Missed the Japanese Grand Prix qualifying this morning? Fear not, here is all the action as it happened from another exhilarating and controversial Saturday of Formula 1.

Vettel claims Japanese Grand Prix pole after McLaren mistake: Sebastian Vettel took pole for the 11th time.

25 minutes ago: Hamilton almost just jumped off the screen trying to dodge the question

30 minutes ago:  Whitmarsh: “He (Hamilton) got hustled past at the last corner and in doing so lost an opportunity to do a quick lap”

35 minutes ago: Massa out-qualifies Alonso, problems leave Webber down in 6th

36 minutes ago: Top 3: Vettel, Button, Hamilton

38 minutes ago: Vettel takes pole! How did he get that?! Yet another mistake from McLaren

39 minutes ago: Is that a big mistake from McLaren: Hamilton doesn’t cross the line in time to set a time

42 minutes ago: Alonso leads them out, shootout it is….

44 minutes ago: After that flurry, will anyone come out for a second run or is that it? four minutes left

45 minutes ago: Hamilton quickest, Button comes up a little short and is in second at the moment, Vettel 3rd

46 minutes ago: Alonso comes off

46 minutes ago: Kobayashi quickest! Oh, he’s the only one to set a time

50 minutes ago:  Q3 starts, who are you backing?

52 minutes ago: Rosberg: its definitely possible to score points from back there (23rd), it won’t be easy but we’ll see”

53 minutes ago: Top 4: Hamilton, Vettel, Button, Webber

54 minutes ago: OUT: Sutil, di Resta, Barrichello, Maldonado, Buemi, Alguersuari, Perez

56 minutes ago: Kobayashi just squeezes through in 10th to make the local fans happy, both Force India’s out with both Torro Rossos

57 minutes ago: Chequered flag is out, and Kobayashi makes it up to 8th, can he scrape into Q3?

59 minutes ago: Perez does a Rosberg, won’t set a time, is out of Q2 and will start 17th

1 hour ago: Di Resta and Perez yet to be seen in Q2, 3 minutes left….

1 hour ago: Button just struggling to replicate his dominance of the practice sessions, looks as though he has more to come though

1 hour ago: Hamilton goes quickest in Q2, we have one hell of a battle for pole on our hands

1 hour ago: Webber has gone under the radar this weekend but all of a sudden looks quick

1 hour ago: Q2 under way

1 hour ago: Kobayashi on top, Rosberg out with hydraulic problems, its been quite a Q1!

1 hour ago: Drivers out in Q1: Kovalainen, Trulli, D’Ambrosio, Glock, Ricciardo, Rosberg, Liuzzi

1 hour ago: Top 6: Kobayashi, Sutil, Alonso, Hamilton, Petrov, Button

1 hour ago: Rosberg looking very frustrated as he walks away from his car, he’ll start 23rd

1 hour ago: Caption Competition – What is Eddie Jordan staring at?: It may be very early on a Saturday morning, but here is … bit.ly/oq9FpM

1 hour ago: Rosberg and Senna notable absentees so far, will they get out in time to set a time in Q1?

1 hour ago: Good response from Hamilton, up to second now

1 hour ago: Schumacher now on track, who thinks the old master can do something magical this weekend?

1 hour ago: Hamilton down in 15th and we’ve just found out why, running wide at Spoon

1 hour ago: Vettel is out and sets the quickest time so far with Webber a tenth behind his team-mate

1 hour ago: And Q1 is underway

Good morning everyone! JB and LH lead the way in FP3, can they do it in qualifying?

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