6:10 AM ET Connor McDonagh Charles Leclerc has labelled Kevin Magnussen as “stupid” after the pair collided during the Japanese Grand Prix. Leclerc was attacking Magnussen down the start-finish straight on lap four at Suzuka. In a bid to defend, Magnussen quickly moved right to block Leclerc from going down the inside into Turn 1

6:19 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Kimi Raikkonen admits he probably could have avoided contact with Max Verstappen on the opening lap of the Japanese Grand Prix if he had have left the Dutchman a little more room. A round-up of the main talking points from the Japanese Grand Prix, where another disastrous weekend for

3:26 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — A round-up of the main talking points from the Japanese Grand Prix, where another disastrous weekend for Ferrari all but handed Lewis Hamilton the 2018 championship. Shock: From the very first session of Friday practice, it seemed unlikely Ferrari would challenge Mercedes for victory in Suzuka but nobody expected

11:26 AM ET Fernando Alonso has added another lap to the list he is compiling of his greatest performances — the one which earned him the 18th spot on the grid for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. McLaren’s is embroiled in another difficult campaign this year, having become a regular casualty in the Q1 segment of

8:32 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — McLaren says it simply made the wrong call with its tyre selection at the Japanese Grand Prix after its allocation left its drivers with no real practice time on the super-soft tyres ahead of qualifying. McLaren opted for four sets of mediums, five sets of softs and four sets

7:17 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Maurizio Arrivabene says a new FIA sensor fitted to the Ferrari’s battery is not the reason for Sebastian Vettel’s recent drop in form. In the hope of closing the gap to Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel has vowed to go aggressive with his race strategy at the Japanese Grand Prix,

6:37 AM ET Connor McDonagh Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions that Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have both titles wrapped up after building sizeable leads in both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships with five rounds to go. Lewis Hamilton admits he was surprised to see such a gap between himself and the rest of the field

6:04 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Lewis Hamilton admits he was surprised to see such a gap between himself and the rest of the field after Friday practice at the Japanese Grand Prix. The four-time world champion was in a class of his own to lead Mercedes one-twos in both sessions as Ferrari and Red

8:23 AM ET Kimi Raikkonen has always been a man of few words and now those words have been given the haiku treatment ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. Raikkonen’s laconic answers to the media have become part of the Finn’s famous persona, as have his vast array of blunt or perplexed radio messages

7:12 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Lewis Hamilton says he is surprised Ferrari hasn’t opted to enforce team orders in 2018 given the team’s history of giving preferential treatment to one of its drivers. It is laughable to suggest Mercedes should have let Lewis Hamilton leave points on the table this close to the end