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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.

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

The qualifying session in Japan was brought to an early conclusion when Daniil Kvyat crashed his Infiniti Red Bull Racing machine at high speed at the hairpin, with two wheels being ripped off the vehicle due to the force of the crash. The session was red-flagged one minute...

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

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.

While the sport waited for a decision to emerge from Renault headquarters in Paris, with the French carmaker also mulling whether to quit the sport entirely, Ecclestone said he had made sure the hungry Lotus mechanics were being fed at Suzuka by giving them access to the catering...

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.

Asked whether he felt Renault would step up, or whether there was an element of wishful thinking on the part of the Lotus owners and the 400 factory employees, Ecclestone said he did not know.

Formula One teams are reportedly planning to carry ‘#CiaoJules’ on their cars in the upcoming Hungarian Grand Prix race as a mark of respect to late French driver Jules Bianchi.

Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg were among mourners at the Sainte Reparate Cathedral the driver’s home city of Nice. Driving in a downpour at the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka in 2014, Bianchi collided with a stationary crane that had been clearing the...

Jules Bianchi has been laid to rest in his home town of Nice following a funeral attended by numerous leading figures of Formula One.

The racing world is in mourning after Formula One driver Jules Bianchi died from head injuries sustained in a crash at last year’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Bianchi, 25, died in hospital in Nice, southern France, on Friday after nine months in a coma following his horrific accident at the Japanese Grand Prix last October. Christine and Philippe Bianchi announced yesterday that their son’s funeral will take place at th...