Adam Cooper

The meeting on the future F1 engine rules direction has concluded. No firm decisions but the manufacturers are open to a change of regs beyond the 2026 rule set - and potentially as early as 2029, giving the new PUs just three years. Cost savings for 2026 were also discussed.

'@Carlossainz55 was not impressed at being fined for being "five seconds late" for the national anthem ceremony in Suzuka - amid ongoing tensions between the drivers and the FIA over penalties: https://t.co/H6SLfe6tsh https://t.co/1qA8GacI4p

'@OscarPiastri on form: "I think we have the quickest car at the moment, but our advantage is not enough to be careless and kind of lay back and not execute as best as you can. China and Japan both showed that it doesn't take much to go wrong for us to not be at the front."

A revised floor gave @HaasF1Team a boost in Japan - however it worked better for @OllieBearman than @OconEsteban: https://t.co/6mF8fcfA0w https://t.co/hEm8mPmn7l

'@Charles_Leclerc on P4: "I think I learned plenty about the car this weekend. So that is the positive, as much as we are disappointed with the fourth place, we should be happy about us maximising the results, and we should be happy about all the lessons learned this weekend."

'@alex_albon on P9 in Japan: "It wasn't easy out there, and I felt like we were quite limited in terms of the balance of our car. High-speed/low-speed, we were on the extremes of two different balances in two different speeds of corners. So to be able to get there, I'm happy."

'@LiamLawson30 on P16: "Isack scored some points today, he did a really good job this weekend. From our side as well there's been good things. The pace has been good - unfortunately, not when it needed to be in quali. I think overall there's still things to take from it."

'@GeorgeRussell63 on Suzuka: "These last two weekends the tyre compounds have been too hard for the resurfacing, and it's been an easy one-stop both races, and that's just really taken any fun from the strategy. I hope we can react as a sport."

'@Carlossainz55 on P14: "It's almost impossible to expect a race where you can come back through the field. I felt comfortable in the few laps that I got clean air, I was very quick, but that track in a way now that has become similar to Monaco with how difficult it is to pass."

Isack Hadjar on a solid P8 in Japan: "All we could have done today was P8, and we did it. So I think it was a perfectly executed race, I left nothing on the table, and the pace was definitely strong."

He had a good weekend in Suzuka - and now @MercedesAMGF1 rookie Kimi Antonelli is heading to a track where F1 experience will give him a head start: https://t.co/yPqWIB3v6i https://t.co/FhlN4oCb5h

'@jackdoohan33's huge Suzuka crash has put DRS on the agenda - however F1 drivers are split on the need for full automation: https://t.co/g1fkm57zmn https://t.co/dKOgaIJrSJ