Formula One News — September 2007

Japanese GP - Race Notes

Japanese GP - Sunday Photos

Tonio Liuzzi and Scuderia Toro Rosso have been docked the point scored with eighth place in Japan because the Italian was judged to have overtaken Adrian Sutil under a yellow flag.

Sebastian Vettel has been given a 10-place penalty on the grid in China for crashing into Mark Webber when they were running behind the Safety Car. At the time the two were running second and third.

Japanese GP - Sunday Press Conference

Japanese GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Japanese GP - Race Incidents

Japanese GP - Race Results

Lewis Hamilton took his fifth pole position of the year at Mount Fuji on Saturday afternoon, his fourth if you are a Spaniard and do not count the Hungarian GP (where Fernando Alonso was dumped down the grid for dodgy business in the pitlane).

The Spyker shareholders have approved the sale of the F1 team but that does not mean that the sale will go ahead as negotiations are continuing over money that needs to be paid to the Friesland Bank, which holds the rights to the Spyker corporate name which was used to secure a loan of $7m.

Japanese GP - Saturday Photos

Japanese GP - Saturday Press Conference

Japanese GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Japanese GP - Qualifying Results

The practice session for the Japanese GP on Saturday morning was seriously disrupted by fog. The session was delayed by half an hour because the medical helicopter was unable to fly.

Japanese GP - Practice 3 Results

Ralf Schumacher is having a miserable time at the moment. Things are not going well with Toyota. There does not seem to much interest for his future, and now Ralf has People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is after him for hunting deer in Serbia.

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the second practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix at Mount Fuji. The McLaren star, who leads the World Championship, was two-tenths of a second faster than his team-mate and title rival Fernando Alonso.

Selling F1 tickets is not always an easy task but the Americans have come up with an idea which will go down pretty well in countries where gambling is big news.

Singapore has revealed the definitive design of its Formula 1 track. There has been much discussion over the exact routing for some months but the track is now decided and will be 3.15 miles in length and will have 24 turns.

Japanese GP - Friday Photos

Japanese GP - Friday Press Conference

Japanese GP - Friday Team Quotes

Japanese GP - Practice 2 Results

Nico Rosberg will have to cope with a 10-place grid penalty at the Japanese Grand Prix. The team has been forced to change engines after a problem was found with the engine that Nico used in Belgium, which was due to be used in Japan.