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Italian web site 422race.com produced an interesting interview with Sébastien Bourdais, ousted from the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team earlier this year and who ended the season racing in the Superleague Formula series. Full story...

Charlie Whiting has arrived in Abu Dhabi to approve the venue ahead of F1's 2009 season finale. Full story...

Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy has revealed he has not yet been offered a race seat for 2010 with the new Lotus F1 team. Full story...

Championship leader Jenson Button has expressed disappointment after FIA stewards chose not to penalise Nico Rosberg in the wake of Sunday's Japanese grand prix. Full story...

The contest for the constructors' championship will move onto the next race in Brazil. Sunday's Suzuka event left Brawn half a point shy of pushing Red Bull out of mathematical contention. But the outcome of a stewards enquiry could have sewn the title up for the Brackley based leaders, after Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button finished behind Williams' Nico Rosberg. Full story...

Widespread confusion about Sunday's grid for the Japanese grand prix has finally ended, and the big winner was Rubens Barrichello. The Brazilian was penalised five grid places by the stewards for ignoring yellow flags in qualifying, but actually Barrichello started sixth, just one place lower than his qualifying allocation. Full story...

Jenson Button is still at stalemate with his boss Ross Brawn, who has hinted the Englishman might have to leave the team as world champion. Meanwhile, Heikki Kovalainen could retain his McLaren seat in 2010, team boss Martin Whitmarsh admitted to reporters in the Suzuka paddock. Full story...

Stewards at Suzuka have told Ferrari that Felipe Massa can test a GP2 car next week for the purposes of a "medical exam", the Italian team confirmed on Sunday. The Brazilian driver, who has been confirmed as Fernando Alonso's teammate for the 2010 season, is recovering from serious head injuries sustained in July's Hungarian GP qualifying. Full story...

At a meeting of the FOTA alliance at Suzuka, a novel cost-cutting initiative for the forthcoming winter period was discussed. Formula One Teams Association deputy chairman John Howett told reporters after the meeting that several teams support the concept of organising a single event to officially launch all the cars ahead of the 2010 season. Full story...

Victory for Sebastian Vettel and RedBull in Japan, Jarno Trulli with Toyota is second, which offers a podium to the Japanese constructor in front of his public. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has yet again extended Donington's deadline to get its funding in place for the British grand prix. As for Montreal, mayor Gerald Trembley insists he is not worried about next week's deadline to reach a final deal with Bernie Ecclestone for a Canadian grand prix in 2010. Full story...

Although a mathematical possibility, the winner of the 2009 drivers' world championship is now very unlikely to be decided at the Suzuka circuit on Sunday. Full story...

Five Formula 1 drivers were given penalties for not lifting off during a yellow-flag period in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix. Full story...

Qualifying for the 2009 Japanese grand prix will be remembered for its multitude of crashes, with Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel emerging with pole position. Full story...

The hottest rumour at the Suzuka circuit on Saturday is that McLaren is contemplating splitting completely with Mercedes at the end of the season. Meanwhile, Robert Kubica on Saturday appeared to express concerns about moving to the Renault or Toyota teams in 2010. "I would not like to be in the same situation I'm in with BMW-Sauber -- that in the middle of the season the company is announcing it's retiring from formula one. Full story...

Kamui Kobayashi has been put on standby to possibly race in Sunday's Japanese grand prix. Timo Glock has a heavy cold and on Friday sat out practice with a high fever, and on Saturday was transported to a local hospital after cutting his leg and twinging his back in a high speed qualifying crash. Team president John Howett said at Suzuka that he hopes Glock, 27, can drive on Sunday. Full story...

Montreal race organisers have reportedly been given ten days to decide whether to host a Canadian grand prix next year. Full story...

As Formula 1 gets prepared for the Grand Prix of Japan this weekend, here's something a little more entertaining than most of the press conferences held at Suzuka... Full story...

Heikki Kovalainen of team McLaren and Adrian Sutil of team Force India emerged quickest in the two free practice sessions held Friday in preparation for the Grand Prix of Japan at Suzuka. Full story...

Felipe Massa has got his 2010 pairing at Ferrari with Fernando Alonso off to an awkward start, asserting that the Spaniard's controversial win in Singapore last year "robbed" him of the world championship. Full story...