Elfyn Evans is still holding on to the Rally Japan lead after the Saturday morning three stages
Mercedes’ George Russell and Lewis Hamilton didn’t have a straight forward qualifying, with both caught out by the rain and Russell causing a red flag after a spin-out.
An action-packed qualifying in Brazil saw Kevin Magnussen take his first ever pole position in Formula 1.
Sergio Pérez was the fastest man of the first practice hour in Brazil, with only three-tenths of a second separating the top seven drivers.
Felipe Drugovich completed the three hundred kilometres needed to qualify to run in a free practice session when he tested Aston Martin’s AMR21 last week at Silverstone.
Lewis Hamilton believes beating Ferrari to second in the Constructors’ Championship would be an amazing boost for everyone at Mercedes after a difficult 2022 season.
Logan Sargeant will participate in his third free practice session with Williams this weekend, but it will take place in Saturday’s second session rather than Friday’s first due to it being a sprint race weekend.
Alexander Albon knows the importance of having a strong start to a Sprint race weekend if Williams want to contend for a possible top ten finish on Sunday.
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. are hoping Ferrari’s poor Mexico City Grand Prix performance was a one-off as they look to return to form this weekend in Brazil.
Fernando Alonso has just two race weekends with Alpine to go before he joins Aston Martin in 2023, but he is looking to ensure he leaves his current team with them having secured fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship.
Max Verstappen says Red Bull are looking to claim first and second place in the Drivers’ Championship in 2022 as Sergio Pérez looks to fend off Charles Leclerc across the final two rounds of the season.
Scoring as many points as possible this coming weekend is a common goal for both the Alfa Romeo drivers.
Frédéric Vasseur hopes that the team can widen the gap in the Constructor’s Championship, as the team head into the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend.
A look at some of the most breathtaking images from the 2022 Rally Japan
Kajetanowicz has retired from Rally Japan and is no longer in the fight for the WRC2 title
Hyundai´s deputy team manager Julien Moncet believes finding the cause of the fire that destroyed Sordo´s car in Rally Japan will be impossible.
Dani Sordo has now explained what happened during the massive fire on SS2 which ended his rally
