Mexican Sergio Perez cheerfully owned up to misleading the media on Thursday over talks that led to him securing a race seat at McLaren next season.
Lewis Hamilton does not believe he is taking a gamble by leaving McLaren for Mercedes next season, saying the move could catapult him into Formula One's pantheon of greats even if it does not pay out immediately.
Adrian Sutil underlined his stature as a wet weather specialist by posting the quickest time in Friday's rain-marred second practice session ahead of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. Heavy rain nearly washed out Friday's practice sessions and it was worse in the afternoon as puddles covered the track for the first hour, with only the final 10 minutes allowing the field to venture out to complete flying laps.
Last Sunday's Malaysian GP, says Raja Sen, was all about a master driver outclassing the field with a bad car.
Formula One drivers will hold a minute's silence at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday and dedicate the winner's podium to the late Marussia test driver Maria De Villota, they said on Saturday.
Stewards summoned Lewis Hamilton after complaints about his erratic driving behind the safety car in a wet Japanese Grand Prix.
Images from the Japanese GP on Sunday.
"There's a lot of work that still needs to be done in this sport. "I can't retire now, because I'm only just embarking on helping create a more open and inclusive environment here in this sport and I've got to stay to help that continue." said Hamilton.
Jenson Button has ruled out retaliating against Sebastian Vettel after Red Bull's double world champion forced him onto the grass at the start of last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel made his point 15 times over at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday as he celebrated becoming Formula One's youngest double world champion.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel roared into the record books as Formula One's youngest double world champion on Sunday after finishing third in a Japanese Grand Prix won by McLaren rival Jenson Button.
Germany's Sebastian Vettel became Formula One's youngest double world champion on Sunday after finishing third in a Japanese Grand Prix won by British rival Jenson Button.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton boosted his Formula One title chances by taking pole position for Sunday's Japanese GP while Ferrari rival Felipe Massa could qualify only fifth. The Briton, who leads the standings by seven points from Massa with three races remaining, starts ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen on the front row.
Toyota's Timo Glock stole some limelight from championship leader Lewis Hamilton on Friday with the quickest time in free practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. Hamilton, who takes a seven-point lead over rival Felipe Massa into the weekend with three races left, was third fastest overall for McLaren, behind Renault's Fernando Alonso. Massa was fourth on the timesheets with Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen fifth over the picturesque 4.563km Fuji Speedway circuit.
Max Verstappen won Formula One's first Chinese Grand Prix in five years on Sunday.
Sebastian Vettel put Red Bull on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix in a crash-hit qualifying session on Saturday with championship leader Jenson Button starting in seventh place. The German will share the front row with Italian Jarno Trulli in a Toyota with Britain's outgoing world champion Lewis Hamilton third for McLaren alongside Adrian Sutil in a Force India.
Fernando Alonso has backed Robert Kubica to replace him at Renault after the double Formula One world champion joins Ferrari at the end of the season.
Fresh from a podium finish in Singapore, Timo Glock is uncertain which Formula One team he will represent next season but another good showing for Toyota in Suzuka on Sunday would certainly raise his profile.
While the 22-year-old Briton celebrated his fourth victory of an extraordinary debut season, his closest rival and double world champion team Fernando Alonso crashed out of an action-packed and rain swept race.
Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from McLaren team mate and bitter rival Fernando Alonso with a last gasp flying lap at the end of a wet and foggy Japanese Grand Prix qualifying session on Saturday.
Michael Schumacher retired at Suzuka with an engine failure.
Despite the determination of McLaren, Williams and Renault, Ferrari are still hungry.
Ferrari boss Jean Todt has ruled out any prospect of Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso moving to the team from McLaren next year.
The Fuji circuit, which mixes slow corners with the longest main straight in Formula One, will allow for plenty of overtaking in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix.
Media reports suggested the McLaren driver, whose wife is Japanese, was likely to announce at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix that he would be leaving Formula One at the end of the year.
Spain's Jorge Lorenzo led a Yamaha one-two by powering to victory over MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday
Lewis Hamilton's Formula One lead was cut to five points at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday after Ferrari title rival Felipe Massa was promoted from eighth to seventh place.
Italy's Valentino Rossi wrapped up his fifth MotoGP title in style by powering to victory in the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday.
Fernando Alonso hailed his surprise Japanese Grand Prix victory as a gift from God.
Michael Schumacher fans were crushed when his engine and title hopes went up in smoke.
Ducati's Loris Capirossi stormed to victory in the Japanese Grand Prix, with champion Valentino Rossi finishing second.
Michael Schumacher was third with sole title rival Kimi Raikkonen fifth quickest.
The Spaniard, who trails team mate Lewis Hamilton by four points, said he would need some strange results and some very lucky moves to be champion for a third year in a row.
Lewis Hamilton feels McLaren want him to win the Formula One title more than team mate Fernando Alonso.
Formula One champion Fernando Alonso will do his talking on the track now that McLaren team boss Ron Dennis has revealed they are barely on speaking terms, the Spaniard said on Thursday.
The 22-year-old, bidding to become the first rookie world champion, needs to beat his McLaren team mate and double world champion Fernando Alonso at a circuit he has never even seen before.
"If we do away with races like France and Britain, we start to lose an essential element of the sport," the FIA president said.
The 1998 and 1999 F1 champion was the slowest man on the track in his first test for McLaren in more than five years.
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