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FIA post-qualifying press conference - Japan
Drivers: 1st Lewis Hamilton (McLaren), 1m18.404s; 2nd Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), 1m18.644s; 3rd Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren), 1m18.821s. Q: Lewis, that looked pretty close. You were just behind Felipe in Q2 but a great run in Q3 for you...
Qualifying - selected driver quotes
Honda's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello on failing to make it through to Q2; Kazuki Nakajima on qualifying ahead of Williams team mate Nico Rosberg on home turf; Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen on his revitalised qualifying form; and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on boosting his championship hopes with his sixth pole of the year. All 20 drivers report back on the action
Hamilton beats Raikkonen to pole position at Fuji
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton will start the Japanese Grand Prix from exactly the place he wanted after he secured pole position in style for McLaren at Fuji Speedway on Saturday afternoon. Having bided his time in Q1 and Q2, with second and third-fastest times respectively, he played second fiddle to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen during the first runs in Q3 before striking with a lap of 1m 18.404s to deprive the Finn of the glory...
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...
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