Japanese Grand Prix winner Jenson Button and newly-crowned 2011 world champion Sebastian Vettel give their thoughts after the race at Suzuka, with Fernando Alonso alongside them in second place. Japanese GP Sun Race (9 Oct 2011) Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 53 laps [1:30:53.427] 25 pts Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 53 laps [+1.1 secs] 18 pts Sebastian Vettel [...]

Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton talk about their qualifying sessions at Suzuka ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix. Vettel says he got “every single bit” out of the car to take pole position by just nine thousandths of a second ahead of Button’s McLaren. Button’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton had looked set for pole, [...]

McLaren’s Jenson Button believes that despite being quickest in practice in Japan, there are areas of the car’s performance that “need improvement” if they are to challenge the race pace of Red Bull. The 31-year-old Briton is second in the driver standings and is the only person who can prevent Sebastian Vettel from becoming the [...]

I stumbled onto this video as I was reading up on the upcoming weekend Japanese Grand Prix. It seems at an F1 demo showcase in Japan, a crazy fan tried a ‘Kamikaze’ stunt in front of Sebastian Buemi’s F1 car. The fella I read is fine, but the F1 car has aesthetic damage. What a [...]

In July 2009, Toyota cited a global economic slump as the reason that the Japanese Grand Prix would not return to Fuji Speedway in 2010 and beyond. The speedway argued, according to the Associated Press, that “continuing to host F1 races could threaten the survival of the company.” As a result, the 2010 Grand Prix [...]

McLaren drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton give the Inside Track on the Japanese GP. After winning in Singapore, Sebastian Vettel requires just one World Championship point from the five remaining races to secure his second World Drivers Championship in succession.

Lewis Hamilton gives BBC F1′s Jake Humphrey an insight into how he and the McLaren team prepared for the Grand Prix weekend in Singapore. The 26-year old, who won at Marina Bay in 2009, tells Jake where he spent his free time during the weekend, and reveals a secret supply of sweets.