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Lewis Hamilton was left raring to go after qualifying ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, with the seven-time world champion “excited” about the progress made by Mercedes on the set-up of the W15.

Max Verstappen claimed his third pole position in a row at Suzuka, and his fourth from four events in 2024, with another strong display during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.

It was a day of mixed emotions for Ferrari after qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz left satisfied with his performance en route to P4 while Charles Leclerc struggled to match his team mate, ending the session in P8.

Lando Norris hailed “some good steps forward” at McLaren after he emerged as the nearest challenger to Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez during qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Earlier this week, Liberty announced that it had acquired 86% ownership of Dorna Sports and the MotoGP World Championship in a deal worth €4.2 billion.Under Liberty’s ownership, MotoGP hopes to replicate the success F1 has had in breaking through to a wider audience since the American media giant took it under its wing in 2016.The US is a key market for MotoGP, which will visit the Circuit of ...Keep reading

Moving the Japanese Grand Prix from autumn to April has painted it with the country's famous cherry blossom, but otherwise it has been business as usual.

Moving the Japanese Grand Prix from autumn to April has painted it with the country's famous cherry blossom, but otherwise it has been business as usual.

Moving the Japanese Grand Prix from autumn to April has painted it with the country's famous cherry blossom, but otherwise it has been business as usual.

Multiple sources have confirmed to Motorsport.com that Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport have collectively written a letter to the FIA expressing a need for the current Rally1 technical rules to see out the original window from 2022 to the end of 2026.In February, the FIA’s working group revealed its vision for the future of top-level rallying, including a raft of proposals incorporating changes to ...Keep reading

Perez missed out on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix to reigning world champion team-mate Max Verstappen by a slender 0.066 seconds as Red Bull scored a 1-2 result.With Perez out of contract at the end of the year, many believed RB driver Daniel Ricciardo would take his place. However, the Australian has struggled against stablemate Yuki Tsunoda.Combined with the availability of Carlos ...Keep reading

Russell was only ninth fastest in Q3, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton marginally better in seventh - albeit the latter was still 0.589 seconds slower than polesitter Max Verstappen.An eventual 0.811s deficit for Russell was partly the result of a final-sector mistake. Otherwise, he reckoned he would have been 0.4s better off to potentially qualify inside the top five."We predicted before the session ...Keep reading

Follow live text and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary from the Japanese Grand Prix.

The Suzuka weekend has unfolded unusually, with FP2 effectively being washed out by drizzle, which meant the teams spent most of FP3 on Saturday morning concentrating on long-run data gathering, rather than the typical qualifying simulation efforts.In these, Verstappen trailed his team-mate Sergio Perez by an average of 0.122 seconds each time, while both were trumped by Ferrari's Charles Leclerc ...Keep reading

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen made it four pole positions out of four from the 2024 season so far with another impressive display during qualifying at the Japanese Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen admitted that his pole position lap was not “perfect” after an exciting conclusion to qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix saw him edge out Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez and secure top spot.

Max Verstappen grabbed his third straight pole position in Suzuka, but the Dutchman didn’t have it all his own way in Japan. He was pushed extremely close by his team mate, while behind there was all sorts of interesting results as some drivers impressed and others struggled. Here are all the best facts and stats from Suzuka qualifying…

Max Verstappen has continued his run of pole positions in 2024 by again taking P1 on the grid for the Japanese Grand Prix, with the Dutchman joined on the front row by Red Bull team mate Sergio Perez.

Live coverage of Saturday's qualifying session for the 2024 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.