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  • Final practice - Kubica fastest on drying Fuji Speedway

    BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica leapt to the top of the timesheets after a wet final practice session in Fuji on Saturday morning, as a drying track saw a rash of late improvements. Jenson Button and Timo Glock initially set the pace in a Japanese team battle between Honda and Toyota. Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel and McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen also had a turn at the top...

  • Saturday weather update - chance of qualifying showers

    Welcome to qualifying day for round 16 of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship, the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway. It will be mainly cloudy today with an ambient temperature high of 20 degrees Celsius and the chance of showers in the morning and again in the afternoon. It will be a little cooler tomorrow, when it should be windy and cloudy, but dry...

  • FIA Friday press conference - Japan

    Team principals: Nick Fry (Honda), John Howett (Toyota), Mario Theissen (BMW Sauber) and Hiroshi Yasukawa (Bridgestone). Q: Hiroshi, can you tell us about the 'Make Cars Green' initiative? Hiroshi Yasukawa: Actually for us the environment and ecology is very important

  • Friday practice - selected driver quotes

    Timo Glock on how he ensured the car in front was a Toyota; Sebastian Vettel on another top-ten showing for Toro Rosso; and local hero Kazuki Nakajima on beating Williams team mate Nico Rosberg. All 20 drivers report back on day one at Fuji (note - positions and times refer to practice two)

  • Practice Two - Glock and Alonso overshadow title rivals

    Timo Glock stole the limelight for Toyota in Friday afternoon's second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix. Glock lapped the Fuji Speedway in 1m 18.383s to head Singapore winner Fernando Alonso on 1m 18.426s for Renault. Their pace relegated title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa to third and fourth for McLaren and Ferrari respectively, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen in the second F2008, Red Bull's Mark Webber and Williams' Kazuki Nakajima...

  • Practice One - Hamilton sets the early pace in Japan

    Lewis Hamilton led the field after Friday morning's first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix, and only 1.995 seconds covered the first 19 cars. The Englishman lapped his McLaren in 1m 18.910s to head title rival Felipe Massa by 0.153s. The Brazilian lapped his Ferrari in 1m 19.063s to lead McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen (1m 19.279s), Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen (1m 19.399s) and the Renaults of Fernando Alonso (1m 19.473s) and Nelson Piquet (1m 19.743s)...

  • Bridgestone press conference - Massa, Raikkonen, Hamilton, Kovalainen

    In attendance: Hiroshi Yasukawa (Bridgestone Director), Hirohide Hamashima (Director of Bridgestone Motorsport tyre development), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) and Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren). Q: Kimi, how do you look back at this season so far? Kimi Raikkonen: It definitely wasn't the season that I was expecting after the last season. I think we started pretty well, but after that it has been quite difficult, especially the last four races, five races...

  • FIA Thursday press conference - Japan

    Drivers: Jenson Button (Honda), Timo Glock (Toyota), Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) and Kazuki Nakajima (Williams). Q: Jenson, your thoughts about this circuit? Jenson Button: This is an interesting circuit, I find. It is very different to most places we go. There are a lot of very late apexes and it is very, very different to most. Last year we went well in the wet conditions. I am not sure if it is going to be the same situation this year...

  • Mosley to discuss costs with teams after Chinese Grand Prix

    FIA President Max Mosley will meet with the ten Formula One teams later this month for discussions on the sport's future. Cost cutting, regulation changes and ways of maintaining competitiveness will all be on the agenda. The move comes after a successful meeting in France on Wednesday between Mosley and Luca di Montezemolo, Chairman of the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA)...

  • Four days of McLaren testing for DTM's Di Resta

    Scottish DTM driver Paul di Resta is testing with McLaren for two days this week under the young driver programme that allows Formula One teams to assess up-and-coming talent outside of normal testing restrictions. Di Resta will get a further two days in the McLaren cockpit later this month. Currently second in the drivers' rankings in his second season of DTM - Germany's premier touring car championship - with Mercedes-Benz...

  • Ferrari to revert to traditional lollipop for pit-stop exits

    Ferrari will use a conventional lollipop during their pit stops for the rest of this season, instead of relying on their innovative 'traffic light' system, which was at the centre of their recent pit-stop blunder in Singapore. Felipe Massa pitted from the lead of the Marina Bay race, but a mechanic mistakenly switched the system to green before the fuel hose had been disengaged. As a result, Massa sped away with the hose still attached. He was served with a drive-through penalty and finished the race 13th.

  • Formula One teams to run 'green' tyres at Fuji

    Formula One racing will show its support for the FIA's Make Cars Green campaign by running on unique green-grooved tyres at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. The sport's official tyre supplier, Bridgestone, launched the specially-designed rubber at a ceremony in Tokyo on Wednesday. We hope that the launch of the Make Cars Green tyre will draw public attention to the many environmental initiatives in and around Formula One, explained Bridgestone CEO Shoshi Arakawa...

  • FIA issue revised 2009 Formula One calendar

    On Tuesday Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, released an amended calendar for the 2009 world championship. A provisional schedule was issued in June. The revised calendar sees the Turkish Grand Prix changing from its original August slot to a June date, while the Canadian race has been dropped. In another revision, the Italian and Belgian races have swapped positions, with the Spa event now taking place on August 30, a fortnight before the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on September 13...

  • FIA release statement on cost control

    Following a meeting in Paris on Tuesday, the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) released the following statement: The WMSC unanimously agreed to give the FIA President authority to negotiate with the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) the introduction of radical measures to achieve a substantial reduction of costs in the championship from 2010.

  • Raikkonen assured of DHL Fastest Lap Award

    His championship hopes may be all but over, but Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen does have something to celebrate - clinching the DHL Fastest Lap Award for the second consecutive year. With three races still to run, Raikkonen has already racked up an unbeatable 10 fastest laps this year, his most recent in Singapore. With no other driver having recorded more than two, Raikkonen will collect the highly-coveted DHL Fastest Lap Award trophy following next month's season finale in Brazil.