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Hamilton admits `mistake` but won`t change style.
Formula 1 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton admitted after his disastrous Japanese Grand Prix today that he had 'made a mistake and paid for it' - but he insisted he would be changing nothing in his seeming 'win-or-bust' approach to the final two races of the campaign.
Alonso wins Japanese GP.
Fernando Alonso took a surprise victory in the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji, the Spaniard capitalising on a chaotic opening lap that saw Ferrari and McLaren give up their start-line advantage.
Dennis hits out at Kubica criticism.
McLaren boss Ron Dennis has spoken out against the ongoing criticism of his lead driver, Lewis Hamilton, claiming that the Briton's detractors might be better served concentrating on their own performance.
Seb and Seb give STR fourth double top ten of `08.
Having proven to be evenly-matched for most of the weekend so far, it was perhaps little surprise to see Sebastian Vettel and S?bastien Bourdais qualify alongside each other for the Japanese Grand Prix - and to Scuderia Toro Rosso's delight, both will be inside the top ten to boot.
`Awesome` Fuji pole `best of Lewis` F1 career`.
Lewis Hamilton's pole position for Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji Speedway has been lauded as 'possibly the best lap of his career so far' - even though the Formula 1 World Championship leader himself admitted it 'wasn't perfect'.
`Guy who`s retiring` gets one over on Webber.
For only the second time in 2008, David Coulthard got the better of Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team-mate Mark Webber in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji this weekend - then quipped that the Australian was probably frustrated with his performance 'because he doesn't want to be behind
Kubica: Alonso would not have `fit` in at BMW.
The pair may be close friends away from the race track, but Robert Kubica backed up Fernando Alonso's revelation that BMW-Sauber was 'never' a serious option for him for 2009 [see separate story -
Hamilton pips Raikkonen in Fuji pole battle.
Formula 1 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton did his utmost to break Ferrari's spirit by turning what had looked like being a scarlet benefit in qualifying for this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix into pole position for McLaren-Mercedes - with title rival Felipe Massa able to do no better tha
Irvine: Fuji `cr*p` and does not add to F1.
Former Formula 1 star Eddie Irvine has branded Fuji Speedway - home to this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix - 'a crap circuit' and 'the worst place possible to have a grand prix', as he insisted the race should never have been taken away from Suzuka.
Railway static `not to blame` for Webber DNF.
Singapore Grand Prix organisers have rubbished suggestions that static electricity from a passing underground train ended Mark Webber's hopes in the inaugural Formula One night race.
F1 Preview 2008 - Japanese Grand Prix.
The Japanese Grand Prix this weekend marks the 16th of 18 rounds on the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship calendar, and an absolutely pivotal moment in the see-saw title battle that has been waged almost season-long between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.
The Way It Is: An open letter to Bernie and Max.
Dear Bernie and Max, Sorry we won't see either of your charming faces anyplace in North America next year. I know you guys have much bigger fish to fry in today's fast-changing world than messing around in the United States, least of all Canada.
Massa mistakes `not the sign of a world champion`.
Former grand prix driver Jonathan Palmer has suggested Felipe Massa's performances at times during the 2008 Formula 1 campaign have not been 'the sign of a world champion' - as he instead tipped Massa's McLaren-Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton to prevail come season's end.
Bridgestone goes green.
Bridgestone has revealed that it will run special 'green' tyres in this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix to show its support for the FIA's 'Make Cars Green' campaign.
FIA`s Piccinini to step down.
Marco Piccinini, widely tipped as a possible successor to current FIA president Max Mosley, has surprised followers by announcing that he is to step back from his current role with the governing body in order to concentrate on other commitments.
Ferrari abandon `traffic lights` pit-stop system.
Ferrari has finally bowed to mounting pressure to ditch its controversial 'traffic lights' pit-stop system, in revealing that it is to re-instate the traditional manual 'lollipop' for the final three races of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship campaign.
RBR still frustrated by Singapore fortune.
Red Bull Racing is looking to this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix to salve the frustration it felt at the end of the Singapore Grand Prix, where a potential podium result again went begging.
Heidfeld targets title assault in 2008.
Nick Heidfeld has said that he hopes BMW Sauber's decision to continue pairing him with Robert Kubica for 2009 will lead to bigger and better things for the team.
Bernie: If Massa loses F1 title, Ferrari to blame.
Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at Luca di Montezemolo for describing the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix as a 'circus', by describing Ferrari as the 'clowns' - and claiming that if Felipe Massa fails to win the Formula 1 World Championship this year, he will have his team to blame.
Mosley chases tougher media privacy laws
Following on from his High Court victory against the News of the World over its front page expos? on his involvement in a sex scandal, Max Mosley is now bidding to see European media privacy laws strengthened to prevent similar cases from occurring in the future.
Formula Two champion to try out Williams F1.
MotorSport Vision chief executive Jonathan Palmer has spoken enthusiastically of his company's partnership with Williams in the conception and running of the new FIA Formula Two Championship next year - with the champion set to be rewarded with a test in one of the hugely successful Grove-based o
Raikkonen: 2008 definitely not my year
Kimi Raikkonen has admitted that the prospect of breaking his own record for the greatest number of fastest laps set during a Formula 1 season [see separate story - click
No Honda F1 test for leading lady Patrick.
Contrary to earlier reports, it seems Honda will not now give IndyCar's first lady Danica Patrick a try-out in one of its RA108 Formula 1 cars following the end of the 2008 world championship campaign.