more »

Jenson Button reckons he got the very best from his McLaren at Suzuka during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, despite missing out on pole position to Sebastian Vettel by... 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 »