Japanese Grand Prix

October 5, 2012: Mark Webber finished Friday's practice sessions for the Japanese Grand Prix on top after pipping Lewis Hamilton to the fastest time of the day

October 5, 2012: Read what the teams and drivers had to say after practice for the Japanese Grand Prix

October 5, 2012: McLaren is confident it will not suffer a repeat of the gearbox problem that forced Lewis Hamilton to retire from the Singapore Grand Prix and has resulted in a grid penalty for Jenson Button this weekend

October 5, 2012: Jenson Button set the fastest time during a dry and warm FP1 session ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka

October 4, 2012: ESPNF1 previews this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, with many answers in the driver market but plenty of uncertainty in the title race

October 4, 2012: Romain Grosjean says he is "happy" to help Kimi Raikkonen in the title challenge by letting him past on track

October 4, 2012: Jenson Button is still eyeing victory in the Japanese Grand Prix despite being faced with a five place grid penalty

October 4, 2012: Fernando Alonso has said Lewis Hamilton is right to leave McLaren and that "he will enjoy it more" at Mercedes

October 4, 2012: Sebastian Vettel doesn't believe he needs rivals to slip up in order to win a third consecutive world championship

October 4, 2012: Kaumi Kobayashi does not think Michael Schumacher will join Sauber in 2013 following the news that Lewis Hamilton has replaced him at Mercedes

October 4, 2012: Kimi Raikkonen says Lotus has fallen off the pace of Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari and that it needs to improve this weekend to keep his championship chances alive

October 4, 2012: Sergio Perez has confirmed that Ferrari did not put an offer forward for him to replace Felipe Massa in 2013

October 4, 2012: Nico Hulkenberg says he does not know where he will be racing in 2013, but there is still a chance he will be at Force India

October 3, 2012: The FIA has shortened Suzuka's DRS zone by 20 metres for the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend

October 2, 2012: F1 journalist Maurice Hamilton recalls his first trip to Suzuka in 1987 and how he got lost along the way

October 2, 2012: Jenson Button will have to take a five-place grid penalty at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix due to an unscheduled gearbox change

September 30, 2012: Lotus driver Romain Grosjean believes team-mate Kimi Raikkonen still has a very good chance of winning his second world drivers' title this season

September 29, 2012: Despite winning back-to-back Japanese grands prix in 2009 and 2010, title contender Sebastian Vettel is still irritated by the fact that he did not achieve a hat-trick of wins in 2011

September 29, 2012: Fresh from a second place finish at the Singapore Grand Prix, Jenson Button is as determined as ever to go one better in Japan