FP1: Bottas top as Mercedes come out flying
Mercedes were not messing around in the first practice session as Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton pushed well clear of the chasing pack in Japan.
Mercedes were not messing around in the first practice session as Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton pushed well clear of the chasing pack in Japan.
Japanese GP officials have taken the decision to cancel all Saturday sessions for the Japanese GP, postponing F1 qualifying until 10am on Sunday.
The F1 drivers have urged the sport's bosses to make a call on Saturday's action in Japan on Friday already as Typhoon Hagibis continues on its course towards Japan.
Kimi Raikkonen believes that the Pirelli tyres make Formula 1 look "ridiculous" when it comes to racing on very wet tracks.
Red Bull's fuel supplier ExxonMobil says it has used chemicals that it has never utilised before in its new product for the team.
Valtteri Bottas is expecting Mercedes to take a "pretty decent step" up in performance with a "solid update" package for the Japanese GP.
All is now fine down at Ferrari; the drivers want a quick and safe decision as Typhoon Hagibis threatens the Japanese GP.
Mercedes may have won a battle in Russia, but at the Japanese Grand Prix Ferrari will bring the war again.
Typhoon Hagibis has again been upgraded to a super typhoon with winds around the 160mph mark and is expected to disrupt qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc admits returning to Suzuka, the scene of Jules Bianchi's 2014 crash, is "hard" as it will always remind him of his friend and godfather.
Although Mercedes could wrap up the Constructors' title in Japan, Toto Wolff says the team will keep its foot "on the throttle" until the very end.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen thinks we will see a "very strong" Ferrari at the Japanese Grand Prix this upcoming weekend.
Mercedes will race a small as yet undisclosed update at the Japanese GP with Toto Wolff conceding the team has not optimised their updates of late.
Williams will use practice at the Japanese Grand Prix to test a new front wing as they explore their aerodynamic options for 2020.
The FIA have admitted that Kevin Magnussen's block on Charles Leclerc in Japan was too late and action should have been taken.
Pierre Gasly believes the FIA hurt his chances of scoring points at the Japanese GP when they withdrew permission for Honda to change his engine settings under parc ferme conditions.
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Marcus Ericsson has blamed cold tyres for rear-ending Charles Leclerc during Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.
Christian Horner reckons Sebastian Vettel's lunge on Max Verstappen at the Japanese Grand Prix was "optimistic".
Fernando Alonso may have been pushed off the track by Lance Stroll but that didn't give him the right to cut the chicane, says F1 race director Charlie Whiting.
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Kimi Raikkonen says in an ideal world he should have left Max Verstappen more room when he attacked him around the outside at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso believes his penalty at the Japanese Grand Prix shows how "bad Formula 1 is" in terms of random decisions and a lack of consistency.
Although Sebastian Vettel blamed Max Verstappen for their Japanese GP crash, he did apologise to Ferrari for going for a gap that didn't work out in his favour.
Charlie Whiting has clapped back at Max Verstappen's comments, saying the Dutchman "clearly" deserved a penalty in Suzuka.