2018

Fabio Quartararo loses Japanese Moto2 race victory.

Marc Marquez won the MotoGP World Championship for the fifth time as he clinched his eighth win of the season in front of Honda’s top brass at Motegi in Japan.

Marquez is 2018 MotoGP champion! Riders' World Championship:

Fabio Quartararo withstood Francesco Bagnaia’s late attack to take victory in the Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix at Motegi as Oliveira faltered in fourth.

Updated race results for the 2018 Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, round 16 of 19.

Marco Bezzecchi slashed the championship gap to just one point with a perfect run run to the line as his rivals ended the Moto3 Japanese Grand Prix in the gravel.

Race results from the 2018 Japanese Moto3 Grand Prix, round 16 of 19.

Dovizioso leads Marquez during a dry and bright warm-up for the Japanese MotoGP at Motegi.

Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Ocon have both escaped being penalised following a stewards' investigation into their in-laps at the end of Formula 1 qualifying for the United States Grand Prix on Saturday, having both been deemed to have driven too slowly.

UPDATE: Alvaro Bautista will replace Lorenzo at Phillip Island . Jorge Lorenzo will miss next weekend's Australian MotoGP, Ducati has confirmed.

Rounding up all of the additional news and notes from the Circuit of The Americas on Saturday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Saturday’s qualifying for the United States Grand Prix saw some long-awaited positive signs of life from Ferrari in the fight with Mercedes for the Formula 1 championships in 2018.

Valtteri Bottas has identified Kimi Raikkonen as his ‘main focus’ to beat at the United States Grand Prix after conceding he struggled to find pace jumps in the pole position shootout.

Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull can “disrupt the tempo” of Mercedes and Ferrari in the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, despite being a second off the pace in qualifying.

Lewis Hamilton believes being in a “different headspace” heading into qualifying for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix helped him achieve his latest pole position.

Kimi Raikkonen accepts he and Ferrari have nothing to lose and everything to gain with the strategy call to start him on the ultrasoft tyres for the United States Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen found his suspension failure during Formula 1 qualifying for the United States Grand Prix “weird to understand” after a heavy hit with one of the kerbs brought his session to an early end.

Sebastian Vettel says he ends qualifying for the United States Grand Prix with mixed emotions knowing he had the car to fight for pole position but will ultimately start the race down in fifth place to push his F1 title challenge closer to the edge.

Lewis Hamilton edged out Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix to grab his third consecutive Formula 1 pole position at the Circuit of The Americas on Saturday.

Full results from Qualifying for the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of The Americas, round 18 of the 2018 Formula 1 season. 2018 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix - Qualifying Results

Williams is in "no rush" to take a decision on who will fill its second Formula 1 seat for the 2019 season, but has drawn up a "short shortlist" of candidates to partner George Russell next year, according to deputy team boss Claire Williams.

Follow Crash.net's live coverage of qualifying for the Formula 1 2018 United States Grand Prix from Austin.  Click here for full 2018 United States Grand Prix LIVE coverage. 

Sebastian Vettel led Ferrari to a one-two finish in final practice for the United States Grand Prix on Saturday in Austin, edging out Formula 1 title rival Lewis Hamilton by 0.073 seconds.

Full results from Free Practice 3 for the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of The Americas, round 18 of the 2018 Formula 1 season. 2018 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix - Free Practice 3 Results