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Rosberg was quick to pay tribute to his engineers, but also spoke of his relief after Daniil Kvyat walked away from a spectacular crash, which saw the Russian roll his auto over during qualifying.

That brought out the red flags and left several drivers frustrated as they were in the process of improving their best lap times in the closing second of the session.

The smiles on the Mercedes-GP pit wall at Suzuka told onlookers all they needed to know.

Hamilton said he might have taken pole had his last lap not been stopped by Daniil Kvyat’s crash.

Mercedes Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany drives out of his garage during the third practice session at Suzuka Circuit in Japan, today.

Lewis Hamilton defended the move with which he took the lead from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix.

Other Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg finished fourth and is now 41 points adrift of Hamilton’s lead; the Singapore victor Vettel is now closing the gap for second place, as Rosberg is only eight points ahead of him.

With a little help from Mother Nature, as well as a continuous problems that the Silver Arrows can not figure out now, the F1 Renault powered cars of Carlos Sainz Jr. of Toro Rosso and Dani Kvyat of Red Bull led the fastest times in Friday practice of sessions one and two...

Red Bull Racing’s Daniil Kvyat was second quick with Nico Rosberg third for Mercedes.

The Brit is 41 points ahead of his team-mate Nico Rosberg in the championship after retiring at Marina Bay, where both cars were mysteriously seconds off Sebastian Vettel and Co. But it was no walk in the park for the German as Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo...

Hamilton rued two small mistakes in his first qualifying lap and said he would have improved had his second lap not been aborted due to Kvyat’s accident.

As Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel drove a flawless pole-to-flag victory, a record fourth in eight editions here, world champion Lewis Hamilton’s vehicle packed up early for the first time this season after 34 laps. When the safety auto pitted Vettel appeared to slow the...

“There’s a man on the track, there’s a man on the track!” eventual victor Sebastian Vettel exclaimed on his way to a dominant victory.Lewis Hamilton’s demise through the heart of Singapore was nearly as painful as the authorities were slow to get...

But visibility could be a serious concern at the night grand prix, held under floodlights on a narrow and bumpy street circuit which snakes past downtown Singapore landmarks.

Vettel believes a front-row lockout was possible for Ferrari, but his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen had to settle for third on the grid. Hamilton has won the Singapore Grand Prix twice in 2009 and 2014. “I’ll focus on the race weekend and see what Lewis does but I want to...