Ex-Formula 1 racer Sakon Yamamoto has been elected to Japan's House of Representatives. Yamamoto, 39, stood for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and was elected to the... read more »

Virgin Racing reserve driver Sakon Yamamoto will be under the spotlight as F1 Rocks The Afterparty returns for this year’s Italian Grand Prix weekend. The Japanese,... read more »

Virgin has confirmed Robert Wickens as one of its reserve drivers alongside Sakon Yamamoto.  read more »

Virgin Racing has announced that Canadian Robert Wickens, a member of its young driver programme, has been promoted to an official reserve seat in its Formula 1 team. The... read more »

Virgin Racing appoint Sakon Yamamoto as their reserve driver for the first three grands prix of the new Formula 1 season. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto will act as Virgin's reserve driver at the opening F1 2011 race in Australia this week and for the next two rounds in Malaysia and China, it has been announced. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto will be Virgin Racing's reserve driver for the first three races of the 2011 season, the team announced on Wednesday. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto has been named as the Virgin reserve driver for the first three races of the season. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto has landed a reserve seat for the opening three races of the season with the Marussia Virgin Racing outfit. Yamamoto had a brief fling read more »

Sakon Yamamoto has been announced as a reserve driver at Marussia Virgin Racing ahead of the 2011 season, with the 28-year-old set to work for the team during the opening three... read more »

Virgin has announced that Sakon Yamamoto will be the team's reserve driver in Melbourne this week and for the next two rounds in Malaysia and China. read more »

Sakon Yamamoto will serve as back-up to Timo Glock and Jerome D'Ambrosio in Australia after being appointed Virgin reserve driver... read more »

Hispania Racing has confirmed that Christian Klien will race for the third time this season in Abu Dhabi at the weekend, having also contested the Brazilian Grand Prix three... read more »

Christian Klien will replace Sakon Yamamoto as an HRT race driver at the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend read more »

Christian Klien will compete at the F1 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend, after Hispania Racing announced that the Austrian would race instead of Sakon Yamamoto. read more »

Christian Klien is back behind the wheel for Hispania at this weekend's Brazilian GP, replacing Sakon Yamamoto... read more »

Hispania has announced that Christian Klien will replace Sakon Yamamoto in this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix. read more »

Christian Klien will be racing at the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend, replacing Sakon Yamamoto at the Hispania Racing team. read more »

Cosworth picked up another double points finish in the Korean Grand Prix, with the Williams cars of Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hülkenberg coming home seventh and tenth.... read more »

For the first time this season, Sakon Yamamoto has out-qualified Hispania Racing team-mate Bruno Senna by registering a lap time some eight tenths of a second quicker as the... read more »

The final countdown to the first ever race in Korea got underway this afternoon, as the qualifying session was completed. The Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team drivers, Sakon... read more »

The struggling HRT team drew the wrath of the Korean GP stewards for allowing Sakon Yamamoto to leave the pits with a tyre warmer still attached. read more »

The first two practice sessions at the all-new Korean Grand Prix got underway today. In the morning session, both Hispania Racing, HRT F1 Team drivers, Sakon Yamamoto and Bruno... read more »

Hispania Racing have been fined $5,000 after Sakon Yamamoto was released from his garage with a tyre warmer still attached... read more »

The Hispania Racing team has been fined $5,000 for an incident involving Sakon Yamamoto during practice for the Korean Grand Prix. read more »