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  • F1: Japanese Grand Prix liveblog

    First there was practice, almost entirely rained off, leaving a number of rookie drivers with no useful experience of the testing Suzuka circuit. Then there was qualifying, with three heavy crashes and five grid penalties. What is left for the race itself?

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Formula One, Japanese Grand Prix, Jarno Trulli, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Suzuka Circuit

  • F1: Button cops five-place post-qualifying grid penalty

    Jenson Button’s hopes of tying up the drivers’ championship this weekend lie in tatters after a misjudgement during a chaotic qualifying session left him facing a five-place grid penalty.

    Archive, F1
    Adrian Sutil, Brawn GP, Fernando Alonso, Formula One, Heikki Kovalainen, Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Kamui Kobayashi, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, McLaren, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Sebastien Buemi, Suzuka Circuit, Timo Glock

  • F1: Vettel on pole at crash-strewn Suzuka

    Sebastian Vettel qualified on pole for the Japanese Grand Prix at a pitiless Suzuka circuit that punished the slightest weakness shown by drivers struggling with form, illness or an unfamiliar car.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel

  • F1: Suzuka still a mystery after rain stops play

    McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen topped a rain-soaked Suzuka practice session that saw an unusually large number of drivers venturing out to get their first-ever taste of the track, and then some cars not attempting to set a time at all.

    Archive, F1
    Adrian Sutil, Brawn GP, Fernando Alonso, Force India, Formula One, Heikki Kovalainen, Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Renault F1, Rubens Barrichello, Suzuka Circuit

  • F1: Will we see back-to-back British champions at Suzuka?

    Jenson Button could theoretically win the Formula One Drivers’ Championship at Suzuka this weekend if he finishes far enough ahead of team-mate Rubens Barrichello.

    Archive, F1
    Adrian Newey, Brawn GP, Ferrari, Formula One, Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen, Mark Webber, Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren, Red Bull Racing, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Suzuka Circuit

  • F1: 2009 Singapore Grand Prix liveblog

    Formula One is under the lights of Singapore and the scrutiny of millions today as it embarks on its second night race and tries to put the Renault crash scandal behind it. Stick with us and keep refreshing for lap-by-lap updates.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Singapore Grand Prix

  • F1: Vettel fastest as Red Bull and Brawn face off

    Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was fastest in practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, with the Brawns and McLarens also looking dangerous and Fernando Alonso giving the beleaguered Renault team some good news with the second-fastest time.

    Archive, F1
    Formula One, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore Grand Prix

  • F1: Webber accepts defeat as Singapore tries to forget last year

    Red Bull’s Mark Webber has admitted on the eve of the Singapore Grand Prix that he has no realistic hope of winning the Formula One drivers’ title.

    Archive, F1
    Brawn GP, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Mark Webber, Martin Whitmarsh, Red Bull Racing, Ross Brawn, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Singapore Grand Prix

  • GP2: Algarve finale sees ART triumph

    Nico Hulkenberg took 10 points from the inaugural GP2 visit to the Portimao circuit on Portugal’s Algarve to add a constructors’ title for his ART team to his own drivers’ championship win.

    Archive, GP2
    ART, Autodromo Internacional do Algarve, Barwa Addax, GP2, Nico Hulkenberg, Vitaly Petrov

  • F1: Brawn’s Monza 1-2 re-ignites title charge

    Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button struck what may turn out to be the killer blows in their battle with Red Bull Racing by finishing first and second in the Italian Grand Prix while their rivals struggled.

    Archive, F1
    Italian Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Whitmarsh, Rubens Barrichello

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